Jeroen de Kloet was born in 1967 in Holland. He teaches at the department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the globalisation of popular culture, in particular music, with a specific interest in China. He has done extensive field research in Beijing about its local music cultures, and published several articles on this. His current research also includes other genres such as film and art, as well as a comparative project on computer hackers in Shanghai and New York.