Robert Klemmensen is Professor and Assistant Head of Department at Lund University's Department of Political Science, where he coordinates research activities. He is a member of the LU Profile Area: Natural and Artificial Cognition, an interdisciplinary initiative exploring cognition from biological and computational perspectives. His work examines how genetic and psychological factors shape political behavior using advanced quantitative methods. Klemmensen's research focuses on: Voter opinion formation and behavioral alignment with stated preferences Genetic influences on political attitudes through twin studies Quantitative text analysis of political rhetoric Machine learning applications in political ideology detection Normative implications of empirical findings in democratic systems His publications demonstrate consistent focus on genetic-behavioral interactions in politics, with recent work incorporating computational methods like deep learning for facial analysis and natural language processing. Article clusters examine: (1) heritability of political traits, (2) methodological innovations in text analysis, and (3) cross-disciplinary connections between political science and genetics. He currently co-edits Political Psychology and Research and Politics , and serves on the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Klemmensen leads the research project 'Divided Parliaments? Polarization, Moralization, and the Risk of Gridlock' (2024-2027), funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, examining governance challenges in polarized environments. Within Lund University's Natural and Artificial Cognition profile area, he collaborates with computer scientists and cognitive researchers to develop interdisciplinary approaches to political behavior analysis.
Jonas L. Juul is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the IT University of Copenhagen . With a background in network science and complex systems, he employs statistical methods, mathematical modeling, and computer simulations to study social networks, spreading processes, and human behavior. Focus areas include: information diffusion in social networks Disease spread mitigation in human populations Interdisciplinary collaboration with medical doctors, economists, and computer scientists Recent research highlights include improving statistical models for pandemic forecasting through the InForM project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation , and groundbreaking work on contact tracing optimization and information cascade dynamics. Notable recognitions: 2025 H.C. Ørsted Research Talent Prize 2024 Novo Nordisk Foundation Data Science Emerging Investigator Grant 2025 Young Academy membership He has contributed to mathematical modeling efforts during Denmark's COVID-19 reopening in 2020 and maintains active collaborations with institutions including Cornell University , Technical University of Denmark , and Niels Bohr Institute .
Anna Bączkowska is a Professor at the University of Gdańsk, affiliated with the Faculty of Languages and the Institute of English and American Studies. Her work spans theoretical and computational linguistics, discourse analysis, and translation studies. Current positions: Director of the Institute of English and American Studies and Associate Professor at the University of Gdańsk Research focuses on corpus linguistics, NLP, and audiovisual translation Her research integrates corpus linguistics , computational methods , and discourse analysis , particularly in political and media contexts, alongside applications in language teaching and translation. She has participated in numerous international projects, including COST Actions like ENEOLI, PhraConRep, and DePolarisingEU. Scientific contributions and recognition include: 2024 Rector’s Award for teaching achievements 2017 Medal of the National Education Committee 2006 Bronze Cross of Merit
Professor Thalia Eley is Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She serves as Head of the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre and leads the Emotional Development, Intervention and Treatment (EDIT) Lab. Professor Eley is also Director of the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS), the largest longitudinal twin birth cohort in the UK, and co-leads the Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study. Professor Eley's educational background includes: Bachelor of Arts in Social and Political Sciences with a focus on psychology from Trinity College Cambridge PhD in the role of genetic and environmental influences on depression and anxiety in young people from the Institute of Child Health, University College London Professor Eley's research focuses on understanding the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in the development and treatment of anxiety and depression, particularly in youth. She is transforming efforts toward personalized medicine through 'therapygenetics,' studying genetic effects on psychological treatment response. Her work creatively combines longitudinal, genetic, experimental, and clinical approaches to explore mechanisms underlying mental health disorders. A key aspect of her research examines why anxiety and depression tend to run in families and whether this is due to shared environments or genetic factors. Professor Eley's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on integrating genetic approaches with clinical psychology to understand mental health conditions. Her work spans anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, and neurodevelopmental conditions, with particular emphasis on how genetic factors influence treatment response. She has been instrumental in large-scale studies like the GLAD Study, which is the largest single study of anxiety and depression ever undertaken, and TEDS, which has followed twins from birth into early adulthood. Professor Eley has received numerous prestigious awards for her contributions to the field: Fellow of the British Academy (2025) Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2021) James Shields Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Twin Studies (2017) King's Graduate School IoPPN Supervisory Excellence Award (2017) King's University Research Project of the year for the GLAD Study (2019) Lilly-Molecular Psychiatry Award (2004) Spearman Medal from the British Psychological Society (2002) Professor Eley is passionate about mentoring early career researchers and has chaired the Research and Innovation Committee for over five years, developing initiatives to support this group. Her research has been supported by substantial grants including MRC funding for TEDS, Wellcome Trust funding for anxiety treatment prediction research, and MRC/ESRC funding for the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration. She actively promotes diversity in scientific research both in terms of researchers and study participants. Professor Eley leads the Emotional Development, Intervention and Treatment (EDIT) Lab, which consists of postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and undergraduate and master's students. The lab is based at the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King's College London. She also co-leads the GLAD Study, which recruits participants through media and social media, and has developed digital tools like the FLARe (Fear Learning and Anxiety Response) app for remote fear conditioning experiments.
