Investigators and Staff

Leadership Team

• Prof Patrik Wikstrom
  

  Director

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• Prof Daniel Angus
  

  Program Leader - Computational Communication & Culture

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• Prof Axel Bruns
  

  Program Leader - Digital Publics

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• Prof Mark Burdon
  

  Co-Program Leader - Governing Digital Societies

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• Prof Jean Burgess
  

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

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• Prof Michael Dezuanni
  

  Program Leader - Digital Inclusion & Participation

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• Assoc Prof Anna Huggins
  

  Co-Program Leader - Governing Digital Societies

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• Prof Amanda Lotz
  

  Program Leader - Transforming Media Industries

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• Kathryn Arthy
  

  Centre Manager

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• Tia Bayer
  

  Centre Coordinator

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Chief Investigators

• Prof Patrik Wikstrom
  

  Director

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• Assoc Prof John Banks
  

  Associate Professor, School of Communication

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• Prof Jean Burgess
  

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

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• Dr Elija Cassidy
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Distinguished Emeritus Professor Stuart Cunningham
  

  Distinguished Professor, Media and Communication

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• Dr Ehsan Dehghan
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

• Dr Ruari Elkington
  

  Lecturer in Creative Industries, QUT

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• Prof Marcus Foth
  

  Professor, Urban Informatics

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• Assoc Prof Timothy Graham
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Assoc Prof Stephen Harrington
  

  Discipline Leader, School of Communication

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• Dr Jenny Hou
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Mr Danny Hui
  

  Associate Lecturer/Lecturer

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• Dr Brendan Keogh
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Prof Peta Mitchell
  

  Professor, School of Communication

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• Dr Benjamin Nicoll
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Daniel Padua
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Kylie Pappalardo
  

  Lecturer, Faculty of Law

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• Dr David Richard
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Michelle Riedlinger
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Assoc Prof Mark Ryan
  

  Associate Professor, School of Creative Practice

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• Prof Kevin Sanson
  

  Head, School of Communication

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• Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Prof Nicolas Suzor
  

  Professor, Law Faculty

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• Dr T.J. Thomson
  

  Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow, School of Communication

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• Dr Tess Van Hemert
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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Affiliated Investigators

• Dr Naomi Barnes
  

  Senior Lecturer in Literacy, Faculty of Education

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• Dr Helen Berents
  

  Senior Research Fellow

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• Prof Susan Carson
  

  Program Director, School of Communication

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• Dr Michael Chataway
  

  Lecturer, Faculty of Law

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• Prof Susan Danby
  

  Professor, Faculty of Education

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• Assoc Prof Lesley Hawkes
  

  Research Training Coordinator, School of Communication

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• Dr Bernadette Hyland-Wood
  

  Lecturer - Master of Digital Communication, School of Communication

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• Dr Lesley Irvine
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Nick Kelly
  

  Lecturer in Interaction Design, School of Design

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• Prof Marek Kowalkiewicz
  

  Founding Director

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• Dr Amanda Levido
  

  Research Fellow

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• Dr Juliana Mclaughlin
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Prue Miles
  

  Relationship Manager and Senior Lecturer Faculty of Education

• 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

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• Dr Aleesha Rodriguez
  

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

• Assoc Prof Angela Romano
  

  Associate Professor, School of Communication

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• Dr Marissa Takahashi
  

  Manager, Digital Observatory

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• Assoc Prof Verena Thomas
  

  Associate Professor

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• Prof Kieran Tranter
  

  Professor, Faculty of Law

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Support Staff

• Taal Hampson
  

  Centre Coordinator - ADM+S

• Kathy Nickels
  

  Outreach and Engagement Coordinator - ADM+S

Research Fellows

• Tariq Dos Santos Choucair
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

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• Dr Ben Egliston
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre

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• Dr Katharina Esau
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

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• 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

• Dr Sofya Glazunova
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre

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• Dr Guy Healy
  

  Research Associate

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• Dr Jennifer Kang
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre

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• Dr Amber Marshall
  

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre

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• Dr Marion McCutcheon
  

  Research Associate

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• Jessica Megarry
  

  Postdoctoral Fellow (GeoPrivacy)

• Dr Silvia Montaña-Niño
  

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

• Dr Abdul Obeid
  

  Data Engineer, QUT Node of ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society

• Dr Kim Osman
  

  Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre

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• Dr Jessa Rogers
  

  First Nations Senior Research Fellow

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• Dr Aaron Snoswell
  

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

• Dr Zahra Stardust
  

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

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• Dr Sebastian Svegaard
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

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• Ms Samantha Vilkins
  

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

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• Carrie-Ann Wilson
  

  Research Fellow

• Xue Ying (Jane) Tan
  

  Software Engineer

• Laura Vodden
  

  Data Scientist