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)
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Reviewer for Responsible Innovation Programme, the Netherlands
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
12 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Poland National Science Centre,
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
25 Mar 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Norwegian Research Council. COVID-19 Emergency Call
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
6 Apr 2020 → 15 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewer for Leverhulme Large grants
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
21 Mar 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Leverhulme
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
11 Nov 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG)
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
3 May 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for European Commission H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
5 Oct 2018 → 2 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Austrian Research Council
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
29 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewer for Aarhus Institute for Advanced Studies, Jens Christian Skou Fellowship
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
6 Apr 2020 → 16 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Reviewer - Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies - EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - H2020 programme
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
15 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Reviewed funding applications
Bakir, V. (Member)
1 Mar 2016Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Regulating Digital Campaigning: What is to be Done?
Bakir, V. (Participant) & McStay, A. (Participant)
29 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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REviewed for AHRC
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
7 Feb 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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RAi UK Impact Accelerator and International Partnerships Networking Event
Bakir, V. (Participant)
12 Mar 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Quoted in al-Jazeera article: Mendhai, Shafik. 2016 "Snooping, data leaks and the threat to online privacy". AL-Jazeera English, December 1.
Bakir, V. (Interviewee)
1 Dec 2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Provided info on research data creation and use for European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
8 Feb 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Provided advice to journalist on political communication and Twitter
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
7 Nov 2022Activity: Other
Profiling & Targeting Emotion in Digital Political Campaigns.
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
20 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Politics (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
23 Oct 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Political Communication (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
16 Nov 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Polish Political Science Yearbook (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
23 Aug 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Policy and Politics (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
25 Feb 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Policy and Internet (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
17 Dec 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Policy and Internet (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Dec 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Peter Lang (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
22 May 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Peer reviewer for UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
18 Sept 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Peer reviewer for Dutch Research Council,
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
18 Sept 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Peer reviewer for AHRC
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
6 Nov 2021Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Peer Review Panel
Bakir, V. (Member)
1 Apr 2015 → 1 Jan 2025Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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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
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
1 Jun 2019 → 1 Sept 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Panel reviewer
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
1 Jul 2019 → 1 Oct 2019Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Panel Reviewer Norwegian Research Council
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
20 Apr 2021 → 4 May 2022Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Palgrave macmillan - Springer (Publisher)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
27 Jan 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Opinion Forming in the Digital Age: Fake News, Echo Chambers and Populism - Key Themes, Concerns & Recommendations for European Research and Innovation
Bakir, V. (Consultant) & McStay, A. (Consultant)
1 Feb 2018 → 25 Oct 2018Activity: Consultancy
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Older People & Digital Literacy
Bakir, V. (Contributor) & McStay, A. (Contributor)
10 Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Ofcom Theory of Change Evaluation Toolkit - training workshop
Bakir, V. (Participant)
30 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
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Ofcom Making Sense of Media Working Group
Bakir, V. (Member)
1 Nov 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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OFCOM meeting - Making Sense of Media Group
Bakir, V. (Contributor)
25 Jan 2023Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Norway Research Council - Panel member for SAMRISK
Bakir, V. (Reviewer)
25 Oct 2018 → 14 Nov 2018Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
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New media and society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
28 Nov 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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New media and society (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
9 Mar 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Nature Human Behaviour (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
25 Jun 2021 → 19 Dec 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Mediterranean e-journal of Communication and Media. (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2013 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
16 Sept 2021 → 1 Jan 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Nov 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Peer reviewer)
1 Aug 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Media, War & Conflict (Journal)
Bakir, V. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2013 → 1 Jan 2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Media, Persuasion and Human Rights, Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference, Bangor, November 2014
Bakir, V. (Organiser)
10 Nov 2014 → 11 Nov 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference