• Doctoral degree in Social Sciences, Free University of Brussels (VUB), June 2000.
• University degree in Communication Studies, Free University of Brussels (VUB), 1990.

Domestication of ICTs: Adoption, use and meanings of media in everyday life, June 2000 (Highest Distinction), Promotor: Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman. (in Dutch: Domesticatie van ICT's: Adoptie, gebruik en betekenis van media in het dagelijkse leven)

Postgraduate thesis

An explorative reception research of Holocaust visualisations. A comparison of viewer decodings of the documentary film 'Night and Fog' and the televised docudrama 'Holocaust', 1990. (in Dutch)

Lecturer in Mediasociology, Free University of Brussels, 2000-2001.

(English translation of titles underlined)

Books

• Verhoest, P. in collaboration with P. Ballon, Y. Punie & J-P. Vervcruysse (2000) Openbare telecommunicatie (1798-1998): twee eeuwen politieke economie van het netwerkbeheer in België, Brussel: VUBPress. (Public telecommunication, 1798-1998, two centuries in the political economy of network governance in Belgium).
• Burgelman, J-C., Punie, Y. & Verhoest, P. (1995) Van Telegraaf tot Telenet. Naar een nieuw communicatiebestel in België en Vlaanderen? Brussel: VUBPress. (From Telegraph to Telenet: towards new communication policies in Belgium and Flanders)
• Vercruysse, J-P., Verhoest, P.& Punie, Y. (1995) Politique belge des télécommunications 1830-1991. Une reconstruction du processus décisionnel politique depuis le télégraphe optique jusqu' à la fondation de Belgacom. Bruxelles: Synedi. (Telecommunication policy in Belgium, 1830-1991) (This is a revised translation of 1991)
• Verhoest, P., Vercruysse, J-P. & Punie, Y. (1991) Telecommunicatie en beleid in België: 1830-1991. Een reconstructie van de politieke besluitvorming vanaf de optische telegraaf tot de oprichting van Belgacom. Amsterdam: Otto Cramwinckel.

• van Bastelaer, B., Lobet-Maris C. & Pierson, J., in collaboration with Burgelman, J.C., Punie, Y., & Neuckens, F. (1999) 'Multimedia in Belgium', in Williams, R. & Slack, R. (eds) Europe appropriates multimedia. A study of the national uptake of multimedia in eight European countries and Japan, University of Trondheim, Senter for teknologi of samfunn (STS), rapport nr. 42, April 1999, ISSN 0802-3581-42, pp. 21-82.
• Punie, Y. (1997) ‘Created or constrained consumption? An assessment of the demand for new media technologies in the home’, The Communication Review, Vol. 2, No 2, pp. 179-205.
• Punie, Y. (1997) ‘Gebruik van media en informatie-en communicatietechnologie. Een interpretatieve benadering van het innovatieproces’, pp. 251-271 in Servaes, J. & Frissen, V. (red.) De interpretatieve benadering in de communicatiewetenschap. Theorie, methodologie en case-studies. Acco: Leuven/Amersfoort. (The use of media and ICTs. An interpretative approach of the ICT innovation process)
• Punie, Y. (1997) ‘Imagining non-uses: rejections of ICTs in Flemish households’, pp. 165-176 in: Conference Proceedings of "Penser Les Usages", First International Conference, Bordeaux, 27-29 May, 1997, Organised by SEE, IREST & ADERA.
• Punie, Y. (1995) 'Nieuwe interactieve media en telecommunicatiediensten op de Vlaamse informatiesnelweg: het residentiële gebruikersperspectief', pp. 121-178 in: Burgelman, J-C., Punie, Y. & Verhoest, P., Van Telegraaf tot Telenet. Naar een nieuw communicatiebestel in België en Vlaanderen? Brussel: VUBPress. (Interactive media and telecommunications services on the Flemish information highway from the point of view of residential users)
• Punie, Y., Veller, A., Verhoest, P. & Burgelman, J-C. (1994) ‘La diffusion des innovations télématiques selon le point de vue des utilisateurs: le cas des petits utilisateurs professionels’,Technologies de L'Information et Société, 6, No 3, 219-247. (The diffusion of ICT innovations from the point of view of small professional users)
• Punie, Y. (1994) ‘The diffusion of Information and Communication Technology in the micro-context of the home: a user-led approach and conceptual issues’, pp. 351-361, in Bjerg, K. & Borreby, K. Home-Oriented Informatics, Telematics and Automation. Proceedings of a Cross-disciplinary International Working Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27th -July 1st.
• Punie, Y. (1992) ‘Verbeelding van de "holocaust": de documentaire "Nacht en Nevel" versus het docudrama "Holocaust". Een vergelijkend empirisch onderzoek’ Driemaandelijks Tijdschrift van de Stichting Auschwitz, Nr. 33-34, juli-december, 9-64. (Visualisations of the Holocaust. A comparison of viewer decodings of the documentary film 'Night and Fog' and the televised docudrama 'Holocaust')
• Punie, Y. (1991) ‘Verbeelding van de Holocaust: een vergelijkend exploratief onderzoek naar de receptie van de documentaire "Nacht en Nevel" en het docudrama "Holocaust"’, pp.193-210, in H. Verstraeten en P. Perceval, Media en Maatschappij, Brussel: VUBPress. (idem Punie 1992)

