Christoph Trattner

Christoph Trattner is a Professor and Director of MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology and Innovation at the University of Bergen. He leads research in the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, focusing on the intersection of Behavioral Data Analytics and Recommender Systems with applications in health, media, and sustainability.

His work spans

• Over 120 publications in top venues like NATURE, JASIST, and WWW
• Secured 54 million Euros in funding (30 million as PI)
• Founded SFI MediaFutures, a 26 million Euro research center

Recent research trends include

• Cross-cultural food preference modeling via visual analytics
• Popularity bias mitigation in news recommenders
• Behavioral nudges for healthy eating
• Ethical AI in journalism and media

Awards

• ACM Distinguished Speaker (2021)
• Best Paper Honorable Mention at The Web Conference (2017)
• Editorial board member for journals like Future Internet and AI & Ethics

As a supervisor, he has guided over 35 MSc/PhD students. Currently exempt from teaching due to directorial duties, he welcomes thesis supervision inquiries via christoph.trattner@uib.no.