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. 

Read more about Claes H. de Vreese here. 

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.

Read more about Pablo Cesar here. 

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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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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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 postdoctoral researcher 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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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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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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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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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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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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Zilin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, affiliated with both the AI, Media and Democracy Lab and the RPA Human(e) AI. With a background in Computational Communication Science, her research focuses on responsible AI and digital journalism.

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Wouter van Atteveldt is an interdisciplinary researcher and assistant professor at the VU in Computational Communication Science & Political Communication. His research focuses on fragmented digital landscapes and data donations.

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Gionata is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR) and at the Responsible Media Lab (REM). In his research, Gionata will explore legal issues surrounding the use of generative AI in the media sector. 

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Delfina is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Data Analysis at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in high-level multimodal sensemaking and automatic toxic meme detection and explanation. They focus on human-centered and ethical AI, computational cultural analytics, and critical data studies.

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Teresa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, primarily working on the BENEDMO project, a Flemish-Dutch collaboration tackling disinformation. She studies the impact of emerging forms of disinformation, including AI-generated visuals, and is involved in policy analysis concerning social media platforms' compliance with the Code of Practice on Disinformation.

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Marcio Fuckner is a senior researcher at the Responsible IT Lectoraat at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He researches AI in collaboration with various academic partners, government services, and media organizations. Marcio is also a lecturer for the Applied Artificial Intelligence Master program.

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Nicolas is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research. His research focuses on responsible design practices for digital information environments. Within the Lab, he is exploring the impact of generative AI on newsrooms as well as the effects of labelling the use of generative AI on people’s trust in information.

Read more about Nicolas here.

Suzana Bašić is a researcher in the Responsible IT group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, specializing in Responsible AI and Natural Language Processing. Her academic background spans English, Sociology and Computational Linguistics, giving her a broad, interdisciplinary perspective.

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Pooja is a postdoctoral researcher at the Distributed & Interactive Systems group at CWI. Her expertise is in Human-AI Interaction, both in designing AI agent behavior and developing machine learning models for sensing user's affective state.

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As the student assistant of the Lab, Leona manages its public output, generates content for external stakeholders online, and assists with research.

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Agustin Ferrari Braun is a PhD candidate at the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. Agustin’s research focuses on the politics of digital infrastructure and how they affect the operations of news media companies.

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Merel Noorman is a Lector in Responsible AI at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science, and a board member of the AI, Media and Democracy Lab. She is particularly concerned with the democratization of AI and the question of how society can maintain control over increasingly complex technologies.

Read more about Merel here.