Claes H. de Vreese is University Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society with a special focus on media and democracy at the University of Amsterdam. He also holds the Chair in political communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR. He is founding (2021) Scientific Director of the Digital Democracy Center at the University of Southern Denmark. He was member of the ICA Executive Committee and served as President from 2020 to 2021.
He has published 250+ articles in international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include the role of automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence in democratic processes. This includes microtargeting, news recommenders, social media platforms, disinformation, comparative journalism research, the effects of news, public opinion and European integration. His research has been funded by several science foundation grants, including an ERC grant, VENI and VICI grants from the Dutch Science Foundation, as well as grants from various EU research programs. He has received awards for research from the International Communication Association, the Danish Science Foundation, and the Holberg Foundation. He is recipient of the Swanson Career Achievement Award (ICA, 2018), the NeFCA Career Award (2019), and he is an elected Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, the International Communication Association, and the Royal Holland Society of Sciences.
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