Michael Hameleers

Michael Hameleers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Communication & Journalism at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. His research focuses on disinformation, misinformation, deepfakes, media trust, populism, and experimental methodologies in communication science.

His publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on political communication effects, with recent work examining:

• Epistemic polarization and factual relativism in democratic contexts
• Cross-national comparisons of misinformation perceptions
• Visual disinformation in geopolitical conflicts
• Psychological effects of populist blame attribution
• Generative AI's impact on fact-checking practices

Through experimental and comparative designs, his research program investigates how information disorders affect public trust, political attitudes, and democratic resilience across diverse cultural contexts.