Dr. Adelaida Afilipoaie

Adelaida Afilipoaie is a senior researcher in the field of media policy, with an affinity for electronic communications networks and services, and online platforms. She is part of the part of the Media Economics and Policy Unit at imec-SMIT, VUB. In 2016, she graduated for her BA. in Media Studies and Television in the United Kingdom. After gaining theoretical knowledge and hands-on production experience in the media industry, she decided to pursue a MSc. in Communication Studies at the VUB in Brussels from which she graduated in 2018. Right after graduating, shes joined SMIT, where, by combining economic platform theories and media policy research, she conducted her PhD on the regulatory frameworks at the EU and Member States level, and their ability to address the online platform power concerns, which she finalised in 2023. 

Currently, Adelaida is conducting postdoctoral research for several projects (Fair MusE, ALGEPI and GMICP). Considering the domination of online platforms and their algorithms, these projects tackle the various concerns of the European music ecosystem, the impact of algorithmic gatekeepers on individuals’ epistemic welfare and the media markets concentration trends. She is also a guest lecturer for the Digital Media in Europe Master’s programme at the VUB where she acts as a master’s thesis supervisor. During her time as a PhD candidate, she was as a Teaching Assistant for the MSc. course European Media Markets and facilitated several workshops part of the now discontinued Postgraduate in Media Economics programme at the VUB (2018-2020). Besides she contributed to the European project SMART 2018/0066 study on the implementation of the new provisions in the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and CNECT/2020/OP/0099 study on the Media Plurality and Diversity Online, both funded by the European Commission’s DG CNECT.