TEAM #
CUDAN ERA Chair #
Professor of Cultural Data Analytics / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Tallinn University
CUDAN Team Faculty #

Professor of Media Innovation / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Tallinn University / Head at Tallinn University Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT)

Professor of Cultural History / School of Humanities, Tallinn University / Head of Tallinn University Centre of Excellence in Intercultural Studies, Head of the Estonian Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts
Sirje Virkus, Professor of Information Science at the School of Digital Technology of Tallinn University. Head of Study Area: Information Sciences, School of Digital Technologies. ETIS
CUDAN Team Coordinator #
CUDAN Senior Research Fellows #
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University
Computational Linguist - Investigates language and culture dynamics using big data. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University
Computer Scientist - Towards understanding urban socio-cultural dynamics using Computational Social Science & Machine Learning. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University
Cultural Historian - Towards understanding circulation of knowledge & pseudohistory online. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University
Physicist - Works on application of statistical physics ideas in the interdisciplinary contexts. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Cultural Industries Researcher - Computational cinema studies to understand industry dynamics including gender & diversity. Read more [...]
CUDAN Junior Research Fellows #
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University
HCI Researcher - Analyzing creativity, deception, and communication in online dating practices Read more [...]
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Media Policy Researcher - Investigating data use practices and innovation opportunities in media institutions. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Artist - A transformed art school: Collective art making using cultural data. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / School of Humanities, Tallinn University
Cultural Semiotician - Exploring the possibilities of researching cultural othering with cultural data analysis Read more [...]
Research Fellow / School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University
Artist - Using knowledge graphs and machine learning for algorithmic curation of digital artefacts. Read more [...]
Research Fellow / Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University
Artist - Latent spaces of cultural meaning: Enabling & understanding multimodal interaction using AI. Read more [...]
CUDAN Advisory Board #
Taaniel Raudsepp, Undersecretary for Art in the Ministry of Culture
Luukas Kristjan Ilves, Undersecretary and e-government COO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication
Ott Jalakas, Co-founder and COO of Lingvist
Pille Runnel, Research director-deputy director Estonian National Museum
Jaan Tallinn, Co-founder of Skype, co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, founder of the Future of Life Institute
Julio M. Ottino, R.R. McCormick Institute Professor and Dean of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University
Academic Advisory Board #
Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research – New England, Research Affiliate at Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT
José van Dijck, Distinguished University Professor, Utrecht University
John Hartley, Distinguished Professor and the previous Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University in Australia; Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University
Lucy Küng, Google Digital News Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, Oxford University, Non-Executive Board Member of SRG; Content Advisory Board Member of the NZZ Media Group, and Visiting Professor of Media Innovation at the University of Oslo
Tobias Ley, ERA Chair Professor for Learning Analytics and Educational Innovation in Tallinn University
Lev Manovich, Professor in Computer Science at the City University of New York; Director of Cultural Analytics Lab, Faculty member of Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design in Moscow
Robin Mansell, Professor of New Media and the Internet in the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science