The team Claes de VreeseProfessor & ICDS Research LeaderDistinguished University Professor of AI & SocietyNatali HelbergerProfessor & ICDS Research LeaderDistinguished University Professor Law & Digital Technology, with a special focus on AI Brahim ZaroualiAssistant ProfessorPersuasion / algorithmic decision-making / personalization / online platforms / media effectsPaddy LeerssenPhD ResearcherInformation law / social media platforms / accountability / public archives / media pluralism Tom DobberPostdoctoral ResearcherPolitical microtargeting / data-driven campaigning / algorithms / technology / electionsJoanna Strycharz Postdoctoral ResearcherPersonalised communication / online privacy / algorithmic persuasion / computational methods / ethicsJef AusloosPostdoctoral ResearcherData protection & data rights / transparency / information freedoms / online privacy / autonomyMarijn SaxPostdoctoral ResearcherEthics / health apps / digital choice architectures / autonomy and manipulation / privacyJudith MöllerAssociate ProfessorPublic sphere / curated news flows / civic engagement / algorithmic divides / affordances in digital media Beate RoesslerProfessorphilosophy / ethics / political microtargeting / technology / algorithms / autonomyFabio VottaPhD Researcherpersonalised communication/ data-driven campaigning / algorithms / technology / elections/ statistics Max van DrunenPhD ResearcherEditorial responsibility / algorithmic transparency / trust / platforms / organisational controlSanne VrijenhoekProject ResearcherArtificial intelligence / news recommender systems / news diversity / natural language processing Tomas DoddsPostdoctoral ResearcherJournalism / etnographies / algorithms / automation/ ethicsTheresa SeippPhD ResearcherMedia pluralism/ opinion power / transparency / information freedoms Valeria ResendezPhD ResearcherOpinion / Persuasion / Media effects / Voicebots / AlgorithmsEva Groen-ReijmanAssistant ProfessorDeliberative Political Campaigns / Democracy / Autonomy / Persuasion 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 Nadia MetouiSarah EskensMariella BastianSophie BoermanSanne KruikemeierDamian TrillingFrederik Zuiderveen BorgesiusKristina IrionMykola MakhorykhJaron HarambamBalasz BodoMagdalena WojcieszakBob van de VeldeEdith SmitJochen PeterNico van EijkJoost PoortJulia van Weert