Punie, Y. (2000) New Media and Everyday Life, Samenleving & Politiek, jrg. 7, Nr. 9, November 2000, 31-33. (In Dutch)

Punie, Y. (2000), The domestication of Home Computing. A long and turbulent way to go, Press Conference Comments on ‘The future of Home Computing’, a study done by the ‘Packard-Bell European Institute of Home Computing’, October 2000

see: http://www.packardbell-europe.com/Scripts/WebObjects.dll/WebSite?site=PBInstitute,uk,en

Research and consultancy reports

• Punie, Y. & Frissen, V. (2000), Present users, future homes. A theoretical perspective on acceptance and use of ICT in the home environment, Position Paper for the Media@Home project, TNO, Delft, September 2000.
• Agro, L., Danau, D., Punie, Y., Tavernier, M. & Valenduc, G. (1998) ‘L’implication des utilisateurs dans le dévelopment de projects télématatiques: du guide au réseau’, Premier rapport scientific pour SSTC (Centre de recherce: LENTIC, ECWS, SMIT, GRISH & FTU). (The involvement of users in the development of telematic projects)
• Punie, Y. (1997), Limburgse Mens, Media en Technologie-enquête: voortgezette analyse: cumulatieve strategieën, gebruikersprofielen en clusters. In samenwerking met Concentra Uitgeversmaatschappij, SMIT: Brussel, 21 maart 1997. (Advanced interpretations of a quantitative survey of ICT ownership and usage in the province of Limburg, sponsered by Concentra publishing company)
• Pierson, J. (m.m.v. Burgelman J-C., Punie Y., Neuckens F.) (1997), Development of multimedia in Flanders: Regional Policy and multimedia actors. EU-DGXIII: Social Learning in Multimedia (SLIM), National Studies: Flanders. Targeted Social Economic Research (TSER), Coordinated by CITA-Namur; SMIT: Brussels, January 1997.
• Punie, Y. (1996), Limburgse Mens, Media en Technologie-enquête: Eerste resultaten. In samenwerking met Concentra Uitgeversmaatschappij, SMIT: Brussel, 5 juli 1996. (First results of a quantitative survey of ICT ownership and usage in the province of Limburg, sponsered by Concentra)
• Punie, Y. (1994), Media, technologie en nieuwe diensten thuis en in het dagelijkse leven: vroegere, huidige en toekomstige trends. Studie in opdracht van Belgacom in het kader van het project ‘Implicaties voor kleine landen van internationale ontwikkelingen inzake telecommunicatie’. Projectverantwoordelijke Pascal Verhoest. SMIT, Brussel. (Media and ICT use on the information highway. Report for Belgacom)
• Punie, Y., Burgelman, J-C., Brouir, J-N., Pichault, F. (1994), Wetenschappelijk ondersteuningsprogramma voor de verspreiding van telecommunicatie. Tweede fase van de verkennende studie voor DPWB. Eindrapport. (Scientific support programme for the diffusion of telematic services, Final report for Government department of science and technology policies)
• Burgelman, J-C, Punie, Y., Veller, A., Verhoest, P., L. Agro, J-L. Iwens en Pichault, F. (1993), Etude exploratoire concernant la mise en oeuvre d’un programme d’actions de support à la diffusion des innovations en matière de telecommunications. Rapport final. (First report for Government department of science and technology policies
• Verhoest, P., Burgelman, J-C., Punie, Y. en Veller, A. (1992), La reforme des télécommunications publiques Belges. Rapport rédigé à l'usage des séminaires de formation du CNET (Centre National d'Etudes des télécommunications): "Stratégie des exploitants en Europe", 9 & 10 décembre. (Telecom reform policies in Belgium, for CNET, Paris)
• Verhoest, P., (m.m.v. Veller A. & Punie, Y., o.b.v. Burgelman, J.-C.) (1992), Mogelijkheden voor een regionaal telecommunicatiebeleid: een terreinverkennende studie. Onderzoek in opdracht van het Ministerie van Economie, Middenstand en Energie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Deelrapport december 1992. (Feasebility of regional Flemish telecommunication policies, for Flemish government)
• Punie, Y. (1992), Verbeelding van de "holocaust": de documentaire "Nacht en Nevel" versus het docudrama "Holocaust". Een vergelijkend empirisch onderzoek. Herwerkt rapport voor de Auschwitz-stichting, Brussel, september. (graduate thesis report)

