Lotte Vermeire

Lotte Vermeire is a PhD researcher in communication sciences at imec‐SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. She is part of the Digital Inclusion and Citizen Engagement and Media, Marketing, and User Experience units. Her research looks into digital and data literacy, digital youth work, and digital inclusion. Her PhD project focusses on digitally inclusive initiatives aimed at improving data literacy in both formal and non‐formal educational settings. Her expertise is in digital youth work and data literacy.

Selected projects and publications

Vermeire, L., & Van den Broeck, W. (2024). Digital futures: A signal-based approach to inclusive digital youth work for socially vulnerable youth. Media and Communication, 12.

Vermeire, L., Van den Broeck, W., Petersen, F., Van Audenhove, L., & Marien, I. (2023). Practice makes Perfect? Digital youth work in Flanders-Belgium. Youth & Policy, 1-5.

Vermeire, L., Van den Broeck, W., Petersen, F., & Van Audenhove, L. (2025). Beyond numeracy, a data literacy topical scoping review (2011-2023). Media and Communication, 13.

Van Audenhove, L., Vermeire, L., Van den Broeck, W., & Demeulenaere, A. (2024). Data literacy in the new EU DigComp 2.2 framework how DigComp defines competences on artificial intelligence, internet of things and data. Information and Learning Sciences, 125(5-6), 406-436.

Vermeire, L., Verhulst, N., Van den Broeck, W., Van Audenhove, L., & Demeulenaere, A. (2022). The Databuzz 2.0: Data literacy education for the metropolitan context. SMIT Policy Brief, 65.