Professor Vian Bakir
Professor in Journalism and Political Communications
Affiliations
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)
- 2019
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Policy and Politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
25 Feb 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Citation in EU Commissioned study: Disinformation and propaganda – impact on the functioning of the rule of law in the EU and its Member States
Andrew McStay (Contributor) & Vian Bakir (Contributor)
28 Feb 2019Activity: Other
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Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
8 Mar 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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What if we knew when people were lying?
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
25 Mar 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Critical Sociology (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
29 Mar 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Mass Communication and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
29 Apr 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Sociology Compass (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
10 May 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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External Examiner for MA Digital Media & Society
Vian Bakir (Examiner)
1 Jun 2019 → 1 Jun 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Journalism post-Snowden: a simple guide to protecting your information & contacts
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Paul Lashmar (Contributor)
1 Jun 2019Activity: Other
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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 2019 → 1 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Panel reviewer
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
1 Jul 2019 → 1 Oct 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Weaponisation of Politics & Civic Discourse
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
8 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Emotional AI & disinformation.
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
16 Jul 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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International Journal of Press/politics (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
23 Jul 2019 → 1 Oct 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Mass Communication and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
23 Jul 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
CULTURE CHANGE: Incentivise political campaigners to run civil and informative election campaigns
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
2 Aug 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Workshop on emotional AI
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Organiser)
9 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Reviewer for Responsible Innovation Programme, the Netherlands
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
12 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Austrian Research Council
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
29 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
20 Oct 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Final Report - Emotional AI - Japan and UK. Final Report on a Conversation between cultures
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
1 Nov 2019Activity: Other
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peer reviewer for AHRC
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
5 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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AHRC reviewer -
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
11 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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SVT national radio
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
25 Nov 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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External assessor. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
6 Dec 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Policy and Internet (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
17 Dec 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Tackling Grand Challenges in Society - AI & Democracy
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
17 Dec 2019 → 18 Dec 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
- 2020
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
3 Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
5 Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Critical Sociology (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
15 Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
14 Feb 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism Practice (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
16 Feb 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
17 Feb 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media and Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
17 Feb 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewer: Univ. of Aarhus EU Union Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme -Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
29 Mar 2020 → 20 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewer for Aarhus Institute for Advanced Studies, Jens Christian Skou Fellowship
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
6 Apr 2020 → 16 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewer for Norwegian Research Council. COVID-19 Emergency Call
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
6 Apr 2020 → 15 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Older People & Digital Literacy
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
10 Apr 2020Activity: Other
Profiling & Targeting Emotion in Digital Political Campaigns.
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
20 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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International workshop and seminar on (Mediated) Emotion in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
28 Apr 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Centre for Information Governance Research Annual Conference, Univ. of Sussex,
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
30 Apr 2020 → 1 May 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Advisory Board Member for EU Horizon2020 CSI-COP project
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
1 May 2020 → 30 Apr 2023Activity: Other
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EPSRC Research Centre Panel Reviewer - Protecting Citizens Online
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
1 Jun 2020 → 22 Jun 2020Activity: Other
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Digital Journalism (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
3 Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Frontiers: Political Communication (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
10 Jun 2020 → 10 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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UKRI -AHRC COVID-19 expert peer group reviewer
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
25 Jun 2020 → …Activity: Other
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AGAINST OPACITY, OUTRAGE & DECEPTION: Towards an ethical code of conduct for transparent, explainable, civil & informative digital political campaigns. Evidence submitted to House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies.
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
29 Jun 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewing grant applications
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
1 Jul 2020 → 31 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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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 2020 → 10 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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reviewer AHRC COVID-19 call
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
1 Aug 2020 → 31 Aug 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Emotional AI and Civil Rights: The Salutary Case of Facebook
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
4 Aug 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
6 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Submission to Inquiry on Impact of Social Media on Elections and Electoral Administration - Victoria Parliament, Australia - plus resulting influence
Vian Bakir (Contributor) & Andrew McStay (Contributor)
24 Aug 2020 → 20 Sept 2021Activity: Other
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COVID-19: How can we communicate risk in a post-truth world?
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
26 Oct 2020Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Nov 2020 → 6 Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Swiss National Science Foundation
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
22 Dec 2020Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
- 2021
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Editorial Board Member
Vian Bakir (Member)
1 Jan 2021 → 1 Jan 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
2 Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewer, National Science Centre, Poland
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
6 Jan 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Taking Back Control of Our Personal Data: An ethical impact assessment of personal data storage apps
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Andrew McStay (Consultant)
21 Jan 2021Activity: Consultancy
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Globalizations (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
25 Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Feb 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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International Journal of Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
22 Feb 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Reviewer - Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - H2020 programme
Vian Bakir (Reviewer)
15 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
29 Mar 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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theory, culture and society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
29 Mar 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Panel Reviewer Norwegian Research Council
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
20 Apr 2021 → 4 May 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Empathic Media, Emotional AI, and the Optimization of Disinformation
Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)
23 Apr 2021 → 28 Apr 2021Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Emotional AI Lab: cross-cultural conversations
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
28 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
3 May 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Emotional AI and Empathic Technologies: Implications of an Ontology of Mediated Emotion, Data Justice Conference 2021
Vian Bakir (Speaker) & Andrew McStay (Speaker)
14 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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A humanities-led intervention into responsible and ethical AI
Vian Bakir (Participant)
28 May 2021Activity: Other
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AI & Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
25 Jun 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Nature Human Behaviour (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
25 Jun 2021 → 19 Dec 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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The Journal of Sociotechnical Critique (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
2 Jul 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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White Paper - GOVERNING PHILOSOPHIES IN TECHNOLOGY POLICY: PERMISSIONLESS INNOVATION VS. THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
Vian Bakir (Consultant) & Gilad Rosner (Consultant)
1 Aug 2021Activity: Consultancy
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Surveillance and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
2 Aug 2021 → 10 Oct 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Polish Political Science Yearbook (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
23 Aug 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
16 Sept 2021 → 1 Jan 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
28 Sept 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Interview with Prof Vian Bakir - Solutions to Global Misinformation
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
1 Oct 2021Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Peer reviewer for AHRC
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
6 Nov 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
Article in Hamodia on Fake News
Vian Bakir (Interviewee)
23 Nov 2021Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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New media and society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
28 Nov 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
3 Dec 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
- 2022
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GUARDINT EU Project. Intelligence, surveillance, and oversight: tracing connections and contestations
Vian Bakir (Speaker)
26 Jan 2022 → 27 Jan 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference
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Provided info on research data creation and use for European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
8 Feb 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
23 Feb 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Chilean Journal in Communication (Perspectivas de la Comunicación) (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
14 Mar 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
SSRC/ESRC International workshops on Trust in Democratic Institutions
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
24 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2022Activity: Other
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BU-IIA Funded project: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics & Policing in North Wales: Establishing Citizens’ Perspectives
Bethan Loftus (Contributor), Vian Bakir (Contributor), Andrew McStay (Contributor) & Martina Feilzer (Contributor)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2023Activity: Other
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ESRC National Capability in Behavioural Research Workshop
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
28 Apr 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Big Data and Society (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
6 May 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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FAKE NEWS: INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR VIAN BAKIR
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
6 May 2022Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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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 2022 → 20 Jul 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Peter Lang (Publisher)
Vian Bakir (Peer reviewer)
22 May 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Advisory Board member for European Research Council Starting Grants project, TRUE
Vian Bakir (Contributor)
1 Aug 2022 → 1 Aug 2027Activity: Other
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Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
Vian Bakir (Editorial board member)
1 Aug 2022 → 11 Aug 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review