Sandra Robinson is an Associate Professor and Graduate Supervisor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University. Her expertise lies in algorithms and platforms, data methodologies, privacy and surveillance, and social media. She is actively involved in research and graduate supervision, with a focus on communication, culture, regulation, gender and media, and AI. Education: PhD in Sociology – Queen’s University MA in Legal Studies – Carleton University MBA in Digital Technology Management – Royal Roads University BA in Anthropology – University of Alberta Research Interests: Dr. Robinson’s research spans communication, culture, and regulation, with a strong emphasis on gender and media, algorithm studies, artificial intelligence, and platform studies. She investigates how social media platforms shape public discourse, particularly in relation to misinformation, gendered narratives, and far-right populism. Her work also explores the intersections of big data and health surveillance, legal communication, and the pedagogical implications of platform-based learning. She is particularly interested in how digital infrastructures mediate power, identity, and control. Scientific Awards: Teaching Achievement Award (2017) Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Fellowship (2017–2019) Grants and Supervision: Dr. Robinson is a co-investigator on a 5-year SSHRC Insight grant titled Populist Publics: Memory, Populism, and Misinformation in the Canadian Social Mediascape . She is available to supervise graduate students in areas related to her research interests.
Brady Robards is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. His research focuses on youth, gender, sexuality, and digital cultures, with notable projects examining social media’s impact on employment, alcohol promotion, and LGBTQ+ digital experiences. He co-convenes the Monash Digital Cultures Research Group . Current projects include Social Media & Employment (ARC DECRA) and Scrolling Beyond Binaries (LGBTIQ+ youth studies) Recent awards: 2024 University of Bristol Visiting Fellowship, 2022 Dean’s Award for Research Enterprise Key collaborations: ARC, FARE, VicHealth, Australian Public Service His methodological innovations include the social media scroll back technique for analyzing longitudinal digital traces. Research supervision areas cover youth digital cultures, gender backlash movements, and dating technologies. He is a member of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) and The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) .
Dr. Liang Ge is a Lecturer at King's College London teaching across the Digital Humanities Department and Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department. Holding a PhD from King's College London's Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department, they specialize in the intersection of digital media, gender/sexuality studies, and East/Southeast Asian popular cultures. BLit in Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University MSc in Sociology (with distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science PhD in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London Their research explores digital intimacy, queer fandoms, and cultural production in Chinese digital spaces, with particular focus on danmei (male-male romance) literature and its socio-political implications. They examine how state power, platform capitalism, and fan communities interact within China's digital landscape, analyzing affective labor, censorship mechanisms, and identity formation through frameworks of ambivalence and queer theory. Liang Ge's scholarly contributions appear in leading journals including Media, Culture & Society , European Journal of Cultural Studies , and Asian Studies Review , with research trends revealing sustained engagement with digital intimacy commodification, state-fandom power dynamics, and postcolonial queer methodologies across East Asian contexts. Great Britain-China Educational Trust Award (2023) Kelly Quinn Scholarship, Association for Internet Researchers (2024) MeCCSA Journal Article of the Year Award (Shortlisted, 2024) Sino-British Fellowship (2021) As an active scholar, they serve on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies committee (2023-2025) and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals through research on gender equality and inclusive cultural participation. Their work bridges academic analysis with contemporary digital culture debates, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ representation in Sinophone contexts.
Professor Megan Richardson is an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne's Law School, specializing in intellectual property, privacy rights, and legal theory. She has contributed significantly to privacy law reform through advisory roles with the Australian Law Reform Commission and NSW Law Reform Commission. Research focuses on: Evolution of privacy rights in digital contexts Intellectual property intersections with personality rights Data governance frameworks Legal responses to automated decision-making Historical development of privacy doctrines Publication trends show increasing engagement with technology-law interfaces, particularly algorithmic systems and data rights. Recent work examines AI's impact on privacy, blockchain applications, and pandemic surveillance technologies, often employing interdisciplinary approaches combining law with cultural studies. Scientific Awards: No awards mentioned in provided materials. Research Leadership: Serves as Coordinating Editor for Cambridge Elements Series: Data Rights and Wrongs. No specific student advising information available.