Rasmus Kehlet Skjødt Berg is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics , University of Copenhagen, within the Faculty of Social Sciences . His research focuses on environmental and climate economics, political economy, and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. Position: Assistant Professor University: University of Copenhagen Department: Economics Email: rasmus.kehlet.berg@econ.ku.dk Research Interests Berg specializes in integrating environmental and climate considerations into macroeconomic modeling. Key projects include the development of the MEE (Model of the Economy with Emissions) and GREEN REFORM models to analyze policy impacts on emissions and economic growth. Publications & Projects Recent work includes studies on green national accounting, social security design, and energy systems. He explores the economic costs of climate change, renewable energy integration, and policy barriers in Denmark. Collaborations & Tools Collaborates with researchers like Peter Birch Sørensen and Janek Bligaard Eskildsen. Develops open-source CGE tools ( GitHub ) for environmental policy simulation.
Dr Jasmine Vieri is a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Working within the Department of Archaeology, she integrates computational techniques with traditional artefact analysis to advance our understanding of past human societies. Research Interests: Material culture and its socio-political dimensions Computational and quantitative approaches in archaeology Artefact technology and provenance studies Environmental and geoarchaeological reconstruction of ancient landscapes Her projects span Africa and the Americas, where she employs spatial analysis, materials-science methods, and digital archaeology to interrogate long-term human–environment interactions. Contact & Affiliations: Email: jmkv2@cam.ac.uk Postal: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK
Dr. Andreas Dafnos is a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Bundeswehr University Munich, focusing on comparative digital dynamics of riots and multi-method integration within the SPARTA research project. He previously completed his Ph.D. at the University of Sheffield (2021) with a thesis on the mobilization processes of the British far-right (2009–2019) and holds a double Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Human Development from Maastricht University and the United Nations University, as well as a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Athens University of Economics and Business. Current affiliations: Institute of Political Science, Bundeswehr University Munich; Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR) Fellow Education: Ph.D. (Sheffield), MSc (Maastricht/UNU), BSc (Athens UoE) His research interests span Social Movement Theory , Political Extremism and Radicalization , Social Media Analytics , and Far-Right Politics . His work includes protest event analysis, automated event extraction tools for far-right studies, and analysis of violent conspiratorial narratives in extreme right manifestos. Recent projects include transnational radical-right mobilization in the UK, the Right-Wing Terrorism and Violence (RTV) Dataset, and the European Violent Right-Wing Extremism Monitoring Project, where he serves as a country expert for Greece, Cyprus, and the UK. His publications address topics such as the 2009–2019 far-right mobilizations in Britain, the Battle of Cable Street's legacy, and methodologies for countering radicalization. He is fluent in Greek and English.
