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Sylvaine Castellano is a Professor of Strategy and Dean of the Faculty and Research at EM Normandie since 2022. She joined EM Normandie in 2020 after serving as an Associate Professor at the Paris School of Business from 2010 to 2019. She holds a PhD in Management from the University of Luxembourg (2010), focusing on legitimacy dynamics in the French wine industry. Her research explores institutional and competitive dynamics in luxury markets, reputation management, and entrepreneurship. Education: 2010: PhD in Management Sciences, University of Luxembourg 2005: Case study deposited at Centrale des Cas et des Médias Pédagogiques Roles and Contributions: As Dean, she oversees academic and research activities at EM Normandie, including directing the Laboratoire Métis (Métis Research Laboratory). She teaches Strategic Management, Wine Business, Intercultural Management, and Research Methodology. Her research bridges strategic theory with practice, emphasizing sustainability, innovation, and digital transformation. Notable areas include non-alcoholic wine legitimacy, smart cities, and nomadic entrepreneurship. Research Themes: Her work analyzes how institutions and markets shape organizational legitimacy, particularly in luxury sectors. Recent topics include NFT sustainability, virtual fashion consumer behavior, and pandemic-era cause marketing. She frequently discusses her findings in academic journals (e.g., Journal of Business Research , Technological Forecasting & Social Change ) and media outlets like The Conversation . Awards and Grants: While no formal awards are listed, her extensive publication record and leadership roles reflect her academic impact. She collaborates internationally, presenting at events like the Babson College Conference and FNEGE Médias. Labs and Teams: Leads the Métis Research Laboratory, focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship in global contexts. Engages in interdisciplinary projects with industry partners, addressing challenges like smart port evaluation and e-health robotics adoption.

• Strategic Management
• Institutional Dynamics
• Competitive Dynamics
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Fang Lee Cooke is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Management at Monash University's Faculty of Business and Economics and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She serves on the UNEP-ISC foresight Expert Panel and ILO Research Review Group. Her research examines employment relations, diversity management, strategic HRM, and technological impacts on work in contexts including Chinese multinational firms, healthcare, and construction sectors. Research explores gender equality in IHRM, digital platform employment, algorithmic management, and sustainable HRM practices. Recent work analyzes the effects of paternalistic leadership, workplace incivility, and EAP effectiveness. She has led over 30 funded projects including the £7.9M Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (2020-2025). Publications address contemporary challenges in global HRM, employee mental health, and workforce resilience during organizational change. Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (2024) Top 2% Global Scientist (2020-2023) Dean's Award for PRME Research Excellence (2018) DAAD Visiting Professorship (2016)

• Human Resource Management
• Employment Relations
• Gender Studies
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Malene Charlotte Larsen is an Associate Professor at Aalborg University's Department of Communication and Psychology within The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her research focuses on digital youth culture, social media design impacts on well-being, algorithms in everyday life, and sustainable consumption in digital contexts. She leads the 'Digital Media in Everyday Life' research group and has published extensively since 2005, including her 2024 book Social Media Across Everyday Contexts: Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics . Her teaching spans social media studies, digital culture, qualitative methods, and research ethics across multiple academic programs. She is a member of the Study Board for Communication and Digital Media and the AAU Practice Committee. Key projects include SoMeWell (examining social media design and youth well-being) and EU Kids Online IV (European youth digital behavior studies). Larsen has received the 2006 Prize for Best Thesis in Humanities Informatics and actively engages in public discourse through media commentary and policy consultations. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks like nexus analysis with applied digital ethnography, addressing contemporary challenges in youth digital practices and platform-mediated social dynamics.

• Digital Media Studies
• Social Media and Youth Culture
• Algorithmic Society
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Aikaterini Mniestri is a Research Fellow at the University of Siegen and a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics (LSE). She holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Leiden University College and an RMa in New Media and Digital Cultures from the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on power dynamics, participatory culture, and platform governance, particularly examining how marginalized groups navigate visibility and vulnerability on social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. Her current PhD project, supported by the Onassis Foundation, critiques the intersection of data feminism and platformization, analyzing algorithmic discrimination and creator resistance strategies. She also co-organized the 'More than Data' summer school at the University of Siegen, exploring positionalities in digital research. Teaching responsibilities include the 'Start-up Prototyping' course at the University of Siegen’s EnableUS interdisciplinary centre, blending humanities perspectives with purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Her work emphasizes ethical digital methods, including digital ethnography and data visualization, while addressing sensitive data collection challenges in platform studies.

