Natascha Just

Natascha Just is Professor of Communication and Chair of the Media and Internet Governance Division at the Department of Communication and Media Research of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Prior to joining the University of Zurich in 2019, she was Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University (2017-2018). She continues to be affiliated with the Quello Center as a Research Fellow. She has an MA in communication science/romance philology and a Ph.D. in communication science from the University of Vienna, Austria. Prior to joining MSU she was Senior Research and Teaching Associate in the Media Change & Innovation Division, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ), University of Zurich, Switzerland (2008-2016); a Hertha Firnberg Scholar at the Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria (2005-2008); the inaugural Fellow of the Stanford-Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF) and a visiting researcher at Stanford Law School (2007); a post-doctoral fellow on international communication at the ARNIC, Annenberg School for Communication, USC, Los Angeles (2004-2005); and a research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria (1998-2004). Natascha’s research and teaching interests focus on media policy and economics, especially on the development, controllability and consequences of innovation-induced media change, with a special emphasis on competition policy, market power control, changing governance structures, algorithms on the Internet, Internet platforms, as well as the evolution of Internet use and attitudes. Her research has been published in books and journals such as New Media & Society; Journal of Communication; Information, Communication & Society; Telecommunications Policy; International Journal of Communication; Media, Culture & Society; Communications & Strategies; Knowledge, Technology & Policy; International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics; International Telecommunications Policy Review; and info.