Steven L. Johnson serves as Associate Professor of Commerce and Area Coordinator for Information Technology & Innovation at the University of Virginia School of Commerce. He also holds significant leadership positions as Faculty Lead of the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy and Faculty Affiliate for the Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment research initiative. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Maryland, an MBA from The College of William & Mary, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the same institution. Ph.D., Information Systems, University of Maryland M.B.A., The College of William & Mary B.S., Computer Science, The College of William & Mary Professor Johnson's research adopts a sociotechnical systems perspective examining how digital technology intersects with people, processes, and data to impact individuals, organizations, and society. His work spans online communities, social media, open innovation, and the application of social network analysis and computational linguistics to study team dynamics. He investigates critical societal issues including content moderation, algorithmic bias, echo chambers, filter bubbles, and the ethical implications of AI. His ongoing collaborations explore how digital technology supports democracy through information distribution and discovery, its role in healthy youth development, and methods to minimize bias while promoting fairness in AI deployments. His research has appeared in top journals including MIS Quarterly, Organization Science, Information Systems Research, Information, Communication & Society, and Information & Organization. Analysis of his publication trends reveals a consistent focus on the societal implications of digital technology, with increasing attention to AI ethics, content moderation, and democratic processes in recent years. His methodological approach combines computational social science with network analysis to examine large-scale digital interactions. Professor Johnson has received numerous prestigious awards recognizing his scholarly contributions: Association for Information Systems Distinguished Member, Cum Laude (2021) University of Virginia Research Achievement Award (2021, 2022) MISQ Best Paper Award (2020) AOM OCIS Division Best Conference Paper Award (2018) Prix académique de la recherche en management (2015) As an educator, Johnson has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses covering systems and strategy, business analytics, information technology management, and specialized topics including Managerial View of AI and Race in Commerce. He has provided significant service to the academic community as Associate Editor at Information Systems Research, previously at MIS Quarterly, and as Senior Editor at Information & Organization. He serves on the executive committee of the Communication, Digital Technology, and Organizations division of the Academy of Management and was Program-Chair Elect for the 2025 Annual Meeting. His community engagement extends beyond academia through roles as Commissioner on the Charlottesville Economic Development Authority and involvement with local organizations including the Fifeville Neighborhood Art Gallery. Professor Johnson leads the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the Karsh Institute of Democracy, which examines how digital technology supports democratic processes through information distribution and discovery. He is also affiliated with the Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment research initiative, investigating how youth benefit from or are harmed by digital environments. His technical infrastructure contributions include operating the cville.online Mastodon server and managing the Fifeville air quality monitor.
Siina Raskulla is a University Lecturer in Administrative Studies at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University. She specializes in public law with a focus on constitutional law, European Union law, and the intersection of law with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. Her academic work bridges traditional legal scholarship with contemporary societal challenges, particularly regarding corporate responsibility, human rights, and the rule of law. Dr. Raskulla's research interests span constitutional law, European Union legal frameworks, corporate social responsibility, discursive studies of law, artificial intelligence & law, fundamental rights, human rights, legal personhood & relations, rule of law, and legal history. Her work demonstrates a consistent focus on how legal systems adapt to technological change and evolving societal values, with particular attention to corporate governance and digital transformation of legal institutions. Her publication record shows a strong trajectory from traditional legal scholarship toward cutting-edge intersections of law and technology. Recent works focus heavily on artificial intelligence governance, corporate legal personhood in the digital age, and the adaptation of rule of law principles to automated decision-making systems. Her research demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement with computer science, political theory, and social sciences to address contemporary legal challenges. Scientific Awards: Diploma in Human Rights Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2017) Dr. Raskulla serves as teacher responsible for legal research and methods courses for students in public law, tax law, and corporate law. She also teaches municipality law and supervises BA theses. Her academic activities include numerous conference presentations and invited lectures on topics ranging from corporate constitutional responsibility to gender and law. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the provided materials, her research output suggests active engagement with contemporary legal policy debates in Finland and the European Union. Her work indicates collaboration with researchers across disciplines, particularly in environmental law and technology governance, though specific lab or team structures aren't explicitly mentioned in the available information.