Lucas Introna is a Distinguished Professor of Organisation, Technology, and Ethics at Lancaster University's Management School. He holds a BCom, BA (Hons), MBA, and PhD. His research focuses on the ethical and social implications of technology, particularly information systems, informed by phenomenology and process philosophy. He has served as Associate Dean for Research (2010-2016) and Head of the Organisation, Work and Technology Department (2007-2010). **Research Interests:** Sociomateriality and performativity Ethical implications of IT (privacy, surveillance) Political studies of technology design Plagiarism and cultural values Virtuality and embodiment **Recent Work Trends:** His publications explore algorithmic governance, digital ethics, and the interplay between technology and social structures. Notable themes include blockchain trust dynamics, refugee precarity, and the ethical dimensions of facial recognition systems. **Awards:** IFIP Outstanding Service Award **Grants & Roles:** Co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Technology and Organisation Member of multiple ethics committees and editorial boards Visited professor at University of Amsterdam **Labs/Groups:** Affiliated with the Centre for Technological Futures and the Society Management and Society group.
Ranjit Lall is an Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations, and a Fellow of St John's College. His research focuses on international cooperation, development, technological change, and methodological innovations in machine learning and missing data analysis. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and a BA from Oxford, and has been recognized with the Merze Tate Award and Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for his work. Education : PhD in Government (Harvard University), BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (University of Oxford) Affiliations : St John's College Fellow, Oxford's International Relations Network His research explores how international institutions function, leveraging computational tools like MIDASpy for missing data imputation. Key interests include civil society influence on global governance, accountability mechanisms, and the political economy of technological change. He previously worked at the Bank of England and Financial Times before academia. Recent Research Trends : Articles emphasize institutional performance metrics, pandemic-era voting behavior, and AI governance frameworks. His work bridges theoretical political science with practical computational methods. Awards : 2020 Leamer-Rosenthal Prize, 2018 Merze Tate Award Advising : Supervises six graduate students in international relations and political economy Lall collaborates on open-source projects such as the MIDAS software for data imputation and actively contributes to debates on transparent social science research practices.
Sanmi Koyejo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and holds an adjunct position as Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He leads the Stanford Trustworthy AI Research (STAIR) group, focusing on fairness, robustness, and healthcare applications in machine learning. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical systems, emphasizing ethical AI and clinical informatics. Affiliations: SAIL, HAI, CRFM, AIMI, AI Safety, and the Machine Learning Group. Research Interests: His expertise spans trustworthy AI, federated learning, and neuroimaging. He actively addresses challenges in algorithmic fairness, particularly in healthcare, where he collaborates with institutions like OSF Healthcare on projects like federated learning for clinical data. Key Contributions: Co-developed frameworks for unlearning in large language models, evaluated AI systems' societal impacts, and advanced benchmarks for medical applications. His work has been featured in venues like NeurIPS, ICML, and AAAI. Awards: NSF CAREER Award, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and Terman Faculty Fellowship. Grants & Teams: Leads NSF-funded projects on domain adaptation and fairness in breast cancer risk scoring. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on NIH's MIDRC and NSF's AIFARMS initiative for agricultural sustainability. Labs/Teams: STAIR lab drives interdisciplinary research in ethical AI, with emphasis on real-world deployment and policy implications.
Gaël Thomas is a Senior Researcher at Inria Saclay and a part-time Professor at École Polytechnique. He leads the Benagil team, a joint initiative between Inria and Telecom SudParis/IP Paris. His research focuses on virtualization, operating systems, concurrency, and runtime systems, with an emphasis on improving system performance and safety. He holds a PhD and Habilitation from Sorbonne Université and has extensive academic experience, including roles as a Professor at Telecom SudParis (2014–2023) and an Associate Professor at UPMC (2006–2014). Education: PhD in Computer Science, 2005, UPMC Sorbonne Université Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR), 2012, UPMC Sorbonne Université MSc in Computer Science, 2001, MIAIF Program Research Interests: Gaël’s work spans virtualization techniques, NUMA architecture optimization, garbage collection scalability, lock-free algorithms, and persistent memory systems. He has pioneered solutions like J-NVM for Java NVMM and NumaGiC for big data systems. Grants & Awards: Principal Investigator of DiVA (PEPR Cloud, 868k€) and Maplurinum (ANR PRC, 184k€) Contributions to VMKit and infra-web-cours development Labs/Teams: Benagil Team (Inria/Telecom SudParis) focuses on systems and runtime optimization.
