Koen SaleminkUniversity of Groningen | RUG · Department of Cultural Geography
Koen Salemink
PhD
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
July 2016 - February 2019
July 2016 - present
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Digital divides, rural development, community development; Principle lecturer and coordinator of the 'People, Place and Culture', master course 'Fieldwork Cultural Geography', bachelor thesis coordination, master thesis supervision.
January 2012 - June 2016
Education
October 2014 - October 2014
Regional Studies Association / EU DG Regio
Field of study
- EU Open Days Master Class
January 2012 - June 2016
September 2008 - June 2009
Publications
Publications (51)
Based on four illustrative case studies from the Netherlands, this paper discusses learning experiences gained from rural broadband initiatives. As an example of ?the big society' (or ?participatiesamenleving' in Dutch), initiatives try to step in where the market and the government fail. The main struggle seems to be negotiating between market and...
The increasing importance of the Internet as a means of communication has transformed economies and societies. For spatially and socially marginalized communities, this transformation has resulted in digital exclusion and further marginalization. This book presents a study of two kinds of marginalized communities: spatially marginalized rural commu...
This paper critically reviews the ‘participation society’ inspired policy measures of two Dutch provinces (Drenthe and Groningen) for providing rural broadband. Based on a database with broadband initiatives, interviews with stakeholders, focus groups and document analysis, it analyzes how rural broadband initiatives and regional governments intera...
This paper presents a systematic review of 157 papers on digital developments and rural development in advanced countries. It focuses on the general conclusions, in order to better understand the potential impacts of the coming Next Generation Access revolution. We distinguish two major strands of research: connectivity research and inclusion resea...
Research on digital inclusion increasingly focuses on vulnerable groups, with the prevailing idea that social exclusion leads to digital exclusion. The role of the socio-spatial context is often faded into the background due to user-centric (individual) approaches. This article explores how a vulnerable group, Gypsy-Travelers in the Netherlands, de...
RQ: How do rural young adults in Oost-Groningen and Clogher Valley who have already started their employment career, but still reside with their parents or alone, reflect on their past, present and future staying rural preferences, and how do these relate to experiences and connections elsewhere? Abstract This article presents insight into rural yo...
In line with the increased attention for residential experiences of young adults in rural areas, this paper explores the diversity of residential motives and combines them into overarching residential orientations. Based on survey data, we distinguish five residential orientations on rural identity, family, livability, housing and employment. These...
Decisions to live in a certain place or region are partly prompted by material and symbolic factors of that place or region. This paper focuses on the importance of these factors for rural young adults based on a household survey in three rural areas in the Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Germany. It examines how rural young adults appreciate mat...
In the arena of rural development, a number of initiatives have adopted the idea of a hub to deliver improved services, promote business development and support local communities. This editorial sets out the rationale for a Special Issue that seeks to understand the additional value that hubs can provide. In particular, we assess their overlapping...
The transition to a digitally inclusive and knowledge-based rural society can be challenging. Digital hubs are often proposed as a way of overcoming digital exclusion in rural and small-town contexts, yet studies into how to set up such a hub in these challenging contexts are scarce. While hubs are usually associated with an urban environment, this...
Repeatedly, it has been argued that advancements in digitalisation could be beneficial for rural areas. However, digital inequalities persist and affect rural communities as well. Schools can play a key role in bridging digital inequalities, but little attention has been paid to the specific conditions rural schools find themselves in when facing c...
This article offers a conceptualization of rural digital hubs and outlines the variations among them. Using content analysis applied to websites and results from a survey, we draw a clearer picture of rural digital hub designs in the European context and how these relate to their socio-economic context. To explore their possible wider impact on rur...
The 4 th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the term given to encompass a range of technological developments that many argue will fundamentally change society, much in the same way that electricity and digital technology did during previous industrial revolutions. This paper argues that current debates around 4IR are centred on the urban core, with ru...
With the pervasiveness of digitisation communications, those that are left behind are seen as socially excluded. In both academic and policy discourses, it is assumed that digital inclusion as a route into mainstream society is a desirable solution to problems of multiple exclusion and has led to many studies of the digital inclusion/exclusion of ‘...
With the pervasiveness of digitisation communications, those that are left behind are seen as socially excluded. In both academic and policy discourses, it is assumed that digital inclusion as a route into mainstream society is a desirable solution to problems of multiple exclusion and has led to many studies of the digital inclusion/exclusion of '...
Specialist workshop at ZeMKI, Universität Bremen on the various impacts of digitalization on rural communities and rural development
This report presents the results from the 'diagnostic survey' that the University of Groningen/Faculty of Spatial Sciences conducted within the EU Interreg 5B project CORA: COnnecting Rural Areas. Results from rural regions in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom were gathered, covering issues of digital connectivity and...
Brief Introduction
This document contains the synopsis of activities and outcomes of Work Package 4 of INTENSSS-PA. It describes the methods and approach that were used, and it presents two main building blocks that constituted the experiential learning related to Integrated Sustainable Energy Planning (ISEP).
The dynamic development of the proj...
Synopsis of experiential learning that took place in the context of Regional Living Labs, in which public authorities tried to come up with Integrated Sustainable Energy Plans for their area
The development of urban and rural landscapes has entered a pioneering era with novel combinations of energy production andconsumption and related changes in the urban and rural fabric including associated socioeconomic issues. Accompanying this change isa realization that newly developing energy initiatives are more viable for development and upsc...
Both in the Netherlands and in Europe in general the availability of broadband in rural areas, particularly in the more remote areas, is much poorer than in urban areas. This is true both of the number of connections – in the countryside usually only copper – and of the speed – in rural areas there is often no NGA (Next Generation Access: > 30 Mbps...
Intermediate results of a study into the (intended) neighborhood-based policy for energy-neutralizing the city of Groningen, presented at a project meeting of CO2MMUNITY, a project of INTERREG Baltic Sea Region, in Leck (DE)
Presentation of three key observations in our work with rural broadband initiatives so far: - Political Appropriation - Default settings of governments - Grand Absentee - national government
Lecture (Dutch) on how broadband initiatives and ’big society’ (participatiesamenleving) relate, and the opportunities and challenges it presents to market players, governments and citizens.
Progress report (Dutch) on our research on rural broadband initiatives, supported by a subsidy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Rural broadband is assumed to be a solution to a variety of rural issues, yet the delivery of broadband to rural areas remains problematic. On the basis of a database of 75 rural broadband initiatives in the Netherlands and the information gathered by studying two initiatives in-depth for a number of years, the authors discuss how citizens instigat...
Enduring social exclusion has forced Gypsy-Travelers to specialize in marginal economic activities. These marginal specializations build on specific skills, attitudes, and strategies which are valuable for the communities’ overall development. Today’s Gypsy-Traveler communities face a context of rapid economic restructuring, due in part to advancem...
http://rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21681376.2015.1013151
Both connectivity and accessibility are important for regional development. Places
and communities need to be connected in order to be part of the wider economy,
and people need to have access to places, other communities and labour markets to
fully participate in society. In contemporary society, not only physical connectivity
and accessibility bu...
This paper relies on knowledge gained from ITRACT (Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies), an Interreg IVB project in the North Sea Region. We will show how digital innovation to promote mobility and accessibility in rural areas is limited by poor data infrastructure and a lack of digital engagement. It is arg...
In dit rapport bouwt RUG-FRW voort op het onderzoeksrapport ‘Breedband op het platteland’ (Salemink en Strijker, 2012 http://www.rug.nl/frw/news/2012/final_breedband.pdf). Deze management summary benadrukt nogmaals de belangrijkste punten uit het eerdere rapport, vult deze aan met inzichten uit dit rapport en komt met een advies aan de Provincie Gr...
Terwijl de grote steden rond 1900 beschikten over een waterleidingnet, moesten de uithoeken van
het platteland wachten tot de jaren 1960. Met elektriciteit, gas en telefoon ging het niet anders en
nu is het wachten op (snel) internet. Omdat het geen nutsvoorziening is, ontstaat een lappendeken
van initiatieven. Moet de overheid de witte plekken vul...
Presentation for the visit of the OHCHR to the Netherlands, on how the Netherlands has sedentarized their travelling minorities since the beginning of the 20th century. The presentation includes a historic overview of policies and a benchmark-comparison with Flanders and the UK.
Although advanced digital connectivity is required for reducing the economic and social
arrears of rural areas, there is still an urban-rural digital divide in North-western member
states of the EU. This paper uses insights from the EU Interreg project ITRACT to show
how digital innovation in rural areas is limited by poor data infrastructure, and...
In the context of community-led local development, this research aims to understand the blend of top down and bottom up influences that combine in campaigns for improved rural broadband provision. The representativeness of the membership of rural community broadband initiatives and the motivations and dominant arguments behind their campaigns are a...
Presentation at a Dutch-Flemish exchange in Ghent, attended by the Dutch Ministry of Interior, the Flemish Ministry of Interior, the City of Ghent, the Free University of Brussels (SMIT) and the University of Groningen . The presentation includes a) an overview of historic policy developments in the Netherlands and b) an overview of recent developm...
Uit onderzoek in Twente, vaak genoemd als de bakermat van het fenomeen,
blijkt dat keten vooral ook plekken zijn waarmee groepen vrienden zich
identificeren. Ze functioneren als (uitvals)basis voor andere activiteiten
en vormen een plek waar jongeren elkaar in een relatief veilige, eigen
omgeving kunnen ontmoeten – buiten het directe toezicht van o...
Questions
Question (1)
We are looking into the concept of rural proofing for our project on rural broadband initiatives in the Netherlands. Rural proofing is not yet a tool or issue in Dutch policy, but the case of rural broadband shows that national policies could benefit from a more rural scope. Our question then is: how does rural proofing work in practice? Case studies, and evidence and insights from practice/practitioners, are a very much welcomed! Good practices are interesting, but don't hesitate to point to bad practices.