Dr. Yuan He serves as Lecturer (Teaching) at UCL Institute for Global Prosperity within The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London. She leads the MSc Global Prosperity program and co-directs the Asian Prosperity Hub, focusing on feminist democracy and development trajectories in China, India, and South Korea. Her educational foundation includes: PhD in Development Studies, University of Cambridge MPhil in Development Studies, University of Cambridge MA in Industrial Economics, Nanjing University BA in International Applied Social Sciences, Nanjing University Her research critically examines how women's political participation drives structural change in Asian authoritarian contexts, challenging purely economic development models. She documents everyday politics through fieldwork in rural India and China, emphasizing prosperity beyond GDP metrics. Recent publications unexpectedly bridge social sciences and computational methods, featuring machine learning applications in control theory and safe reinforcement learning—suggesting emergent interdisciplinary collaborations. Recognition includes: UKIERI funding award (2024) for 'Building Transformative Research Capabilities of Master's Students in Sustainability' with IIT Delhi She mentors MSc dissertation students while securing international grants, and has delivered gender training to 1,000+ corporate employees across Asia. Her media presence includes 40,000-view YouTube talks and commentary for Hong Kong Phoenix TV. As co-editor of UCL Press's 'Global Prosperity Thought and Practice' series and co-convener of 2024's 'Alternative Imaginaries: Feminist Politics in the Global South' conference, she actively shapes decolonial academic discourse.
Christopher (CJ) Giacomo Yoshi Calabrese serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication within Clemson University's College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences and holds a Faculty Scholar position at the Clemson University School of Health Research. His research program examines how persuasive messaging and digital technologies influence health behaviors, policy attitudes, and scientific understanding, with emphasis on interventions for minoritized communities and public health challenges. Calabrese's educational foundation includes a Ph.D. in Communication (2021), M.P.H. in General Public Health (2016), and B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2015), all from the University of California, Davis. This interdisciplinary training informs his methodological approach. His research focuses on designing health promotion messages, analyzing social media discourse around vaccination and transgender issues, and developing misinformation counter-strategies. Key projects investigate communication effects on policy support, social environment impacts on health outcomes, and digital health promotion for underserved populations. Calabrese employs computational text analysis, surveys, and experiments to uncover behavioral mechanisms. Analysis of his recent publications (2022-2025) reveals a strong trend in applying AI and big data methods to public health communication. His work spans high-impact journals including Nature Human Behaviour and Scientific Reports , with recurring themes in vaccination behavior, misinformation dynamics, and health disparities. Notable contributions include leveraging large language models for vaccination behavior prediction and meta-analyses of vaccination promotion strategies. Professional engagement includes active membership in the American Public Health Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Association, and National Communication Association. He currently serves as Media Team Co-Chair for the Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division (AEJMC) and recently completed a term as Secretary for the Public Health Education and Health Promotion section (APHA). Calabrese teaches courses including COMM 1500 (Introduction to Human Communication), COMM 2020 (Communication Theory), COMM 2030 (Communication Inquiry), COMM 3050 (Persuasion), and graduate courses COMM 8240 (Persuasive Communication for Health and Persuasive Technologies and Health). His role as Faculty Scholar indicates collaboration with Clemson's health research initiatives focused on community engagement and health equity.
Björn Fritz is a Lecturer in the Division of Art History and Visual Studies within the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University's Faculty of Humanities and Theology. He teaches across various courses focusing on art, architecture, and design from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as theoretical aspects of art history. His research interests span two primary areas: art & technology (particularly computer-mediated visual environments and art), and body, sexuality & representations (with a focus on the male gay body in western culture). These interests extend to related fields including digital worlds, game environments, spatial design, aesthetics, and embodied experience. His work often engages with visual phenomena beyond traditional art historical domains. Dr. Fritz completed his doctoral thesis titled "Experiencing Gameworlds: Understanding Zelda and Mario Through the Lenses of Art History and Phenomenology" in 2025, which examines how video games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey can be understood through art historical and phenomenological perspectives. His publications also cover topics such as landscape representation, art and politics since 1950, and art education methods. Active researcher in the research node for aesthetic studies since 2018 Regular participant in the Higher Seminar in Art History and Visual Studies at Lund University Dr. Fritz is actively engaged in teaching courses including KOVA14 (Art History of the Western World) and KULB10 (Mediate and Write about Culture), where he brings his expertise in modern and contemporary art, architecture, and visual culture.
