Experiences
&
Engagements
Current positions
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Information Law & AI, Media & Democracy Lab, University of Amsterdam (NL)
06/2024 – ongoing
Faculty Associate
Public Tech Media Lab, UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication (USA)
08/2026 – ongoing
Academic Education
LL.M. Global Criminal Law and Criminology
Groningen University (NL) · 2016 – 2017 (cum laude)
Thesis: Global challenges of combating cybercrime. (Prof. Dr. Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici)
LL.M. International and European Law (Business Law and Media Law)
Ghent University (BEL) · 2014 – 2015
Thesis: Freedom of expression vs copyright protection in the case of parodies. (Prof. Dr. Dirk Voorhoof)
University of Oxford 2015: Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (Quarterfinalist)
LL.B. International and European Law
Groningen University (NL) · 2011 – 2014
Exchange Semester: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (GER)
A-Levels
History, French, German, Business Studies
Bede’s Senior School · East Sussex (UK) · 2009 – 2011
Certifications
Certificate (CPD): Data: Law, Policy, and Regulation, London School of Economics (LSE) (London, UK) (2020)
Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO): IHK Academy Munich (2019)
Amnesty International (EDX): Digital Security and Human Rights (2019)
Speaking Engagements
European Parliament ESMH Summer School (June 2026, Brussels, Belgium)
Invited Panellist at Closing session: ‘EU regulation on AI: implications for the media, journalism, and disinformation’
EPRA (European Platform of Regulatory Authorities) (October 2025, Yerevan, Armenia)
Invited keynote speaker and panellist: “Defining, promoting and safeguarding media pluralism in the digital age”
EU Law Unbound (September 2025, Prague, Czech Republic)
Presentation of research on “Local Journalism Under Pressure: AI, Media Concentration, and Platform Dependence”, part of panel discussion Panel discussion “Facts, Fiction, and the Future: Defending EU Journalism in the Digital and Disinformation Era”
ECREA Communication Law & Policy Division Workshop (September 2025, Brussels, Belgium)
Presentation of research on “Cultures of Collaboration within (Local) Journalism in an AI-Driven Media Ecosystem”
The World Media Economics and Management Conference (WMEMC) (May 2025,
Warsaw, Poland)
Presentation of research on “Developing Future-Proof Digital Media Governance: Preventing Power Concentration, Protecting Public Interest, and Supporting Local Journalism”
Forum for Information & Democracy - Report Launch (April 2025, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Organiser: OID Report “Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy”
SPUI25 (March 2025, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Invited speaker for Panel on Big Tech, Media, and Democracy
AoIR conference (November 2024, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Presentation of research on regulating media concentration under the EMFA
ECREA conference (September 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Presentation of research on regulating media concentration under the EMFA
Weizenbaum Institute (September 2024, Berlin, Germany)
Invited workshop participant: Digital Regulation in Europe
MozFest House Amsterdam (June 2024, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Panel Discussion: Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Dutch Regional Newsrooms: Prospects and Perspectives
Prague Media Point (December 2023, Prague, Czech Republic)
Invited keynote speaker and panel participant: Topic: Protection of Media Freedom and Pluralism under the EMFA
MedienAkademie 2024, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (November 2023, Berlin, Germany)
Invited keynote speaker and panel participant: Topic: Journalismus im Zeitalter Künstlicher Intelligenz (Journalism in the age of AI)
ECREA Communication Law & Policy Workshop (November 2023, Salzburg, Austria)
Presentation of research on platform dependence and “counterpower”
Ofcom : IViR roundtable discussion (September 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Organiser and discussant of roundtable discussion on Ofcom’s policy recommendations
European Forum Alpbach (August 2023, Alpbach, Austria)
Invited workshop participant and presenter
ICA 2023 Main conference (May 2023, Toronto, Canada)
Presentation of research on “Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises for the Digital Age”.
ICA 2023 Organiser of pre-conference (May 2023, Toronto, Canada)
“Building the Conditions for Responsible Human-Centric AI systems”
Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) (December 2023, EUI, Florence, Italy)
Presentation of part of the EU Study on Media Pluralism and Diversity Online.
ICA 2022 Pre-conference (May 2022, Paris, France)
Presentation of research on “Shifting opinion power in the platform world: Why we really have to rethink media concentration law”.
Media and Publics Conference (April 2022, Roskilde, Denmark)
Presentation of research on “Opinion power and structural dependencies of news media on platforms”.
AIMD Lab Discussion Series (February 2022, AI, Media & Democracy Lab Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Organised and moderated panel discussion on “Policy responses to deal with opinion power and structural dependencies of news media on digital platforms” with Anna Herold, Maria Donde, Victor Pickard.
