Mathieu O'NEIL

Mathieu O'NEIL is a Professor of Communication at the University of Canberra’s Faculty of Arts and Design and an Honorary Associate Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University. His work bridges political communication, sociology, and computational social science. He co-founded the Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks and leads the Digital Commons Policy Council, advocating for sustainable digital infrastructure policies. His research focuses on peer production, misinformation mitigation, and information literacy in education. Key projects include detecting online echo chambers (funded by Volkswagen Foundation) and designing media literacy resources for schools (ACT Education Directorate grants).

Education: Previously held roles at Université Stendhal - Grenoble 3, ANU, and Université Paris Sorbonne. Worked as a magazine editor and researcher for the Australian Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Research interests emphasize digital commons governance, open source software sustainability, and combating misinformation through civic education. Recent work explores how AI and social media platforms shape political deliberation.

His articles analyze topics like GitHub collaboration, misinformation strategies, and policy frameworks for digital commons. Grants include projects on political deliberation systems (2021-2024) and teacher-librarian collaborations for information resilience (2024-2026).

Labs/Teams: Leads the News and Media Research Centre at UC, collaborates with international teams on digital infrastructure projects, and advises ACT schools on media literacy programs.