Research Team

UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Alexandros Minotakis

Alexandros Minotakis

Postdoctoral researcher
AI and labour, political economy of digital media
alexandros.minotakis@ucdconnect.ie
Aphra Kerr

Aphra Kerr

Professor of Digital Media and Communication UCD, Senior Policy Adviser Digital Policy Centre, co-PI ADAPT Research Ireland Centre.
Social expectations of AI, AI Ethics, Policy and Governance, Media and Communications Industries
aphra.kerr@ucd.ie
Arjumand Younus

Arjumand Younus

Assistant Professor
AI for social good, natural language processing, computational social science
arjumand.younus@ucd.ie
Elizabeth Farries

Elizabeth Farries

Principal Investigator, FORSEE, Director, UCD Centre for Digital Policy Director, UCD Digital Policy MSc, Professional Certificate Senior Fellow, INCLO
New technologies, regulation and society
elizabeth.farries@ucd.ie
Eugenia Siapera

Eugenia Siapera

Director of Centre for Digital Policy
Digital policy, gender, platform governance, digital media
eugenia.siapera@ucd.ie
Evangelos Papadamakis

Evangelos Papadamakis

Research Project Manager
vangelis.papadamakis@ucd.ie
James Steinhoff

James Steinhoff

Assistant Professor
Political economy of AI; automation; critical data/AI studies; digital labour
james.steinhoff@ucd.ie
Patrick Brodie

Patrick Brodie

Assistant Professor
Digital infrastructure; environmental media; sustainability; green/digital transition
patrick.brodie@ucd.ie

ADAPT Centre, The School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin

David Lewis

David Lewis

Professor in Computer Science
Trustworthy AI and Data Governance, AI standards and regulations
delewis@tcd.ie
Delaram Golpayegani

Delaram Golpayegani

Post-doctoral researcher
Trustworthy AI, AI risk management, EU AI Act, AI standardisation, Semantic Web technologies
delaram.golpayegani@adaptcentre.ie
Marta Lasek-Markey

Marta Lasek-Markey

Post-doctoral researcher
Law and Tech, fundamental rights, AI regulation
mlasek@tcd.ie

Demos Helsinki

Emilia Mustonen

Emilia Mustonen

Senior Expert, Research funding and project management
emilia.mustonen@demoshelsinki.fi
Johannes Mikkonen

Johannes Mikkonen

Senior Expert
Technology in Society
johannes.mikkonen@demoshelsinki.fi

European Digital SME Alliance

Antonio Grasso

Antonio Grasso

Public Affairs Director
AI, e-Health, Fair Digital Markets, Ethical Tech and Interoperability
a.grasso@digitalsme.eu
Filip Agatić

Filip Agatić

Project Manager Artificial Intelligence
AI, Standardisation, SME digitalization
f.agatic@digitalsme.eu
Justina Bieliauskaite

Justina Bieliauskaite

Innovation Director
Standardisation, AI, IoT, Cloud Computing, Blockchain and Emerging technologies.
j.bieliauskaite@digitalsme.eu
Loredana Bucseneanu

Loredana Bucseneanu

Project Manager Artificial Intelligence
AI, IP, SME digitalization
l.bucseneanu@digitalsme.eu

TASC

Louisa Mackenzie

Molly Newell

Molly Newell

Technology Researcher
Socioeconomic impacts of emerging technologies, Technological and cyber resilience
mnewell@tasc.ie
Shana Cohen

Shana Cohen

Director
scohen@tasc.ie

Tilburg Insitute for Law, Technology and Society

Linnet Taylor

Linnet Taylor

Professor
Data Justice, AI governance
l.e.m.taylor@tilburguniversity.edu
Merel Noorman

Merel Noorman

Assistant professor
Law and Technology
m.e.noorman@tilburguniversity.edu
Merve Öner Kabadayi

Merve Öner Kabadayi

PhD candidate
AI Governance, democratisation of AI, Science and technology studies
m.onerkabadayi@tilburguniversity.edu

University of Toulouse

Nikos Smyrnaios

Nikos Smyrnaios

Professor in Political Economy of Communication
nikolaos.smyrnaios@univ-tlse3.fr
Pierre Ratinaud

Pierre Ratinaud

Associate Professor in Information-Communication Sciences
pierre.ratinaud@univ-tlse2.fr

WZB – Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Julia Pohle

Julia Pohle

Co-head of research group
Digital policy, Global communication governance, Internet governance, Digital geopolitics
julia.pohle@wzb.eu
Sandra Sieron

Sandra Sieron

Doctoral researcher
Political economy of Artificial Intelligence, digital capitalism
sandra.sieron@wzb.eu

Points of contact

Project lead
Dr Elizabeth Farries
Director of the UCD Centre for Digital Policy
elizabeth.farries@ucd.ie 

Lead of Communication and Impact
Johannes Mikkonen
Demos Helsinki 
johannes.mikkonen@demoshelsinki.fi

Project Manager
Evangelos Papadamakis
UCD Centre for Digital Policy
vangelis.papadamakis@ucd.ie

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FORSEE is Horizon Europe funded Research and Innovation Actions project consisting of eight partners: ADAPT Centre, The School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin; European Digital SME Alliance; Demos Helsinki; TASC; Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society; UCD Centre for Digital Policy; University of Toulouse and WZB – Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Funded by the framework of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement Nº 101177579

UCD Centre for Digital Policy
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society
European Digital SME Alliance
Trinity College Dublin
ADAPT
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
TASC
Université De Toulouse
Demos Helsinki