Natali Helberger, distinguished professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam and co-founder of our AI, Media & Democracy Lab. 

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Claes H. de Vreese, co-founder of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, is Distinguished Faculty Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Data and Democracy and Professor at the University of Amsterdam. 

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Nanda Piersma, board member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, is associated with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) and the Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IAS) group.

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Pascal Wiggers, board member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, is an Associate Lecturer for Responsible Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Digital Media & Creative Industry (FDMCI) at the University of Applied Science (HvA). 

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Pablo Cesar, board member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, is the leader of the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and is a Professor in the Multimedia Computing group at TU Delft.

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Han La Poutré, board member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, is senior researcher at CWI, conducts research that focusses on multi-agent and computational intelligence techniques. 

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Tamara Witschge is applied professor Crossmedia at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). Her research explores innovation, creativity and (social) change in and trough media.

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Dr. Eric Pauwels is senior researcher at CWI and leader of CWI’s  Intelligent and Autonomous Systems research group. His current research focuses on the application of computational intelligence including optimization. 

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Dr. Laura Hollink is a tenured researcher at CWI with an interest in both knowledge representation and human computer interaction. 

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Abdallah El Ali is a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher with a strong background in Cognitive Science. He holds the position of a tenured research scientist at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). 

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Davide Ceolin is a tenured researcher within the Human-Centered Data Analytics group at CWI. His research revolves around the assessment of online information quality, emphasizing transparency, explainability, and (semi-)automation. 

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Theresa is a PhD candidate at IViR. Her research is primarily concerned with regulating the opinion power and political power of digital platforms in the fields of European media law and policy, fundamental rights, especially media freedom and pluralism, and platform regulation. 

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Ph.D. candidate Valeria is passionate about exploring emerging technologies in journalism with a focus on conversational agents, as well as their intersection with political communication, and current regulatory proposals for AI.

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As our manager, Sara is the heart and soul of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab. Being the central point of contact between all our researchers, and public and societal partners, she enables the exchange of ideas by connecting stakeholders, organizing panels, and more.

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Sanne is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law. Between her combined experience as a member of the Lab, PhD at the Law faculty, a degree Artificial Intelligence and previous work experience as a consultant, Sanne is a truly interdisciplinary researcher.

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Tomás is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His research interests include artificial intelligence and automation in the media sector, immersive technologies, civic data science, and governance of technologies and the Internet.

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Max is a postdoc at the Institute for Information Law, where he researches the responsibilities companies have when they use AI to produce and distribute information. He has focused in particular on the use of personalisation to distribute news and political advertisements. 

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Anna Schjøtt Hansen is a PhD Candidate at the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. In her current research, she is interested in the on-the-ground political dynamics that emerge from how AI is represented, developed, and used in the media context. 

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Nicholas is an associate professor at Northwestern University, and joined the AI, Media and Democracy lab on a sabbatical year. His research focuses on computational journalism, including aspects of automation and algorithms in news production, algorithmic accountability and transparency, and social media in news contexts. 

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As a student-assistant, Ella co-manages an editorial group, generates content for external stakeholders online and assists with research. 

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Sophie, a postdoctoral researcher at the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, with a background in political communication research, is currently studying individuals' attitudes towards AI in journalism, particularly focusing on trust, risk perceptions, and authenticity.

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Stanislaw is a postdoctoral researcher in information law at IViR, University of Amsterdam. He is currently exploring the topic of the use of AI in media and journalism (from a legal and policy perspective) and collaborating on interdisciplinary projects in this context.

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Laurens Naudts is a postdoctoral researcher at IViR where he investigates the structural, social and relational dynamics that constitute a digitally mediated society, including positions of power and privilege and acts and structures of oppression and domination. 

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As a design researcher at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Simone aims to spark valuable research collaborations by connecting the CWI portfolio with the AIMD Lab and its partners. 

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Valentin Robu is a senior researcher in the Intelligent and Autonomous Systems Group at CWI. As a member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, Valentin is especially interested in understanding how disinformation can spread in social networks, often mediated by AI-enabled chatbots and content generation tools.

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Manel is a part-time postdoctoral researcher at human-centered data analytics group at CWI. Within the the AI, Media and Democracy Lab, she investigates several questions related to bias, fairness, diversity and reliable evaluation in recommender systems.

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Kimon is a postdoctoral researcher in the project Anticipating AI impact in a Diverse Society at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam. His current research focuses on developing a scenario-based, diversity-sensitive method for assessing the societal impact of AI systems and regulations.

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