Tomás Dodds is an Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He is also a researcher at the AI, Media & Democracy Lab in the Netherlands and the Artificial Intelligence and Society Hub (IA+SIC) in Chile.

Tomás’ current research interests focus on artificial intelligence and automation in the media sector, immersive technologies, civic data science, and governance of technologies and the Internet.

As a journalist, Tomás has worked in the Press Office of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington D.C. and the Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Santiago, Chile. He also worked as a correspondent for the EFE News Agency, the most prominent Spanish multimedia news agency. As a correspondent, he covered political and economic news, with some of his articles published or translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and English. 

Tomás Dodds is currently accepting self-funded doctoral students at Leiden University. His research interests encompass Media and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Journalism, and Platform Studies. Prospective students interested in these areas are encouraged to inquire about available opportunities. 

Academic Positions

• 2025 - Present. Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication – School of Journalism; University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• 2022 - Present. Faculty Associate – Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

• 2022 - 2025. Assistant Professor in Journalism and New Media – Faculty of Humanities; Leiden University.

• 2021 - 2022. Postdoctoral Researcher in AI and Automation in Media – ASCoR; University of Amsterdam.

• 2020 - 2021. Lecturer in New Media & Digital Culture – ASCA; University of Amsterdam.