Joanne Kuai

Dr. Joanne Kuai is a Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia, with expertise in digital journalism, AI governance, and the social implications of algorithmic systems. She holds a PhD from Karlstad University, Sweden, and serves as an Affiliate of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).

Her educational background includes doctoral studies at Karlstad University where she focused on AI's impact on journalism in China's media landscape. Prior to academia, she gained practical experience as a reporter, editor, and news anchor in China.

Dr. Kuai's research centers on the intersection of journalism, artificial intelligence, and media governance, with particular attention to Chinese media contexts. Her work explores how algorithmic systems are reshaping news production, distribution, and consumption while examining the policy frameworks needed for responsible AI implementation in media environments.

Her publications reveal a strong focus on cross-cultural comparisons of AI applications in journalism, particularly examining political information retrieval across different language contexts. She investigates how search engine chatbots powered by large language models perform in political information retrieval, highlighting issues of bias, representation, and governance in algorithmic media systems.

• Co-guest editor of Information, Communication & Society special issue on Generative AI Governance
• Regular contributor to New Books Network podcast
• Faculty at JournalismAI Academy, Polis, London School of Economics

Dr. Kuai actively participates in academic mentoring and knowledge sharing, contributing to the JournalismAI Academy while maintaining connections with emerging scholars in the field. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications in journalism and media organizations navigating the AI transformation.