The team Claes de VreeseProfessor & ICDS research leaderFaculty Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Data & Democracy and Professor Political CommunicationNatali HelbergerProfessor & ICDS research leaderUniversity Professor of Digital Technology & Artificial Intelligence and Professor of Information Law Personalised Communication Brahim ZaroualiAssistant ProfessorPersuasion / algorithmic decision-making / personalization / online platforms / media effectsPaddy LeerssenPhD researcherInformation law / social media platforms / accountability / public archives / media pluralism Nadia MetouiPostdoctoral researcherData Science / explainable AI / recommender systems / algorithmic auditing / usable privacyTom DobberPostdoctoral researcherPolitical microtargeting / data-driven campaigning / algorithms / technology / electionsJoanna StrycharzPhD researcherPersonalised communication / online privacy / algorithmic persuasion / computational methods / ethicsJef AusloosPostdoctoral ResearcherData protection & data rights / transparency / information freedoms / online privacy / autonomyMarijn SaxPhD ResearcherEthics / health apps / digital choice architectures / autonomy and manipulation / privacyJudith MöllerAssistant ProfessorPublic sphere / curated news flows / civic engagement / algorithmic divides / affordances in digital media PersoNews Sarah EskensPhD ResearcherOnline news personalization / GDPR / human rights / user rights / European media law and policyMax van DrunenPhD ResearcherEditorial responsibility / algorithmic transparency / trust / platforms / organisational controlMariella BastianPostdoctoral ResearchNews personalization / journalistic ethics / algorithms / international journalism / accountability & transparencySanne VrijenhoekProject ResearcherArtificial intelligence / news recommender systems / news diversity / natural language processing EUROPINIONS Andreas GoldbergPostdoctoral ResearcherMedia effects / electoral campaigns / EU attitudes / political behaviour / survey researchFranziska MarquartPostdoctoral ResearcherEuropean Union / populism / political advertising / media effects / experimental researchErika van ElsasPostdoctoral ResearcherPublic opinion / media effects / EU attitudes / voting behavior / political trustAnna BrosiusPhD ResearcherPolitical trust / misinformation / media effects research / media content / EU politics DigiComLab Theo AraujoAssociate ProfessorAlgorithmic decision-making / conversational agents / human-machine comm. / computational social scienceJakob OhmePostdoctoral ResearcherMobile methods / digital media effects / mobile news / democratic citizenship and participation / political campaignsJessica PiotrowskiAssociate ProfessorChildren & media / digital literacy / media effects / quantitative research / susceptibilityLukas OttoAssistant ProfessorCommunication dynamics / political communication networks / emotions / incivility / microtargetingChristin ScholzAssistant ProfessorSocial media / digital analytics / neuroscience / health communication / decision-makingCarolin IschenPhD ResearcherHuman-machine comm / human-chatbot interaction / disembodied conversational agents / persuasive consequences Human(e) AI Guda van NoortProfessorPersuasion / new media / technologies / algorithmic persuasion / consumer behaviorHilde VoorveldAssociate ProfessorMarketing communication / social media / algorithmic advertising / virtual assistants / voice technologyTheo AraujoAssociate ProfessorAlgorithmic decision-making / conversational agents / human-machine comm. / computational social scienceJoão QuintaisPostdoctoral ResearcherInformation law / content moderation / intermediary liability / algorithms / intellectual property rights Former members Click to expand the list of former members of ICDS and predecessor projects Sophie BoermanSanne KruikemeierDamian TrillingFrederik Zuiderveen BorgesiusKristina IrionMykola MakhorykhJaron HarambamBalasz BodoMagdalena WojcieszakBob van de VeldeEdith SmitJochen PeterNico van EijkJoost PoortJulia van Weert