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academic Bio in the 3rd person

Dr. Anna Jobin is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Human-IST Institute at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and an Associated Researcher at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). She has a multidisciplinary background in sociology, economics, and information management.

A fervent advocate of connected thinking, Dr. Jobin has been elected as an inaugural member of the Swiss Young Academy. She is also an advisory member at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) of the University of Bremen, and an associate member of the Sciences and Technologies Laboratory of Lausanne University. Previous research affiliations include EPFL, ETH Zurich, Tufts University and Cornell University. She volunteers as a board member of the Swiss STS Association and bridges academia and policy as president of the Swiss Federal Media Commission, an extra-parliamentary commission tasked with advising the Swiss Federal Council on media policy.

Her research is situated at the nexus of science, digital technology and society, with a particular focus on interaction with AI and algorithmic systems, (digital) ethics in research and citizen science, and AI governance. Her work has been published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Social Media + Society, and AI & Society. As an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of digital technology, new media and society, her research and expertise are also frequently featured in popular media.

 

SHORT academic Bio in the 3rd person

Dr. Anna Jobin is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, as well as an Associated Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) in Berlin. Her research explores the nexus between digital technology and society, with a primary focus on the social and ethical dimensions of AI and algorithmic systems. It has been published in Nature Machine Intelligence, Social Media & Society, and AI & Society. Anna Jobin is a board member of the Swiss STS association and an inaugural member of the Swiss Young Academy. In addition, she bridges academia and policy as president of the extra-parliamentary Swiss Federal Media Commission.

 

SHORT non-academic Bio in the 3rd person

Dr. Anna Jobin is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, president of the Swiss Federal Media Commission FMEC, and an internationally recognized expert on the social aspects of artificial intelligence and new media. After Cornell University, Tufts University, ETH Zurich, and the HIIG, she is now a senior researcher at the interdisciplinary Human-IST Institute, where she teaches in the new Digital Society master programme. Her research focuses on algorithmic systems as sociotechnical institutions and has been featured in popular and specialized media alike.

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