Adelaida is a senior researcher in the field of media policy, with an affinity for electronic communications networks and services, and online platforms. Right after graduating Adelaida conducted her PhD on the regulatory frameworks at the EU and Member States level, and their ability to address the online platform power concerns, which she finalized in 2023. Currently, Adelaida is conducting postdoctoral research for several projects (Fair MusE, ALGEPI and GMICP).

Aina is a PhD Researcher at imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Her primary focus revolves around algorithms in media strategies, particularly within the realm of news recommender systems and news personalisation. Her work looks into the ways in which algorithms are used in the development and implementation of media strategies, and hence, how algorithms are employed by media.

Heritiana Ranaivoson is Professor and Senior Researcher at imec-SMIT-VUB in the Media Economic & Policy Unit since 2010. Having led several research projects at international, national and local levels, he is currently coordinator for ALGEPI. He has published extensively in the fields of cultural and media diversity, media innovation, media policy, audiovisual platforms, and the role of recommender systems in cultural industries.

Aaron Hyzen, PhD, is a researcher in the Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) at the University of Antwerp. His work is focused on reconceptualizing the notion of propaganda by clarifying the relationships between propaganda, ideology and political economy. Further interests include mis/disinformation, state propaganda and conspiracy theories in the “post-truth” era and digital age.

Steve Paulussen (PhD) is a professor of media and journalism studies at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His research focuses on change and innovations in news and journalism. He has published on topics such as audience participation and engagement in journalism, diversity in news, changing news use, newsroom innovation, journalists’ use of social media, and the datafication of journalism.

Lidia Dutkiewicz is a Doctoral Researcher at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law – imec with a focus on media law, AI, and fundamental rights. In her PhD research, she analyses the regulation of online platforms from a freedom of expression perspective and the impact of algorithmic content moderation on news content. She is in particular interested in how the phenomenon of “platformization” of news distribution impacts media freedom, media pluralism, and editorial independence of media organizations. 

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Bruno Lefèvre is a specialist in the field of cultural industries, creative industries and the creative economy. Through the socio-economy and political economy of communication, he examines the correlations between global social and economic phenomena and the modes of organisation and cooperation of local actors. He is also in charge of the French Market for international research programs: GMIC project conducted in 42 countries, SVoD platforms and Diversity, Civil protests and public policies.

Louis Wiart is currently Professor and Researcher in communication sciences at ULB’s Faculty of Letters, Translation and Communication. He obtained a PhD from Sorbonne Paris Nord University in 2015 for his dissertation on social networking platforms for book readers. His interests include the cultural and creative industries and delves into matters related to industry, finance, globalization, and public policy.

Denis Lalanne is a full professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Fribourg and director of the Human-IST institute. He is notably heading the “human-building interaction” group in the smart living lab and presides the scientific committee of the Swiss Center on Augmented Intelligence. His expertise covers various domains of Human Computer Interaction, such as multimodal user interfaces, information visualization, and human-centered artificial intelligence.

Bruno is a professor at the computer science faculty of the University of Namur, and the vice-president of the Namur Digital Institute (NADI). He obtained his PhD in computer science in 2010 at the University of Fribourg, in Switzerland. His PhD thesis focused on the creation of multimodal interfaces. Since 2014, he is leading the EXUI research group, where he and his team are helping deepening our knowledge around human-computer interaction, multimodal interfaces, augmented/mixed reality and explainable AI.

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