Wouter van Atteveldt

Prof. Dr. Wouter van Atteveldt is a Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam. He is currently a visiting researcher at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre (3 April 2024 – 20 June 2024). His expertise bridges Artificial Intelligence and Communication Science, with a M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh and a joint Ph.D. from VU Amsterdam.

His research focuses on computational methods to study media effects in fragmented digital media landscapes. Key areas include data donation (measuring individual media diets via digital footprints) and integrating AI/ computational linguistics techniques into communication science. He co-founded the Computational Methods division at the International Communication Association (ICA) and serves as editor-in-chief of Computational Communication Research, an open-access journal.

Notable achievements include a VENI grant (2014) for mediatized agenda-setting research. His work addresses urgent challenges in measuring modern news consumption patterns and their societal impacts.