Susan Vermeer

Susan Vermeer, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Strategic Communication Group of Wageningen University & Research, specializing in political communication and digital media.

• Key Roles: Assistant Professor, Co-promotor for 2 PhD projects
• Research Focus: Social media in elections, political learning, computational communication, audience behavior

Her work examines political communication through digital platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Recent studies include emotion recognition in political ads, television news exposure analysis, and Instagram Stories' impact on adolescent political learning. She contributes to computational communication science and data-driven campaign research.

Current Projects

• Hunting for Voters: Investigates data-driven campaigning's effect on democracy
• Digital Political Communication: Analyzes platform-specific processing of political content

Media Contributions include expert commentary on influencer election strategies, political discourse etiquette, and visual political messaging for Dutch media outlets.