Professor Silke Adam serves as the Director of the Institute of Communication and Media Studies (IKMB) at the University of Bern, Switzerland. The institute operates within the Department of Social Sciences and focuses on political communication in digital environments. Professor Adam leads research examining how digitization transforms political communication, the influence of algorithms and artificial intelligence, and comparative analyses of communication in democratic and authoritarian contexts. Her primary research interests include political communication in digital environments, conspiracy theories, online information behavior, and right-wing populism. Professor Adam has pioneered research on how conspiracy theories spread during crises, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work combines web tracking, survey research, and experimental methods to understand media effects on belief formation. She has made significant contributions to understanding how mainstream media can effectively debunk conspiracy theories without inadvertently reinforcing them. Professor Adam's research portfolio demonstrates a strong focus on methodological innovation in digital communication research, particularly in web tracking and computational content analysis. Her recent publications reveal increasing attention to algorithmic influences on information exposure, the spread of misinformation, and the relationship between political attitudes and selective information consumption. She has developed sophisticated approaches to studying online behavior through combined tracking, survey, and automated text classification methods. ICA Top Faculty-Award of the Mass Communication Division for 'Tracing Knowledge Gaps: Investigating the Influence of Education on News Exposure and Knowledge using Digital Trace Data' Professor Adam actively bridges academic research and practical journalism through workshops connecting media professionals with communication scholars. She has secured funding from the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases for pandemic-related communication research. Her work emphasizes the importance of empirical evidence in guiding journalistic practices, particularly regarding how to address conspiracy theories without amplifying them. She supervises research projects examining political communication in digital environments and has mentored numerous researchers in the field. The Institute of Communication and Media Studies under Professor Adam's leadership maintains strong connections with the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases and collaborates with media professionals through regular workshops. Her research team employs innovative methodologies including web tracking, algorithmic content analysis, and experimental designs to investigate contemporary challenges in political communication. The institute actively contributes to academic discourse through publications, conferences, and direct engagement with media practitioners to improve evidence-based journalism.
Anders Olof Larsson is a Professor at the School of Communication, Leadership and Marketing at Kristiania University College in Oslo, Norway. Originally from Sweden, he specializes in digital political communication, with particular expertise in social media platforms' role in political processes, journalism, and election campaigns. His research takes a strongly comparative approach across countries, platforms, and time periods. Professor Larsson's research interests focus on political communication in digital environments, with particular attention to how political actors use social media platforms for campaigning and public engagement. His work examines cross-national differences in digital political communication, platform-specific affordances, and longitudinal changes in how political actors utilize emerging technologies. He has conducted extensive research on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and newer platforms like TikTok, with special attention to comparative Scandinavian contexts. His recent publications reveal a strong focus on comparative digital political communication across multiple dimensions - comparing different countries' approaches, analyzing various social media platforms' unique characteristics, and examining longitudinal changes in digital campaigning. His work spans theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions to understanding how digital technologies reshape political communication globally. Professor Larsson actively supervises research and has sought both master's level research assistants and PhD candidates for projects including the 'Scandinavian Political Communication During the Pandemic' initiative. He has organized academic events including the 'Comparative Digital Political Communication' preconference for the International Communication Association. His research is conducted through several collaborative projects including the DigiWorld project and CamforS (Campaigning for Strasbourg), which conducts cross-national comparisons of campaign mobilization in social media. These projects adopt comparative approaches to studying political communication across different contexts and platforms.
Aron Szekely is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Collegio Carlo Alberto and an Associate Researcher at the Laboratory of Agent Based Social Simulation (LABSS) within the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) at CNR. He coordinates the Social and Political Sciences track of the Allievi Honors Program and teaches courses on social change, policy analysis, and cooperation at Collegio Carlo Alberto and the University of Turin. Education : DPhil in Sociology (2015), MSc in Sociology (2010) from the University of Oxford, and BSc in Biology (2008) from the University of Bristol. Research Interests : Interdisciplinary studies on signaling theory , social norms , group reputation , cooperation , conflict , and agent-based modeling . His work bridges sociology, psychology, and computational methods. Scientific Awards : Recipient of the Carlo Alberto Medal for contributions to interdisciplinary research. Recent Publications analyze topics such as collective risk response, pandemic-induced norm changes, organized crime dynamics, and the psychology of honor killings, with methods ranging from experimental design to agent-based simulation.
