About me

Associate Professor in Internet Governance at Maastricht University

I am fascinated by how information circulates in societies and seek to understand how (authoritarian) governments try to shape and control the dissemination of information. In connection to this, I am interested in how the boundaries of freedom of expression, media and internet freedom are continuously negotiated and legitimated. The topics I study are complex. Therefore, my research agenda is interdisciplinary and draws upon, among others, Communication, Political Science, International Relations and Critical Internet Studies.

• Member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
• Recipient of the KNAW Early Career Award 2023, awarded annually by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement

Research focus

Positions

Associate Professor in Internet Governance, Maastricht University (2026-current)

Assistant Professor in Internet Governance, Maastricht University (2019 – 2025)

CORE Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
(2022 – 2023)

(Non-resident) Visiting Researcher, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
(2019 – 2022)
Principle Investigator of the research project ‘Towards sustainable journalism for the algorithmic future’ funded by Helsingin Sanomat Foundation.

NWO Rubicon Postdoctoral Fellow, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
(2018 – 2019)
Project: Selling censorship – Affective framing and the legitimation of internet control in Russia

Postdoctoral Researcher, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
(2017 – 2018)
Project researcher. Russian Media Lab: Freedom of Speech and Critical Journalism in Russia.

Lecturer in East European Studies, University of Amsterdam
(2016 – 2017)

PhD assistantship, University of Groningen
(2012 – 2016)
PhD thesis: Memory politics in contemporary Russia: Television, cinema and the state.