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ALEKSANDAR KOCIC is programme leader for the bachelor’s programme in Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. His research interests include the role and future of public service media, local and community radio, and news literacy.
BARBARA THOMASS is professor at the Institute for Media Studies at the Uni- versity of Bochum in Germany. Her main fields of interest are media systems in eastern and western Europe, broadcasting policies, media and democratisation, media development, and media and journalism ethics. She is a member of the administrative council of Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), the national public service broadcaster in Germany.
CHRISTIANA GRANSOW is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Political Science at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. Her research interests include the developments of public service broadcasting in Europe and decision-making and regulation in media policy.
DAVID SKINNER is associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at York University, Toronto, in Canada. He has written on a number of media related topics including alternative media, media reform, public broad- casting, media ownership, and media activism in Canada.
GREGORY FERRELL LOWE is professor in residence and director of the Com- munication Programme at Northwestern University in Doha, Qatar. He was previously professor of media management at the University of Tampere in Finland and senior advisor for corporate strategy and development at the Finn- ish Broadcasting Company, Yleisradio. Lowe founded the RIPE international initiative for developing public service in media in 2000 and continues to serve as RIPE continuity director.
HILDE VAN DEN BULCK is professor in the Department of Communication at Drexel University, Philadelphia, in the US. She combines expertise in media culture with expertise in media structures and policies, especially how digitally driven convergence affects legacy media, with a focus on public service media.
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JANNICK KIRK SØRENSEN is associate professor in the Department of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University, Copenhagen, in Denmark. With a background as public service radio journalist and interaction designer, he has studied the problems and potentials of personalised algorithmic public service media from technical, editorial, and media-policy perspectives.
JELENA MILICEV is a doctoral student at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow in the UK. She previously worked as a print and radio journalist focusing on local news and community topics.
JULIE MÜNTER LASSEN is an external lecturer in the Department of Com- munication at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Her doctoral dis- sertation addressed the development of public service television in the time of multichannel portfolios. Her ongoing research focuses on public service media, media policy, and media sociology.
KAREN DONDERS is assistant professor in the Communication Studies Depart- ment at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. Her research activities mainly focus on public service media, media policy, platform policies, and competition policy in media sectors. On media policy, she is a regular advisor to policymak- ers, regulators, and media companies.
LIZZIE JACKSON is director of research in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at London South Bank University in the UK, and president of the International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR). She has advised the Council of Europe on the governance of public service media, co-writing a Declaration and Recommendation which was adopted into EU law in 2012.
MERCEDES MEDINA is associate professor at the School of Communication at the University of Navarra in Spain. Her research focus is on media econom- ics, audiovisual markets, media audiences, and competition on pay-TV. She is currently engaged in the projects “Trust Label: Combating Fake News in the Digital Era” and “From an Architecture of Listening and Audience Interaction to Social Footprint: Good Practices in Audiovisual Content Production”.
MINNA ASLAMA HOROWITZ is associate professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Her current research projects include a multi-method project on trust, emo- tions, and legacy media, as well as a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project on communication rights.
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OLGA DOVBYSH is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki in Finland, and coordinator of the Russian Media Lab Network project. She works at the intersection of media studies, economic sociology, and political economy, and studies media markets in Russia. In particular, she is interested in how state interference in regional media markets shapes the performance of media outlets.
PETER GOODWIN is principal research fellow at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) at the University of Westminster, London, in the UK. At the University of Westminster, Goodwin has previously acted as head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (2004–2007) and director of research for the Faculty of Media, Arts and Design (2008–2015).
PHILIP SAVAGE is associate professor in the Communication Studies and Mul- timedia Department at McMaster University, Hamilton, in Canada. He writes on the history and changing role of audiences in Canada and around the world, and has previously acted as senior manager in audience research and strategic planning at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
TATIANA BELYUGA is a master’s student in media and communication at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow in Russia. Her research interests include the dissemination of information via non-institutionalised media and new media in Russia.
