Runa Ziegler

At imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Runa works in the Doctoral Network “Revisioning Public Interest Media", funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. Her focus in this context is how Public Interest Media collaborate with each other as well as with other actors, in particular considering the role of global platforms.

Runa has a background in Political Science with a Bachelor in International Relations from Malmö University and a Master in Democracy, Citizenship and Change from Dalarna University. She later combined her interests for politics and communication in a research-focused Master in Media and Communication Sciences at Mid Sweden University, focusing on Political Communication on digital platforms.