Jean Burgess is Distinguished Professor of Digital Media in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) and School of Communication. After serving as the DMRC’s founding Centre Director from 2015-2020, she became Associate Director of the national ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, as well as Convenor of its QUT node, in August 2020. Since 2024, she has been Director of the QUT GenAI Lab. Her research focuses on the social implications of digital media and AI technologies, platforms, and cultures, as well as new and innovative methods for studying and improving the public understanding of them. Her latest book is Everyday Data Cultures (Polity Press, 2022), co-authored with ADM+S colleagues Kath Albury, Anthony McCosker and Rowan Wilken. She is a past member of the ARC College of Experts, and an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association, the Australian Academy of Humanities, and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences. [Full Staff Profile]