Professor Vian Bakir

Professor in Journalism and Political Communications

Contact info

Position: Professor of Journalism & Political Communication

Email: v.bakir@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 1248 382751

Location: Main Arts

Personal website: Academia.edu   ResearchGate

Project Websites: DATA-PSST!   Intelligence Elites  Emotional AI

 

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Co-Director of Network for Study of Media and Persuasive Communication.  

School of History, Law & Social Science Research Committee (grant leadership)

 

  1. 2019
  2. Policy and Politics (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    25 Feb 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  3. Journalism (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    8 Mar 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  4. What if we knew when people were lying?

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    25 Mar 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  5. Critical Sociology (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    29 Mar 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  6. Mass Communication and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    29 Apr 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  7. Sociology Compass (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    10 May 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  8. External Examiner for MA Digital Media & Society

    Vian Bakir (Examiner)

    1 Jun 20191 Jun 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  9. Journalism post-Snowden: a simple guide to protecting your information & contacts

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Paul Lashmar (Contributor)

    1 Jun 2019

    Activity: Other

  10. Parliamentary submission: Datafied Bearbaiting and Emotional AI: Anticipating the Quantified Jeremy Kyle Show. Submission to DCMS Committee Inquiry into Reality TV

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)

    1 Jun 20191 Sept 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  11. Panel reviewer

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    1 Jul 20191 Oct 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  12. Weaponisation of Politics & Civic Discourse

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    8 Jul 201912 Jul 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  13. Emotional AI & disinformation.

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    16 Jul 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  14. International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    23 Jul 20191 Oct 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  15. Mass Communication and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    23 Jul 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  16. CULTURE CHANGE: Incentivise political campaigners to run civil and informative election campaigns

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)

    2 Aug 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  17. Workshop on emotional AI

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Organiser)

    9 Sept 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  18. Reviewer for Responsible Innovation Programme, the Netherlands

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    12 Sept 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  19. Reviewer for Austrian Research Council

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    29 Sept 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  20. Media and Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    20 Oct 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  21. peer reviewer for AHRC

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    5 Nov 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  22. AHRC reviewer -

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    11 Nov 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  23. SVT national radio

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    25 Nov 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

  24. External assessor. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    6 Dec 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  25. Policy and Internet (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    17 Dec 2019

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  26. Tackling Grand Challenges in Society - AI & Democracy

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    17 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  27. 2020
  28. Digital Journalism (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    3 Jan 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  29. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    5 Jan 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  30. Critical Sociology (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    15 Jan 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  31. Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    14 Feb 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  32. Journalism Practice (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    16 Feb 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  33. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    17 Feb 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  34. Media and Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    17 Feb 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  35. Reviewer for Norwegian Research Council. COVID-19 Emergency Call

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    6 Apr 202015 Apr 2020

    Activity: Other

  36. Older People & Digital Literacy

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)

    10 Apr 2020

    Activity: Other

  37. Profiling & Targeting Emotion in Digital Political Campaigns.

    Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)

    20 Apr 2020

    Activity: Other

  38. International workshop and seminar on (Mediated) Emotion in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    28 Apr 2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  39. Centre for Information Governance Research Annual Conference, Univ. of Sussex,

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    30 Apr 20201 May 2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  40. Advisory Board Member for EU Horizon2020 CSI-COP project

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    1 May 202030 Apr 2023

    Activity: Other

  41. EPSRC Research Centre Panel Reviewer - Protecting Citizens Online

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    1 Jun 202022 Jun 2020

    Activity: Other

  42. Digital Journalism (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    3 Jun 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  43. Frontiers: Political Communication (Publisher)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    10 Jun 202010 Aug 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  44. ESRC reviewer - New Investigator Programme

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    16 Jun 2020

    Activity: Other

  45. UKRI -AHRC COVID-19 expert peer group reviewer

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    25 Jun 2020 → …

    Activity: Other

  46. Reviewing grant applications

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    1 Jul 202031 Jul 2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  47. Virtual Mind the PR Gap 2020: AI, creativity and fake news in a post Covid-19 world.

    Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)

    9 Jul 202010 Jul 2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  48. reviewer AHRC COVID-19 call

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    1 Aug 202031 Aug 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  49. Emotional AI and Civil Rights: The Salutary Case of Facebook

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    4 Aug 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  50. Big Data and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    6 Aug 2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  51. COVID-19: How can we communicate risk in a post-truth world?

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    26 Oct 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  52. Frontiers in Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    1 Nov 20206 Jan 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  53. Swiss National Science Foundation

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    22 Dec 2020

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  54. 2021
  55. Editorial Board Member

    Vian Bakir (Member)

    1 Jan 20211 Jan 2023

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  56. Frontiers in Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    2 Jan 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  57. Reviewer, National Science Centre, Poland

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    6 Jan 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  58. Globalizations (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    25 Jan 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  59. Frontiers in Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    1 Feb 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  60. International Journal of Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    22 Feb 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  61. Reviewer - Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - H2020 programme

    Vian Bakir (Reviewer)

    15 Mar 202115 Apr 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  62. Frontiers in Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    29 Mar 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  63. theory, culture and society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    29 Mar 2021 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  64. Panel Reviewer Norwegian Research Council

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    20 Apr 20214 May 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  65. Empathic Media, Emotional AI, and the Optimization of Disinformation

    Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)

    23 Apr 202128 Apr 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  66. Emotional AI Lab: cross-cultural conversations

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    28 Apr 2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  67. Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    3 May 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  68. Emotional AI and Empathic Technologies: Implications of an Ontology of Mediated Emotion, Data Justice Conference 2021

    Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)

    14 May 2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  69. AI & Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    25 Jun 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  70. Nature Human Behaviour (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    25 Jun 202119 Dec 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  71. The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    2 Jul 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  72. Surveillance and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    2 Aug 202110 Oct 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  73. Polish Political Science Yearbook (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    23 Aug 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  74. Media, War & Conflict (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    16 Sept 20211 Jan 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  75. Big Data and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    28 Sept 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  76. Interview with Prof Vian Bakir - Solutions to Global Misinformation

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    1 Oct 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  77. Peer reviewer for AHRC

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    6 Nov 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  78. Article in Hamodia on Fake News

    Vian Bakir (Interviewee)

    23 Nov 2021

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  79. New media and society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    28 Nov 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  80. Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    3 Dec 2021

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  81. 2022
  82. GUARDINT EU Project. Intelligence, surveillance, and oversight: tracing connections and contestations

    Vian Bakir (Speaker)

    26 Jan 202227 Jan 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising an eventParticipation in Academic conference

  83. Provided info on research data creation and use for European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    8 Feb 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  84. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    23 Feb 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  85. Chilean Journal in Communication (Perspectivas de la Comunicación) (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    14 Mar 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  86. SSRC/ESRC International workshops on Trust in Democratic Institutions

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    24 Mar 202231 Mar 2022

    Activity: Other

  87. ESRC National Capability in Behavioural Research Workshop

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    28 Apr 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  88. Big Data and Society (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    6 May 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  89. FAKE NEWS: INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR VIAN BAKIR

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    6 May 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar

  90. Expert reviewer, Rapporteur and Final Panel member for Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON). Reshaping democracies (HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01)

    Vian Bakir (Contributor)

    14 May 202220 Jul 2022

    Activity: OtherTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee

  91. Peter Lang (Publisher)

    Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)

    22 May 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review

  92. Frontiers in Communication (Journal)

    Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)

    1 Aug 202211 Aug 2022

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPublication peer-review