University of Wisconsin–Madison
Biography Nick Hagar is a faculty member at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Their research examines how artificial intelligence is changing journalism, public information, and the institutions that produce and distribute knowledge. They are particularly interested in the design and governance of AI systems, the ways news …
Biography Natali Helberger is Distinguished University Professor of Law and Digital Technology with a special focus on AI at the University of Amsterdam and member of the board of directors of the Institute for Information Law (IViR), one of the leading information law institutes worldwide. Helberger is an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy …
Biography Dr Bronwyn Jones is a social scientist researching the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism with a focus on public service media and news production. She explores what it means to be responsible and to pursue the public interest with, and amid emerging technologies. Formerly a journalist at the BBC, Bronwyn works to …
Biography Sang Jung Kim studies how AI, social media, and emerging technologies shape public understanding and social boundaries. She combines computational and experimental methods and develops research tools and experimental infrastructure to study how people encounter and respond to information in contemporary media environments. She is Co-Director of the Visual Media Lab, where she develops …
Biography Dr. Michael Koliska is an associate professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University. His research explores among other things on the practices, performances, theories and effects of transparency and trust in analog, digital, automated and AI journalism. Specifically, he explores how technology and discourses about technology alter the newsroom …
Biography Seth C. Lewis is the inaugural Elcan Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Media Studies at the University of Virginia. For two decades, he has studied the social implications of emerging technologies and their consequences for news and public life — from the early days of social media to automation, algorithms, …
Biography Associate Professor James Meese studies how news institutions are being remade by digital infrastructures, with a focus on personalisation, recommendation and the public value of news. Working across media and telecommunications policy and journalism studies, he brings normative media theory together with empirical and computational research on news recommendation, platform regulation and the changing …
Biography Charis Papaevangelou (he/him) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam, affiliated with the Institute for Information Law (IViR) and the “Public Values in the Algorithmic Society” research project (AlgoSoc). He is also a research fellow at the University of Toulouse as part of the Horizon “Forging Successful AI Applications for European Economy …
Biography Gregory P. Perreault is a scholar of adaptation in journalism. His work focuses on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and managing labor expectations. He currently serves as associate editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021) and is …
Biography Colin Porlezza is Associate Professor of Digital Journalism and Head of the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG) at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland, where he also directs the European Journalism Observatory (EJO). He is also a Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Journalism at City St George’s, University of …