Anna Jobin

Biography

Prof. Dr. Anna Jobin is an assistant professor at the interfaculty Human-IST Institute at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). She has a multidisciplinary background in sociology, economics, and information management. A fervent advocate of connected thinking, Prof. Dr. Jobin was elected as an inaugural member of the Swiss Young Academy (2020-2025) and 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 notably in Nature Machine Intelligence, Social Media + SocietyAI & Society. As an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of digital technology, new media and society, her research and expertise have been featured in the MIT Technology Review (USA), El País (ESP), Aftenposten (NOR), ZDF (GER), NZZ (CH) and other venues.

 

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