• (1996) Discussant IAMCR Conference, Communication Technology Policy Section, Session three ‘Changing Conceptions of users in dynamic Information-Communication Technology environments’, Sydney, August 18-22, 1996.
• (1996) Discussant ‘COST A4 & GRANITE Workshop’ on "The Shaping of Gender and Information Technology in Everyday Life", 8 -11 February 1996, Amsterdam:

-Session 6: ‘The Shaping of Gender and IT in the Home 2’

• (1994) Chair Working Group IV: ‘On the Inside - Domestic Spaces’ of the HOIT-Conference: Home-Oriented Informatics, Telematics and Automation. A cross-disciplinary International Working Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27th -July 1st.

• Punie, Y. (2001) Domesticatie van nieuwe media, met bijzondere aandacht voor cultuurparticipatie en vrijetijdsbestedingen, Postacademisch vormingsaanbod "Kunst en Cultuur in de 21ste eeuw: een herbronning", CC ST-Niklaas, 29/3/01. (Domestication of ICT’s in relation to media, leisure and cultural activities).
• Punie, Y. (2001) The domestication of ICT's: Current usages and future homes, COST 269 Capabilities WG, Kopenhagen, 1-3/2/01.
• Punie, Y. (2001) From ubiquitous computing to ambient intelligence. The IPTS-Emtel 2 Project, First EMTEL 2 Workshop, 14-17/2/01, Amsterdam
• Punie, Y. (2000) The domestication of ICT's: Current and future adopton and use, COST A16 WG Meeting, Vienna, 15-16 December 2000.
• Punie, Y. (2000) The impact of computertechnology on everyday life, Fryske Academy, December 8: Drachten & Herenveen; January 12 2001: Leewarden & Sneek, The Netherlands.
• Punie, Y. (2000) The use of ICT's in the home, Presentation for the VDAB topseminar on ‘Future ICT strategies, Brugge, July, 6-7. (VDAB=Flemisch Employment Office)
• Punie, Y. (2000) The domestication of ICT's: Adoption, use and meanings of ICT's in het home, Presentation Doctoral Seminar, KULeuven, May 11.
• Punie, Y. (1997), Rejections of ICTs in Flemisch households. The Why-not question. Presentation at the COTIM ‘97 Conference ‘Harnassing the Power of IT in the New Information Age’, November 23-26, 1997, Palace Hotel: Brussels. The ‘Conference on Telecommunications and Information Markets’ (COTIM) is organised by RITIM (Research Institute for Telecommunications and Information Markets), Rhode Island (USA) and by MTC (Marketing Technology Center), Sweden.
• Frissen, V. & Punie, Y. (1997), Never mind the gap: integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in ICT-user research: the case of busy households. Paper presented at the 6th EMTEL Workshop, 7-9 November 1997, Barcelona.
• Punie, Y. (1997), User research at SMIT. Presented at the PAI-workshop on users, 15 October 1997, Namen.
• Punie, Y. (1997), Time pressures and communication problems in relation to acceptance of ICTs: ongoing research. Current Research Session at the 5th EMTEL-meeting ‘Technology, Cultural Identity and Citizinship’, Dublin, 9-10 May, 1997.
• Punie, Y. (1997) Imagining non-uses: rejections of ICTs in Flemish households. Presentation "Penser Les Usages", First International Conference, Bordeaux, 27-29 May, 1997, Organised by SEE, IREST & ADERA.
• Punie, Y. (1996), Rejections of ICTs in Flemisch households. The Why-not question. Paper presented at the 4th EMTEL-meeting ‘Media & Information Technology: Regulation, Markets & Everyday Life’, Brugges, Belgium, 8-9 November 1996.
• Punie, Y. (1996), Het obstinate publiek, of wat had je anders verwacht? Over de plaats van nieuwe media in het dagelijkse leven, Presentatie op SOMMATIE ‘96 ‘Van forum tot supermarkt’, Workshop 1 ‘Het obstinate publiek’, Vereniging voor Studie en Onderzoek van Massacommunicatie, Amsterdam: 3 october 1996.
• Punie, Y. (1996), Social aspects of telecommunication services. Presentation at the ‘Alcatel Bell - Universities Workshop on Services’, Alcatel Bell Office, Antwerpen, April 25. Organised by the Alcatel Research Division.
• Punie, Y. (1996), Gebruik van nieuwe media in het dagelijkse leven: evolutie of revolutie? Presentatie op Symposium ‘Communicatie en Informatiesnelweg’, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel, Departement Communicatie, 16 april.
• Punie, Y. (1995), Media Use on the Information Highway: Towards a new consumer market or towards increased competition to win round the consumer? Paper presented at the:

