Cubicus

dr. E. van Laar (Ester)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HIB-CS
Cubicus C225B
e.vanlaar@utwente.nl
+31534892292
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Ester van Laar works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Communication Science. Her research interest focuses on measuring the level of 21st-century digital skills. This includes skills such as information management, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and problem solving. In her research she combines various quantitative and qualitative research methods to identify and measure digital skills youth and working professionals need to learn. The 21st-century digital skills are considered as key to employment and innovation. 

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Skills
    • Professional Personnel

  • Psychology

    • Critical Thinking
    • Research
    • Attention

  • Computer Science

    • Creative Industry
    • Survey
    • Systematic Literature Review

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The PhD project is part of an interdisciplinary research project 'e-skills, key to the 21st century labor', funded by the NWO and different public-private partners. The aim of this project is to determine and improve the level of 21st-century digital skills of employees working in the creative industries.

Publications

2024
Internet appropriation barriers in the lives of Dutch parents living in poverty: A qualitative study. Boerkamp, L. G. P., van der Zeeuw, A., van Deursen, A. J. A. M., van Laar, E. & van der Graaf, S.Exploring barriers to and outcomes of internet appropriation among households living in poverty: A systematic literature review. Boerkamp, L. G. P., van Deursen, A. J. A. M., van Laar, E., van der Zeeuw, A. & van der Graaf, S.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241233047
2023
The youth Digital Skills Performance Test Results: Report on the results of real-life information navigation and processing, communication and interaction, and content creation and production skills tasks. Zenodo. van Deursen, A. J. A. M., van Laar, E., Helsper, E. & Schneider, L.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8297778
2022
The youth Digital Skills Performance Tests. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. van Laar, E., van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E. J. & Schneider, L.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7110265Developing policy aimed at 21st-century digital skills for the creative industries: an interview study with founders and managing directors, 195-209. van Laar, E., van Deursen, A. J. A. M. & van Dijk, J. A. G. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2022.2036710
2021
youth Digital Skills Indicator: Dutch questionnaire. ySkills. van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E., Schneider, L. & van Laar, E.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076557youth Digital Skills Indicator. ySkills. Helsper, E. J., Schneider, L., van Deursen, A. J. A. M. & van Laar, E.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4620874youth Digital Skills Indicator: Estonian questionnaire. ySkills. Tikerperi, M.-L., Beilmann, M., Kalmus, V., Opermann, S., van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E., Schneider, L. & van Laar, E.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076536youth Digital Skills Indicator: Finnish questionnaire. ySkills. Mannerström, R., Helsper, E. J., Schneider, L. S., van Deursen, A. J. A. M. & van Laar, E.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076526youth Digital Skills Indicator: German questionnaire. ySkills. Waechter, N., van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E. J., Schneider, L. S. & van Laar, E.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076513

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University of Twente

Cubicus (building no. 41), room C225B
De Zul 10
7522 NJ Enschede
Netherlands

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