Roland Meyer

Roland Meyer is a DIZH Bridge Professor for Digital Cultures and the Arts at the University of Zurich and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) since July 2024. His work critically examines contemporary networked image cultures, focusing on algorithmic image processing, forensic practices, synthetic media aesthetics, and virtual image archives in the context of platform capitalism.

• PhD in Media and Art History (Karlsruhe Academy of Art and Design, 2017)
• Former research positions at Ruhr University Bochum, Humboldt University Berlin, and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

His research spans:

• History of operative images
• AI-driven image synthesis
• Surveillance technologies
• Virtual archival systems

Roland's publications and lectures analyze how digital platforms reshape visual epistemology, with recent work on

• Platform realism
• Synthetic media economies
• Forensic image practices
• DALL-E and Sora AI systems

He organizes interdisciplinary symposia like As We May See (UZH) and Images Under Suspicion (Essen), and contributes to debates on AI's political visual implications through interviews with major media outlets.