• Punie, Y., Veller, A., Verhoest, P. and Burgelman, J-C. (1993) The diffusion of telematic innovations: towards a user-led diffusion strategy? Paper for the IAMCR Conference, "Europe in Turmoil", Communication Technology Policy Section, June 24-26, Dublin.
• Punie, Y. (1993), Innovation and diffusion processes and the notion of a need-oriented or userled innovation policy in the field of information and communication technologies. Paper for the Doctoral Summerschool "Communication, Médias et Démocratie", Grenoble, Université Stendhal, september, 4-11.
• Punie, Y. en Burgelman, J.-C. (1993), Onderzoek naar gebruik en acceptatie van informatietechnologie in de context van Technology Assessment. Presentatie op "Belgische Technology Assessment Conferentie", Atelier II: RNIS-NTIC: Innovation, normalisation, usage and potential use in Belgium, 9-10 november.
• Punie, Y. (1992), Mogelijke verbeeldingswijzen van de "holocaust". Een empirisch onderzoek naar de receptie van de documentaire "Nacht en Nevel" en het docudrama "Holocaust". Lezing voor het internationaal congres van de Auschwitz-stichting, "Histoire et memoire des crimes et genocides nazis", Brussel, 23-27 nobember.

-Participation in expertpanel on ‘Trends in ICT's in the home environment for 2010’, February 1999 (Delft), Rapported in: Bouwman, H., Hes, R. La Porte, T. & Westerveld, R. (2000), ICT in Huis. Trends in Informatie-en Communicatietechnologie in de huiselijke omgeving in het jaar 2010, Werkdocument Nr. 64, SCP: Den Haag. (ICT in the Home. Trends in ICT’s for the home environment for 2010, SCP Working Report Nr. 64, Den Haag)

-Member of the "European Media, Technology and Everyday Life" (EMTEL) network, 1995-1998, EC (Human Capital and Mobility Program).

-Member EMTEL II (5ft FP Research and Training Networks), 2000-2003.

-Member Management Committee COST A16 ‘Policy and regulatory response to the use of ICT's by transnational communities in Europe (PRECTE), 1999-.

-Chair Working Group I on use and access of COST A16.

-Member COST A4 ‘The Domestic Shaping of Information Technology, 1996-., EC.

-Member "SAIA Werkgroep Telematica", (Social Aspects of Informatisation and Automatisations) Amsterdam, Nederlands Genootschap voor Informatica (NGI), 1993-1996.

-Program Committee Member HOIT-conference: "Home-Oriented Informatics, Telematics & Automation. State of the Art, Prospects, Bleuprints, Implementation". University of Copenhagen, June 27 - July 1, 1994. Organized by IFIP working group 9.3 (HOIT) in cooperation with The University of Copenhagen.

-19 press, 4 radio and 4 television interviews

-Teaching experience at the Free University of Brussels, Communication studies.