Prof. Inger Andresen is a professor in Integrated Energy Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has more than 30 years of experience in research and development within the fields of energy efficient buildings, renewable energy, and low carbon buildings. She focuses on developing...

Prof. Eduardo Alberto Baptista Maldonado is a retired Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and researcher on the topic of Energy Efficiency in Buildings. He was the former president of Portugal's National Innovation Agency (ANI). Prof. Maldonado...

In the run-up to the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, taking place from 24 to 31 October 2026, we speak with Prof. Dr Samuel Greiff, Professor of Educational Monitoring & Effectiveness at the Technical University of Munich. He leads the Centre for International Student Assessment and oversees...

Ahead of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week, running from24 to 31 October 2026, we speak with Dr Theresa Josephine Seipp, Postdoctoral Researcher at the AI, Media & Democracy Lab and the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. How has generative AI changed the way we...

Mario Scharfbillig works at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and co-authored the report Fractured Reality – how democracy can win the global struggle over the information space, published by the JRC. He notes: “My answers are based on the report and do not necessarily reflect...

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky is a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol (UK). His research explores people's responses to mis- or disinformation and propaganda, why people reject well-established scientific facts, such as climate change or the effectiveness of vaccinations, and the potential...

Laura Vandenbosch is an associate professor at KU Leuven (Belgium) and director of the Media Psychology Lab. The core subject of her research is the relationship between media and well-being, leading to international publications in several fields including developmental psychology, sexology, body image,...

Stefan Ebenberger is board member of the pan European Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), and Secretary General of the Austrian ISPA. As part of the European Safer Internet Initiative, in which ISPA is involved, they conduct an annual survey. The last one was on AI chatbots, and 500 people...