• Power
• Participatory Culture
• Platforms
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Professor Salil K. Mehra is a tenured faculty member at Temple University's School of Law, where he has taught since 2000. His academic focus centers on antitrust and competition law with specialized expertise in technology-related legal frameworks. He currently serves on Temple University's Strategic Planning Steering Committee and co-directs the Institute for Law, Innovation and Technology (iLIT). His educational credentials include a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (where he graduated Order of the Coif, served on the law review, and was named an Olin Student Fellow), an M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and an A.B. from Harvard University. Professor Mehra's research spans antitrust enforcement in digital markets , algorithmic competition , and cyberlaw , with particular emphasis on empirical legal studies and international comparative analysis. His work critically examines how artificial intelligence, data harvesting, and platform economies challenge traditional competition frameworks, while exploring intersections with intellectual property, privacy regulation, and global trade systems. His recent publications reveal a pronounced shift toward analyzing algorithmic collusion mechanisms, post-scarcity economic models, and jurisdictional challenges in regulating transnational digital markets. This scholarly trajectory demonstrates increasing engagement with the legal implications of machine learning systems while maintaining strong comparative analysis of antitrust approaches across jurisdictions like China, Japan, and the European Union. His distinguished recognitions include: University Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (2016) Friel-Scanlon Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship (2023) Abe Fellowship from Japan’s Center for Global Partnership and the Social Science Research Center Professor Mehra maintains significant professional engagement as past Chair of the AALS Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation and current nongovernmental advisor to the International Competition Network. His pre-academic career included clerkship with Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella, service at the DOJ Antitrust Division, and litigation practice at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz focusing on antitrust and First Amendment matters. Through iLIT, he leads interdisciplinary initiatives examining emerging technology policy challenges, fostering collaboration between legal scholars, computer scientists, and engineers to address regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, blockchain applications, and digital platform governance.

• Antitrust Law
• Competition Law
• Cyberlaw
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John Downey is a Professor of Comparative Media Analysis at Loughborough University (UK) since 2012. He holds visiting professorships at institutions like Williams College (USA) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), funded by prestigious programs. His academic journey includes a PhD from Cambridge University on Frankfurt School theory, followed by a postdoc at Siegen University (Germany). Research focuses on political communication, critical theory, and media systems comparisons, with recent emphasis on environmental communication, AI in cultural industries, and Indian media politics. He has secured major grants from the ESRC, European Commission, and British Academy, advising bodies like the BBC Trust and Electoral Commission. Awarded the 2010 European Journal of Communication's Outstanding Article, he serves as ECREA President (2021-2024) and chairs UK's REF2029 panel. Leadership roles include directing Loughborough's Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, and overseeing the ESRC Midlands Graduate School. His work bridges critical theory with contemporary media challenges, emphasizing global media dynamics and democratic discourse.

• Political Communication
• Critical Theory
• Comparative Media Studies
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David Murillo Bonvehí is an Associate Professor at Esade Business School's Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability. He leads research projects on social innovation, corporate social responsibility, and digital commons, with a focus on ethical implications in collaborative economies and algorithmic labor relations. Current affiliations: Esade Business School, GRIIS (Institut d'Innovació Social) His research explores: SME challenges during crises Societal impacts of automated decision-making Emotional dynamics in pandemic response organizing Normative frameworks for commons governance Recent publications examine platform economy ethics and digital commonalities, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of business, technology, and society. He has secured grants from: AGAUR (Catalan Agency for University and Research Grants) MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) Murillo actively collaborates with research teams on topics spanning: Corporate political activism Digital labor regulation Public health solidarity networks

