Teaching
Smith designs and coordinates courses that connect media theory to real production — from platforms and entrepreneurship to digital ethnography. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds the Dutch University Teaching Qualification.
At Groningen since 2023
Start-up Lab, Media Spaces & Practices, Audio-Visual Cultures Research Seminar, Digital Ethnography.
"Stories We Live By" and "Humane AI and the Digital Society".
MA & BA theses across media studies and production cultures.
Lecturer accreditation committee member, 2024–25.
Programme admissions, 2025 onwards.
Cultures of Media Production Group, University of Groningen.
Courses taught — University of Groningen
How platforms and industries shape what media gets made and seen.
Teaching & coordination of media practice fundamentals.
Building and pitching media ventures and value.
Critical study of audiovisual cultures and methods.
Researching media life online through ethnographic method.
Methods for studying media production and audiences.
From idea to media venture — applied entrepreneurship.
Teaching & coordination of applied media practice.
How digital change reorganises culture, work, and power.
Thesis supervision
Smith welcomes thesis projects that examine the working conditions of creators, journalists, media producers, and streaming executives across the cultural industries — and especially those grappling with the changes brought about by digital transformation.
Discuss a thesis idea →Earlier teaching & training