Research Clinic Europe – Platform://Democracy
Platforms are legislators, enforcers and adjudicators of online speech rules. Their norms and algorithmic practices shape how we communicate. But how can we ensure public values in digital communication orders? And which ones? In four regional research clinics we aim to shed light on how to provide the normative infrastructure for better rule-making, rule-enforcing and rule-adjudication structures in (primarily online) hybrid communication spaces. In these clinics we will make use of the unique institutional experiences and individual backgrounds of Clinic participants, to work towards good suggestison on how to democratize online communication spaces and to ensure that rules and practices are socially sustainable.
Europe Research Clinic | Regional Coordinator
 | Matthias C. Kettemann Matthias C. Kettemann is principal investigator of the Platform://Democracy project. He is research program lead at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, research group head at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and professor of Innovation, Theory and Philosophy of Law at the University of Innsbruck. Affiliation: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, University of Innsbruck, Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut. |
Europe Research Clinic | Fellows
 | Giovanni De Gregorio Giovanni De Gregorio holds the PLMJ Chair in Law and Technology at the Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon and is an expert on digital constitutionalism, platform governance, privacy and data protection and digital policies. Affiliation: Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon Twitter • LinkedIn | |
 | Pierre François Docquir
Pierre François Docquir (PhD) is a researcher and the Head of the Media Freedom Programme of ARTICLE 19. He is an expert in the fields of Human Rights Law, Internet and Media Law and Regulation. Affiliation: ARTICLE 19 | |
 | Niklas Eder Niklas Eder, an Affiliated Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and a Ph.D. candidate in law at Humboldt University Berlin and t the University of Leipzig, works as Senior Case and Policy Officer for the Oversight Board. He is an expert on the field of content moderation, Big Data, digital surveillance and constitutional law. Affiliation: Oversight Board, Yale Law School, Humboldt University, University of Leipzig Twitter • LinkedIn | |
 | Rachel Griffin Rachel Griffin is a doctoral candidate and lecturer in law at SciencesPo Paris and is an expert on EU social media regulation, drawing on feminist legal theory, critical race theory and law and political economy to analyse how European regulation addresses structural social inequalities manifesting in online media. Affiliation: SciencesPo Paris Twitter • LinkedIn | |
 | Aleksandra Kuczerawy Aleksandra Kuczerawy is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for IT and IP at KU Leuven and is an expert in intermediary liability, content moderation, freedom of expression and platform governance, AI and smart cities. Affiliation: Center for IT and IP at KU Leuven; Stanford Cyber Policy Center | |
 | Riku Neuvonen Riku Neuvonen is a senior lecturer in public law at the Tampere University and an adjunct professor ( docent) in Media Law at the University of Helsinki. He is an expert in the field of freedom of expression, privacy, and the regulation of the media. Affiliation: Tampere University, University of Helsinki | |
 | Dominik Piétron Dominik Piétron is a research associate at the Institute for Social Sciences at Humboldt University Berlin and at the Einstein Center Digital Future Berlin and an expert on the political economy of digital capitalism. Affiliation: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | |
 | Theresa Züger Theresa Züger is head of the Public Interest AI research group and lead of the AI&Society Lab at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin. She is an expert on the topics of the political dimensions of digital technologies and cultures, with particular interest in questions of democratic theory. Affiliation: HIIG Twitter • LinkedIn | |
 | Bettina Hesse Bettina Hesse is an advisor for media policy in ver.di, United Services Union. She is an expert in media freedom and regulation of the media and for ensuring rights of workers through participation.. Affiliation: ver.di Twitter • LinkedIn | |
 | Clara Iglesias Keller Clara Iglesias Keller is a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin Social Sciences Center and coordinator of the Digital Disinformation Hub at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research. She develops a research agenda focused on the interface of technology and democracies and is an expert on platform governance, disinformation, AI regulation and democratic legitimacy in digital spheres. Affiliation: Berlin Social Science Center, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute |
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Platform://Democracy
About the Project
The project "Platform://Democracy: Platform Councils as Tools to Democratize Hybrid Online Orders" examines how the rules of discourse on platforms can be aligned with public values. It focuses on the following question: Can "platform councils" or other institutions ensure that public interests and democratic values are taken into account in the rule-making processes of platforms?
Project Team
| Matthias C. Kettemann Matthias C. Kettemann is principal investigator of the Platform://Democracy project. He is research program lead at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, research group head at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and professor of Innovation, Theory and Philosophy of Law at the University of Innsbruck. Affiliation: Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, University of Innsbruck, Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut. | |
 | Christina Dinar, Dipl.-Päd.
Christina Dinar is a junior researcher for Platform Governance at Leibniz Institut for Media Research|Hans Bredow Institut and specialises on community-involved content moderation practices and user participation perspectives. Affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut | |
 | Josefa Francke Josefa Francke is a junior researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research (HBI) in Hamburg and an associated researcher at the HIIG in Berlin. Her research focus lies in participatory-democratic innovations and human rights globally and in the digital space. Affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut | |
 | Lena Hinrichs Lena Hinrichs studies law at the University of Hamburg and works at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute. Affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut |
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