• Social Innovation
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• SME
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Hong Shen is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, where he directs the CARE (Collective AI Research and Evaluation) Lab and participates in the CMU-NIST Cooperative Research Center on AI Measurement Science & Engineering (AIMSEC). Education: PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Interests: Dr. Shen is an interdisciplinary scholar at the intersection of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and public policy. His work examines the social, ethical, and policy implications of digital platforms and algorithmic systems, with core focus areas in Social Computing , Human-Centered AI , Responsible Computing , Ethics and Policy , Research through Design , and Tools and Programming . His research emphasizes community-centered approaches to AI development and governance. Publication Trends: His 2025 publications reveal strong interdisciplinary convergence across AI ethics, participatory governance, and real-world AI deployment. Key themes include public involvement in algorithmic decision-making, reparative justice frameworks for AI harms, risk management in AI content work, and cross-cultural studies of algorithmic labor. The work consistently bridges technical AI development with social science methodologies and policy implications, particularly in community-university partnerships and healthcare contexts. Scientific Awards: Best Paper Award at HCOMP'24 (2024) for "Investigating What Factors Influence Users’ Rating of Harmful Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination" Google Research Scholar Award in Human-Computer Interaction (2024) Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellow (2024) for "Supporting the Responsible AI Red-Teaming Human Infrastructure" Best Paper Award at CHI'23 (2023) for "Understanding Frontline Workers’ and Unhoused Populations’ Perspectives on AI Used in Homeless Services" Advising and Funding: Dr. Shen advises graduate students Jini Kim, Ningjing Tang, Alice Qian Zhang, and Qing Xiao. His research is supported by significant grants including multiple National Science Foundation awards (including July 2025 funding for participatory AI design with behavioral health services), Amazon Research, Cisco Research, Google Research, Microsoft Research, The Public Interest Technology University Network, Block Center for Technology and Society, and CyLab. Recent grants focus on community-centered AI toolkits and mental health organization partnerships. Labs and Teams: He leads the CARE Lab, which develops collective approaches to AI research and evaluation, and actively contributes to AIMSEC's mission of advancing human-centered AI measurement science through CMU-NIST collaboration. His lab emphasizes participatory methods and infrastructure for ethical AI development.

• Social Computing
• Human-Centered AI
• Responsible Computing
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Saša Mitrović is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Osijek, Croatia, specializing in Information and Communication Sciences . With expertise in Machine Learning , Business Process Optimization , and Energy Efficiency , he teaches courses like Business Application Development and Relational Databases . His office hours are on Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and he can be reached at sasa.mitrovic@efos.hr . Research interests span Machine Learning applications in economic trend prediction Smart city energy systems Imbalanced data classification Information and communication technologies in public sectors Publications highlight his work in CO₂ emissions modeling , energy analytics , and digital transformation , leveraging methodologies like CRISP-DM and recursive partitioning. His research trends emphasize data-driven sustainability and urban policy innovation . Awards Microsoft Certified Professional (Windows application development, 2012) Skills include HTML, CSS, C#, ASP.NET, PHP, JavaScript, SQL Server, and MySQL. He is also a doctoral student in Social Sciences at the Faculty of Organization and Informatics , University of Zagreb.

• Information and Communication Sciences
• Machine Learning
• Business Process Optimization
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Tracy Everbach is a Professor of Print and Digital Journalism at the University of North Texas (UNT), specializing in gender, race, and media representation. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri and has over 20 years of professional journalism experience, including 14 years at The Dallas Morning News. Her research focuses on media portrayals of gender and race, newsroom management, and sports coverage. She has authored/co-authored influential books including Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology & Harassment (2018) and Testing Tolerance (2020). Education: Ph.D. in Journalism, University of Missouri (2004) M.A. in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin (2000) B.S. in Journalism, Boston University (1984) Research interests prioritize intersectional analysis of media narratives, with a focus on gender equity in sports journalism, racial justice reporting, and the evolving role of newsroom leadership. Her work critiques systemic biases in media representation and advocates for inclusive storytelling practices. Her award-winning journalism career includes investigative projects on domestic violence and juvenile justice, earning recognition such as the Carole Kneeland Award and the PASS Award. She has held leadership roles including serving as head of AEJMC's Commission on the Status of Women and advising UNT's student newspaper, North Texas Daily. Her scholarly contributions span over 50 articles in prestigious journals like Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly and American Journalism , addressing topics from paralympic athlete portrayals to media framing of social justice movements.

• Gender and Race in Media
• Newsroom Management
• Sports Journalism
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Dr. Sarah Evans is the Presidential Early Career Professor and Director of Children's and Young Adult Librarianship at the University of North Texas's College of Information. She co-directs the Multiple Literacies Lab and serves as Information Coordinator for IFLA's Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section. Evans holds a PhD in Learning Sciences, an MLIS, and a BA from the University of Washington, plus an elementary education certificate from Western Washington University. Her research examines self-directed learning across contexts, focusing on literacy, identity, and equity. Current grant-funded projects include Raise Up Radio (family/youth learning through library radio), Diversifying Human-Centered Data Science (ethical game design), and Graphic Medicine (health literacy programs). Research trends in her recent publications (2019-2025) emphasize data literacy frameworks, community-library partnerships, equity in technology fields, and innovative literacy methods using media/games. Her work advances representation of marginalized voices in LIS. Teaching includes graduate courses in graphic novels, library programming, youth services, and adult materials. Service includes UNT Faculty Senate membership and international library association leadership.

