Investigators and Staff

Leadership Team

• Prof Daniel Angus
  

  Centre Director

  daniel.​angus

• Prof Axel Bruns
  

  Program Leader - Digital Publics

  a.​bruns

• Prof Michael Dezuanni
  

  Program Leader - Creating Better Digital Futures

  m.​dezuanni

• Assoc Prof Timothy Graham
  

  Program Leader - Computational Communication & Culture

  timothy.​graham

• Prof Amanda Lotz
  

  Program Leader - Transforming Media Industries and Cultures

  amanda.​lotz

• Taal Hampson
  

  Centre Manager

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• Tia Bayer
  

  Centre Coordinator

  t.​bayer

Chief Investigators

• Assoc Prof John Banks
  

  Associate Professor, School of Communication

  ja.​banks

• Prof Mark Burdon
  

  Chief Investigator

  m.​burdon

• Dist Prof Jean Burgess
  

  Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society

  jean.​burgess

• Distinguished Emeritus Professor Stuart Cunningham
  

  Distinguished Professor, Media and Communication

  s.​cunningham

• Dr Ehsan Dehghan
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

• Dr Ruari Elkington
  

  Lecturer in Creative Industries, QUT

  ruari.​elkington

• Prof Marcus Foth
  

  Professor, Urban Informatics

  m.​foth

• Assoc Prof Timothy Graham
  

  Program Leader - Computational Communication & Culture

  timothy.​graham

• Assoc Prof Stephen Harrington
  

  Discipline Leader, School of Communication

  s.​harrington

• Assoc Prof Jenny Hou
  

  Associate Professor in Strategic Communication

  jenny.​hou

• Prof Anna Huggins
  

  Co-Program Leader - Governing Digital Societies

  a.​huggins

• Dr Bernadette Hyland-Wood
  

  Lecturer - Master of Digital Communication, School of Communication

  b.​hylandwood

• Dr Jennifer Kang
  

  Lecturer

  j5.​kang

• Assoc Prof Nick Kelly
  

  Lecturer in Interaction Design, School of Design

  nick.​kelly

• Dr Brendan Keogh
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

  brendan.​keogh

• Dr Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Prof Peta Mitchell
  

  Professor, School of Communication

  peta.​mitchell

• Dr Benjamin Nicoll
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

  b2.​nicoll

• Dr Kylie Pappalardo
  

  Lecturer, Faculty of Law

  k.​pappalardo

• Prof Anna Potter
  

  Professor in Digital Media and Cultural Studies

  anna.​potter

• Dr David Richard
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

  david.​richard

• Assoc Prof Michelle Riedlinger
  

  Associate Professor, School of Communication

  michelle.​riedlinger

• Dr Jessa Rogers
  

  First Nations Senior Research Fellow

  jessa.​rogers

• Assoc Prof Mark Ryan
  

  Associate Professor, School of Creative Practice

  m3.​ryan

• Prof Kevin Sanson
  

  Head, School of Communication

  k.​sanson

• Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

  aljosha.​schapals

• Dr Zahra Stardust
  

  Lecturer in Digital Communication

  zahra.​stardust

• Prof Nicolas Suzor
  

  Professor, Law Faculty

  n.​suzor

• Dr Tess Van Hemert
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

  tess.​vanhemert

• Prof Patrik Wikstrom
  

  Professor, School of Communication

  patrik.​wikstrom

Associate Investigators

• Mr Danny Hui
  

  Lecturer

  danny.​hui

• Dr Aleesha Rodriguez
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

• Dr Godwin Iretomiwa Simon
  

  g2.​simon

Affiliate Investigators

• Dr Naomi Barnes
  

  Senior Lecturer

  n3.​barnes

• Dr Michael Chataway
  

  Lecturer, Faculty of Law

  michael.​chataway

• Dr Souleymane Coulibaly
  

  Affiliate Investigator

  s.​coulibaly

• Prof Susan Danby
  

  Professor, Faculty of Education

  s.​danby

• Dr Sofya Glazunova
  

  Lecturer in Media Industries and Media and Communication, University of Melbourne

• Assoc Prof Lesley Hawkes
  

  Research Training Coordinator, School of Communication

  l.​hawkes

• Dr Lesley Irvine
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

  l.​irvine

• Prof Marek Kowalkiewicz
  

  Founding Director

  marek.​kowalkiewicz

• Dr Amanda Levido
  

  Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

  amanda.​levido

• Dr Juliana Mclaughlin
  

  Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead (Research Training)

  j.​mclaughlin

• Dr Prue Miles
  

  Relationship Manager and Senior Lecturer Faculty of Education

• Dr Gabriela Monteiro Lunardi
  

  Lecturer

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• Assoc Prof Richi Nayak
  

  Associate Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty

• Assoc Prof Erin O'Brien
  

  Principal Research Fellow

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• Dr Mark Piccini
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

  m.​piccini

• Assoc Prof Angela Romano
  

  Associate Professor of Journalism and Research Integrity Advisor

  a.​romano

• Dr Marissa Takahashi
  

  Manager, Digital Observatory

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• Dr T.J. Thomson
  

  Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, RMIT University

• Prof Kieran Tranter
  

  Professor, Faculty of Law

  k.​tranter

• Dr Xiaoting Yu
  

  Part-time Lecturer

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Centre Research Staff

• Dr Ella Chorazy
  

  Senior Research Associate

  ella.​chorazy

• Dr Tariq Dos Santos Choucair
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  tariq.​choucair

• Dr Tegan Cohen
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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• Dr Katharina Esau
  

  Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Communication

  katharina.​esau

• Dr Henry Fraser
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT Node of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society

• Dr Rosalie Gillett
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QUT Node of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society

• William He
  

  Machine Learning Engineer

• Dr Khanh Luong
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Phoebe Matich
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  phoebe.​matich

• Dr Marion McCutcheon
  

  Senior Research Associate

  marion.​mccutcheon

• Dr Ashwin Nagappa
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  ashwin.​nagappa

• Dr Kim Osman
  

  Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre

  kim.​osman

• Dr Aaron Snoswell
  

  Senior Research Fellow, Generative AI Lab

• Dr Sebastian Svegaard
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  sebastian.​svegaard

• Ms Samantha Vilkins
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  samantha.​vilkins

• Laura Vodden
  

  Data Scientist

• Dr Kevin Witzenberger
  

  Research Fellow, Generative AI Lab

ADM+S Staff

• Kathy Nickels
  

  Communications and Engagement Manager - ADM+S

• Rebecca Ralph
  

  ARC Centre Coordinator