Christopher T. Bavitz is the WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Experiential and Clinical Education at Harvard Law School. He serves as Managing Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and is a Faculty Co-Director of the Center. His expertise spans intellectual property, media law, AI governance, and technology policy. Bavitz teaches courses like Music & Digital Media and Counseling and Legal Strategy in the Digital Age . His research focuses on algorithmic fairness, intermediary liability, and regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies. Bavitz holds a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Before joining HLS, he was Senior Director of Legal Affairs at EMI Music and practiced litigation at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Key initiatives include work on the Lumen Database for transparency in content takedowns, the AGTech Forum for state attorneys general, and policy analysis on AI ethics, facial recognition, and algorithmic risk assessment tools. He advises on startup legal strategy, digital finance, and generative AI accountability.
Associate Professor Wing Wah Tham holds a position at the School of Banking and Finance within the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School . He also maintains affiliations as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and a Tinbergen Institute Fellow . Previously, he served as an Associate Professor of Financial Econometrics at the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics (2014–2016) and as an Assistant Professor there (2009–2014). Education : PhD, University of Warwick MSc, Imperial College, UK BEng, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore Research Interests : Professor Tham specializes in econometrics , market microstructure , asset pricing , and financial innovation . His work bridges quantitative finance with applications in artificial intelligence and sustainable development goals (SDG) , focusing on reproducibility, liquidity dynamics, and policy impacts. Recent Publications span high-impact journals like Journal of Finance , Management Science , and Review of Financial Studies , addressing topics such as nonstandard errors , AI for SDG mapping , and toxic arbitrage . These works are frequently presented at American Finance Association and Econometric Society meetings. Scientific Honors : PanAngora Crowell Second Prize Midwest Finance Association Best Paper Award Literati Network Awards for Excellence ARC Discovery Projects Grant Additional Activities : He has served as a visiting scholar at the Haas Business School, UC Berkeley and National University of Singapore , with interests in triathlons and ocean swimming.
Gilles Chemla is a Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School and Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Technology. He holds affiliations with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA). His academic journey includes a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, an MSc from Paris School of Economics, and an engineering degree from Ponts Paristech. Chemla’s research focuses on corporate finance, fintech innovation, causal inference methodologies, and corporate governance. His work bridges theoretical economics with practical applications in finance, energy markets, and policy. Recent articles explore AI adoption in finance, crowdfunding dynamics, and executive compensation dynamics. He has contributed to top journals like Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Empirical Finance . Education: PhD in Economics, London School of Economics (1996) MSc in Economics, Paris School of Economics (1992) Engineering Degree in Mathematics and Economics, École des Ponts ParisTech (1992) Awards: Multiple teaching prizes (unspecified). Professional Roles: Non-executive director roles in corporations and financial institutions Associate Editor, Journal of Empirical Finance Chemla’s research also addresses interdisciplinary topics such as medical trial biases and policy-relevant experiments. He advises on fintech innovation, financial regulation, and energy market dynamics, leveraging mathematical modeling and data science expertise.
Dr. Dave Murray-Rust is an Associate Professor in Human-Algorithm Interaction Design at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. He explores the intersection of humans, data, and AI through design research, focusing on ethical AI systems and sociotechnical interactions. His work bridges computer science, design theory, and digital sociology, addressing challenges like algorithmic fairness and human-AI collaboration. He leads initiatives such as the AI Futures Lab and Data-Centric Design Lab, advancing methods for leveraging behavioral data in design processes. His research emphasizes experiential AI frameworks, metaphors for designers, and the legibility of AI systems. He has been honored with awards including Best alt.HRI 2024 and a CHI 2023 Best Paper Award for contributions to fairness perceptions in algorithmic decision-making. Murray-Rust teaches courses like the Speculative Design Studio and collaborates on projects like DCODE (Designing the Future of AI) and the BrightSky Project. His work extends to public engagement through installations like GeoPact and explorations of blockchain's societal impact. He holds an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.