• Library Services for Youth
• Informal Learning Environments
• Multiple Literacies
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Martin Zeilinger is a Reader in Computational Arts & Technology at Abertay University, affiliated with the Department of Games and Arts. His research bridges digital art, artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and critical theory, focusing on cultural ownership and experimental video game culture. PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto (2009) SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at York University (2011-2013) His research explores authorship and agency in AI-generated art, blockchain-based ownership models, and the intersection of technology with creative practices. He co-founded Toronto’s Vector Festival (2014-2020) and contributes to AI ethics education through courses like Critical Studies (ART308) and Game Studies (DES104). Recent work (2025-2024) spans critical AI frameworks ( Doing AI Differently ), blockchain’s role in art economics ( Financialized Play ), and tactical approaches to generative systems ( Enchevêtrements tactiques ). His publications frequently address digital rights, virtual reality ethics, and decentralized creative models. Scientific Awards: SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship He supervises PhD students Simon Strange (since 2019) and Marta Rossi (since 2021) at Abertay, while advising external projects on digital media and critical technology studies. His lab work includes curating blockchain art exhibitions and developing experiential AI models for public engagement.

• Digital Art
• Appropriation-Based Art Practices
• Artificial Intelligence
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Dr. Kuansong Victor Zhuang is an Assistant Professor in Disability Communication at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research bridges disability studies, media, cultural studies, and technology, focusing on inclusion in smart cities, digital accessibility, and disability representation. He holds a UK Chevening Scholarship (2013/14), was a Princeton University Fung Global Fellow (2022/23), and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sydney (2023/24). Prior to academia, he worked at SG Enable, Singapore's national disability agency for seven years. His work explores the sociotechnical dimensions of disability in emerging technologies, smart city frameworks, and cultural narratives. Key research areas include digital inclusion in apps like SingPass, AI ethics in workplace decision-making, and the intersection of disability with urban policy. He advocates for disability-led arts and critical pedagogy to advance inclusion. Notable fellowships and recognitions include: UK Chevening Scholar (2013/14) Princeton University Fung Global Fellow (2022/23) Visiting Fellow, University of Sydney (2023/2024) His publications address disability rights in smart cities, gig economy labor dynamics, and the representation of neurodiversity in media. He emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to challenge exclusionary systems and reimagine equitable futures.

• Disability Studies
• Communication Studies
• Digital Inclusion
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António Godinho is Professor Coordenador Principal at ISLA Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia and President of its Escola Superior de Tecnologia. He holds dual PhDs: one in Systems of Information from Universidade do Minho (1997) and another in Computation from The University of Manchester (1982). His research focuses on Data Mining, Business Intelligence, and Education Technology through projects like SOLVER ATE and Skills 4 Pós-COVID. His research interests span: Data mining applications in business and education AI-driven security solutions Blockchain for academic systems Digital health interventions Recent publications (2023-2025) primarily explore AI applications in cybersecurity, urban development, and healthcare. Trend analysis shows strong emphasis on machine learning implementation across diverse sectors including telecom, smart cities, and diabetes management. He leads research initiatives at Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais and manages SISQUAL - a software R&D company. Current projects include workforce optimization systems and educational technology platforms.

• Data Mining
• Business Intelligence
• Information Systems
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Louisa Ha is a Professor in the School of Media & Communication at Bowling Green State University, USA. She holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, M.Phil. and B.Ssc. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on misinformation, social media influencers, online video ecosystems, and cross-cultural communication dynamics. As Founding Editor-in-Chief of Online Media and Global Communication , she leads initiatives shaping academic publishing in digital media studies. Education: Ph.D. in Communication, Michigan State University M.Phil. in Communication Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong B.Ssc. in Social Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong Research Interests: Dr. Ha’s work examines how digital platforms shape global communication patterns. Key areas include: - Misinformation mitigation strategies - Social media influencers’ societal impact - YouTube and short-video business models - Cross-national media comparisons - Digital advertising effectiveness Awards & Roles: Professor of Research Excellence (2021–2024) Founder & Chair, Emerging Media Research Cluster Advertising Major Advisor and Internship Coordinator Current Initiatives: Leads the Global Social Media Influencer Research Lab and co-directs the Artificial Intelligence Workshop. Her 2025 research explores GCC nations’ digital diplomacy and pandemic-era social media labor dynamics. Teaching: Courses include Media Management, Audience Research, and Social Media & Society. Recent publications analyze post-pandemic influencer economies and global trade-war framing in media narratives.

• Misinformation
• Social Media Influencers
• Online Video Platforms
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