dr. E. van Laar (Ester)

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.

Social Sciences

# Communication
# Creativity
# Cultural Economy
# Determinants
# Worker

Arts & Humanities

# 21st Century
# Literature Review

Business & Economics

# Creative Industries

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Communication Science (CS)

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.

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E. J., & Schneider, L. (2022). The youth Digital Skills Performance Tests. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7110265

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , & van Dijk, J. A. G. M. (2022). Developing policy aimed at 21st-century digital skills for the creative industries: an interview study with founders and managing directors. Journal of Education and Work, 35(2), 195-209. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2022.2036710

van Deursen, A. J. A. M., Helsper, E., Schneider, L. , & van Laar, E. (2021). youth Digital Skills Indicator: Dutch questionnaire. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076557

Helsper, E. J., Scheider, L. S. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , & van Laar, E. (2020). The youth Digital Skills Indicator: Report on the conceptualisation and development of the ySKILLS digital skills measure. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & de Haan, J. (2020). Measuring the levels of 21st-century digital skills among professionals working within the creative industries: A performance-based approach. Poetics, 81, Article 101434. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2020.101434

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & de Haan, J. (2020). Determinants of 21st-century skills and 21st-century digital skills for workers: A systematic literature review. SAGE Open, 10(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019900176

van Laar, E. (2019). What are E-ssential skills? A multimethod approach to 21st-century digital skills within the creative industries. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036548670

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & de Haan, J. (2019). Examining the sequentiality of 21st-century digital skills: A path analysis. Paper presented at 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference 2019, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & de Haan, J. (2019). Determinants of 21st-century digital skills: A large-scale survey among working professionals. Computers in human behavior, 100, 93-104. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.06.017

van Laar, E. , van Deursen, A. J. A. M. , van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & de Haan, J. (2019). The sequential and conditional nature of 21st-century digital skills. International journal of communication, 13, 3462-3487. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10925

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