Expert Consultations
OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
December 2024
Invited Expert for the Initiative on Media and Big Tech in the framework of Healthy Online Information Spaces / OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
International Observatory on Information and Democracy at Forum for Information & Democracy
November 2023 – January 2025
Selected Member of Research Assessment Panel
Grants & Funding
Council of Europe (2026) Expert Report for the Council of Europe on GenAI and democracy: risks and opportunities.
European Audiovisual Observatory (2025) IRIS Report on the news media sector, Chapter X: AI and journalism: from threats to the public’s trust to new opportunities in the newsroom.
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (2023) Research visit to LSE Department of Media and Communications (London, UK)
Amsterdam University Fund (2023) Research visit to LSE Department of Media and Communications (London, UK)
Publications
Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., Sjøvaag, H. (2026) Cultures of Collaboration within Journalism in an AI-Driven Media Ecosystem (submitted to journal)
Van Drunen, M., Dodds, T., Cools, H., Seipp, T.J. (2026) EU audience measurement regulation: Implications for the media’s democratic role, Digital Journalism, https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.2703602
Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Nauds, L., Van Drunen, M., Seipp, T.J. (2026) Expert Report for the Council of Europe on GenAI and democracy: risks and opportunities, Council of Europe https://rm.coe.int/report-generative-ai-and-democracy/48802c3a76
Seipp, T.J. (2025) IRIS Report on the news media sector, Chapter X: AI and journalism: from threats to the public’s trust to new opportunities in the newsroom, European Audiovisual Observatory https://rm.coe.int/iris-2025-news-sector-en/488029c71f
Meese, J., Seipp, T.J. (2024) The Press as Platform, Digital Journalism https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2573074
Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Ausloos, J. (2024) Between the cracks: Blind spots in regulating media concentration and platform dependence in the EU, Internet Policy Review, https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.4.1813
Seipp, T.J., Fathaigh, R., Van Drunen, M. (2023) Defining the ‘media’ in Europe: pitfalls of the proposed European Media Freedom Act, Journal of Media Law, https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2023.2240998
Seipp, T.J. (2023) Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age, Media & Communication https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i2.6393
Dodds, T., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Resendez, V., Seipp, T.J. (2023) Popularity-driven Metrics: Audience Analytics and Shifting Opinion Power to Digital Platforms. Journalism Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2167104
Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Ausloos, J. (2023) Dealing with Opinion Power in the Platform World: Why We Really Have to Rethink Media Concentration Law. Digital Journalism https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2161924
Seipp, T.J. (2022) Book Review: Media Freedom by Damian Tambini. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
Dreyer, S., Kettemann, M.C., Schulz W., Seipp, T.J. (2022) European Media Law in Times of Digitality in The Law of Global Digitality, Routledge.
Brogi, E., Fahy, R., Idiz, D., Irion, K., Meiring, A., Parcu, P.L., Poort, J., Seipp, T.J., Verza, S. et. Al. (2022) Study on media plurality and diversity online. Report commissioned by European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology.
Seipp, T.J. (2021) News media’s dependency on big tech: should we be worried? Internet Policy Review • https://policyreview.info/articles/news/news-medias-dependency-big-tech-should-we-be-worried/1562
Resendez, V., Seipp, T.J., Dodds, T., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., et al. (2021) What would happen if Facebook or Google decided to leave the Netherlands tomorrow? Mozilla Festival https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/what-would-happen-if-facebook-or-google-decided-to-leave-the-netherlands-tomorrow/
Resendez, V., Seipp, T.J., Dodds, T., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., et al. (2021) What would happen if Facebook and Google left your country tomorrow?What would happen if Facebook and Google left your country tomorrow? LSE Media Blog https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2021/07/12/what-would-happen-if-facebook-and-google-left-your-country-tomorrow/
Hueting, L., Milewska, P., Seipp, T.J. (2021) Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) threaten human rights and democracy. The EU must act! Rule of Law in Poland https://ruleoflaw.pl/strategic-lawsuits-against-public-participation/
Heldt, A., Dreyer, S., Schulz, W., Seipp, T.J. (2021) Normative Leitbilder der Europäischen Medienordnung. Normative Leitbilder der Europäischen Medienordnung, Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/uploads/media/default/cms/media/agnsi1n_AP54_BKM_Leitbilder-Gutachten_HBI.pdf
Heldt, A., Dreyer, S., Schulz, W., Seipp, T.J. (2020) The European Communication (Dis)Order. Mapping the Media-Relevant European Legislative Acts and Identification of Dependencies, Interface Areas and Conflicts, Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/uploads/media/default/cms/media/agnsi1n_AP54_BKM_Leitbilder-Gutachten_HBI.pdf