Laura Vodden

Laura Vodden is a Researcher and Data Scientist at the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) of Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She holds interdisciplinary qualifications in archaeology, geological science, and data science. Since 2021, she has contributed to Professor Axel Bruns’s Australian Laureate Fellowship project on analyzing partisanship and polarization in online debates. Her work bridges artificial intelligence, computational methods, and gender studies, focusing on how gender norms are constructed and enforced in news media through AI-driven analysis. She develops methodologies for integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into qualitative research, addressing ethical, epistemological, and methodological challenges associated with AI in the social sciences.

Her research emphasizes critical engagement with the validity and ethical implications of LLM-assisted research. While no specific grants or student advisement are listed, her contributions to the DMRC’s projects highlight her role in advancing computational social science. She is affiliated with the DMRC, a leading center for interdisciplinary digital media research.