University of Wisconsin–Madison
Biography Valeria is a researcher at the University of Twente, passionate about exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping journalism and human–machine interaction. Her work focuses particularly on conversational agents and the intersection of AI, human factors, communication, and regulation. Currently, she investigates how different forms of explanations can help users better understand and interact with …
Biography Sue Robinson (PhD, Temple University) holds the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism research chair in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication. She teachers and researches all things journalism, integrating applied methodological techniques into all her spaces to learn through real-world application. She is interested in harnessing generative AI technologies …
Biography Nadja Schaetz is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg and co-founder of WAIHSS (Women* in AI, the Humanities and Social Sciences). Her work investigates the dual shaping of technology and society, with a particular focus on how power and inequities are reinforced or challenged through sociotechnical processes. With a PhD in journalism …
Biography Pascal is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor (“Vertretungsprofessor”) at the University of Mannheim until August 2027.His research interests include the digital transformation of the knowledge order, how it affects audiences’ information behavior, and what this means for media and platform …
Biography Theresa is a postdoctoral researcher at IViR and part of the research team at the AI, Media & Democracy Lab. Her PhD research examined approaches to regulate platform opinion power in a concentrated digital media ecosystem. During this time, Theresa also spent three months as a visiting newsroom fellow at the Polis (Journalism and …
Biography Dr Felix M. Simon is the Research Fellow in AI, Information and News at the Reuters Institute within the Department of Politics at Oxford University, a Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, and a Junior Research Fellow in Politics at Corpus Christi College, all at the University of Oxford. His research looks at …
Biography Facundo Suenzo is a Teaching Professor at Universidad de San Andrés, in Argentina, where he serves as Director of the B.A. in Humanities. His research agenda sits at the intersection of the sociology of culture, media studies, and gender and sexuality studies, with a historically grounded focus on Argentina and Latin America, in comparative …
Biography Sina Thäsler-Kordonouri is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Media and Communication (IfKW) at LMU Munich. She obtained her PhD in communication science from LMU Munich in 2026. Her dissertation investigates how automation becomes part of journalism. Previously, she studied media and communication science at Freie Universität Berlin and Stockholm University. Her research …
Biography Daniel Trielli is an Assistant Professor of Media and Democracy at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. His research examines how algorithmic curation and digital platforms shape how journalism is produced, distributed, and consumed. His interests include data and computational journalism, media literacy, and algorithmic accountability. He also writes occasionally for …
Biography Max van Drunen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. His research explores how technologies that produce or distribute public-interest content (such as news and political speech) should be regulated. He explores legal questions around political microtargeting, algorithmic transparency, platforms’ editorial responsibilities, and how European …