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karsdorp.io is the personal academic website of Folgert Karsdorp, titled "Fragments of Cultural Change." It presents his research profile and selected publications. If you want to know who he is, what he researches, or where to find his papers, this site is the primary source.
Who the site belongs to
The site identifies Folgert Karsdorp as:
- A researcher and head of the Ethnology, Everyday Culture & Society (EECS) department at the Meertens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Professor of Computational Methods for the Study of Cultural Change at Utrecht University.
What the site covers
The site's stated research focus is how culture spreads, develops, and disappears. It draws on computational and quantitative methods from:
- Ecology
- Population genetics
- Machine learning
Two methodological concerns are called out specifically: analyzing biased historical collections, and measuring cultural diversity and loss.
Site structure
The navigation lists three main sections:
| Section | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Home | The main page, with the research description above |
| Fragments | Content under the "Fragments of Cultural Change" heading |
| Publications | Selected publications, with a link to all publications |
Selected publications listed
The homepage highlights three papers:
- Correcting collection bias in comparative studies of diversity — Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2026.
- Saved in Translation? Estimating latent diversity shared by historic cultures and the case of medieval literature in French and Dutch — Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2026. Includes a DOI link.
- Forgotten Books: The Application of Unseen Species Models to the Survival of Culture — Science, 2022. Includes a DOI link.
A link to "All publications" is also provided for the full list.
When this site is useful to you
- You need Karsdorp's affiliation or role for a citation or reference.
- You want an overview of his research direction before reading a paper.
- You are looking for the DOI or venue of one of the listed publications.
- You are checking whether a specific paper is his before citing it.
The site does not indicate pricing, login requirements, or downloadable datasets on the evidence available, so treat it as a profile and publication index rather than a data or tool repository.