Professor in Digital Media & Political Studies

Advanced Theory of Digital Political Communication
* Contemporary theories of networked political communication
* Digital public sphere and platform society (platform power, algorithmic governance)
* Hybrid media systems and political communication convergence
* Post-truth politics and epistemic fragmentation in digital environments
* Mediatization of politics in algorithm-driven ecosystems
Political Economy of Digital Media
* Platform capitalism and attention economy
* Ownership structures of global tech platforms
* Data commodification and surveillance capitalism
* State–platform relationships and regulatory capture
* Digital inequality and access asymmetries
Digital Politics and Algorithmic Influence
* Algorithmic curation of political content
* Recommendation systems and political polarization
* Filter bubbles and echo chambers: empirical critiques
* Computational propaganda and bot networks
* AI-driven persuasion and synthetic media (deepfakes, generative content)
Advanced Political Behavior in Digital Environments
* Computational modeling of voter behavior
* Networked opinion formation and diffusion dynamics
* Emotional contagion in social platforms
* Microtargeting and psychographic profiling
* Political identity construction in online communities
Research Design in Digital Political Studies
* Mixed-methods research in digital political communication
* Digital ethnography and netnography
* Computational social science methods
* Large-scale data scraping and platform API research
* Causal inference in digital media effects studies
Media Systems, Governance, and Regulation
* Comparative digital media governance models
* Platform regulation in EU, US, and Global South contexts
* Content moderation regimes and freedom of expression conflicts
* Electoral integrity in digital environments
* Information sovereignty and cyber-statecraft
Strategic Political Communication and Warfare
* Strategic communication in statecraft and diplomacy
* Information warfare and cognitive security
* Influence operations in hybrid conflict environments
* Narrative warfare and geopolitical messaging strategies
* Crisis communication in digital hyper-visibility contexts
Ethics, Law, and Normative Theory
* Normative theories of digital democracy
* Ethical frameworks for AI in political communication
* Privacy, consent, and data rights in political targeting
* Regulation of synthetic political content
* Democratic accountability of algorithmic systems
Contemporary Research Frontiers
* AI governance and political decision systems
* Deep learning applications in political forecasting
* Real-time sentiment modeling of populations
* Digital authoritarianism and surveillance regimes
* Future of political communication under generative AI ecosystems
Doctoral Supervision and Scholarly Practice
* Designing PhD-level research frameworks
* Publication in SSCI/Scopus political communication journals
* Peer-review methodologies and academic critique
* Building theoretical contribution vs empirical contribution
* Supervising dissertation development in digital political studies