Adam Harkens is a Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Strathclyde. He holds a PhD in Law from Queen's University Belfast, funded by the Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS). His research focuses on the intersection of public power, digital decision-making tools, and constitutionalism, addressing issues like algorithmic policing, surveillance, and AI governance. He is a founding member of the Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) in Human Rights-Based Decision-Making and the LEADS Lab at the University of Birmingham. Teaching includes modules on constitutional law, administrative law, and digital regulation at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professional activities include advising bodies like the Office for AI and the Dutch Raad van State. He co-leads the SCDT project (2023–2027) and contributed to the FATAL4JUSTICE? Programme (2019–2022). His upcoming monograph, The Algorithmic State: Power, Constitutionalism and the Future of Administrative Law , explores these themes further. Research interests emphasize preventing power abuse via algorithmic systems, engaging legal theory, human rights, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recent projects include workshops on predictive policing regulation and EU AI accountability frameworks.
Zachary McDowell is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Communication. His research focuses on access, advocacy, and equity in digital spaces, particularly regarding knowledge production in platforms like Wikipedia and the ethical implications of AI. He holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. McDowell’s research explores how technology shapes cultural production, digital literacy, and equity. Key areas include AI’s impact on knowledge systems, ethics of data commons (e.g., Wikidata), and participatory media’s role in marginalized communities. He co-founded the open-access journal communication +1 , emphasizing innovation in communication scholarship. His teaching philosophy integrates critical engagement with technology and equity, using embodied practice to bridge theory and application. He volunteers in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood and advocates for systemic equity in education and knowledge systems. Notable collaborations include work with the Wiki Education Foundation on student learning outcomes through Wikipedia editing. Education: PhD in Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst Key Roles: Co-founder, communication +1 Journal; Research Fellow, Wiki Education Foundation Awards: None explicitly listed in provided texts
Professor Stuart Phinn is a distinguished academic at the University of Queensland, serving as Professor in the School of the Environment and Centre Director of the Remote Sensing Research Centre (Earth Observation Research Centre). He also maintains affiliations with the Centre for Marine Science. With a career spanning over two decades, Professor Phinn has established himself as a leading expert in earth observation and environmental monitoring, with over 559 publications including 295 journal articles. His educational background includes a Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced) from The University of Queensland and a Doctor of Philosophy from San Diego State University. Professor Phinn's leadership extends to founding directorships of Australia's national earth observation coordination body (www.eoa.org.au) and collaborative research infrastructure (www.tern.org.au), as well as a world-leading research-to-operational program supporting government environmental monitoring (www.jrsrp.org.au). He also leads the Earth Observation for Government Network. Professor Phinn's research focuses on monitoring environmental change using earth observation and field data. His work primarily involves using images collected from satellites and aircraft, combined with field measurements, to map and monitor Earth's environments and how they change over time. This research is conducted in collaboration with environmental scientists, government agencies, NGOs, and private companies. A growing aspect of his work focuses on national coordination of earth observation activities and the collection, publishing, and sharing of ecosystem data. His work provides solutions to support sustainable development and resource use for governments, industries, and communities. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on applying earth observation technologies to solve environmental challenges across multiple domains. The 15 most recent articles reveal strong themes in coral reef mapping and monitoring, land cover change detection, fire resilience analysis, and advanced remote sensing techniques including multi-sensor fusion and machine learning applications. His work spans terrestrial, coastal, and marine environments, with significant contributions to understanding environmental change in Australia and internationally, particularly in Indonesia. Professor Phinn has secured substantial research funding from diverse sources including government agencies (Queensland Government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority), industry partners (SmartSat CRC, Blue Economy CRC), and international organizations (Google Inc, Vulcan Inc). Current projects include evaluating impacts of threats to endangered reptiles, automating tree-scale vegetation structure monitoring, and continuing the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program. As an academic supervisor, Professor Phinn has mentored numerous PhD and Master's students, with current supervision spanning topics from forest disturbance analysis to kelp forest mapping and fire resilience of mine site rehabilitation. His extensive supervision history demonstrates his commitment to training the next generation of earth observation scientists. The Earth Observation Research Centre he directs fosters a collaborative research environment focused on transforming satellite and airborne images with field survey data into meaningful environmental information for decision-making.
