Tom Evens

Tom Evens is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. He holds Masters Degrees in Communication Sciences (2005) and Business Administration (2006) from Ghent University. Tom teaches in Media Economics (Ba1), Innovation and Tech Policy (Ma) and Business Models in Media and Technology (Ma). He is fellow holder of the chair ‘Media in a Society in Transition’.

In 2013, Tom finished his PhD on the political economy of the television industry. He specialises in the economics and policies of digital media and technology markets, and has widely published on the media business in international peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. He is the lead author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (Palgrave, 2013) and Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets (Springer, 2018) and the co-editor of Media Management Matters: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2020).

Tom is an editorial board member of the Journal of Digital Media & Policy, Internet Policy Review, Communication & Sport, Journal of Media Business Studies and Media Industries Journal. He heads of the Media Policy and Regulation special interest group of the European Media Management Association (emma) and the Media Industries & Policy division of the Netherlands-Flanders Communication Association (NeFCA), and served as the Deputy President of the European Media Management Association (between 2017 – 2019). He has been appointed an independent expert member of the SARC Media.

Education

• iStep training sessions Vlerick Business School (2009 — 2010)
• Master Universiteit Gent (2005 — 2006)
• Master Universiteit Gent (2001 — 2005)

Companies

• Associate Editor Journal of Media Business Studies (2021)
• Editorial Board Member Media Industries Journal (2018)
• Editorial Board Member Communication & Sport (C&S) (2017)
• Independent Expert Member Sectorraad Media (2017)
• Editorial Board Member Internet Policy Review (2016)
• Assistant Professor in Media Industries Universiteit Gent (2016)
• Senior Researcher iMinds-MICT, Ghent University (2013)
• Editorial Board Member Journal of Digital Media & Policy (formerly International Journal of Digital Television) (2011)
• Editorial Board Member Journal of Media Business Studies (2016 — 2021)

Skills

• Social Media
• Television
• Lecturing