PhD Defence Dongxiao Li

On Friday 16 October 2026, Dongxiao Li successfully defended the PhD thesis “Mediating User Preference Communication in Platformized Media: A User-Centric Study of Recommender Systems in Audiovisual Environments” at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, earning the academic degree of Doctor of Media and Communication Studies. Congratulations, Dr. Li!

The research was supervised by Prof. Dr. Pieter Ballon, Prof. Dr. Heritiana Ranaivoson and Prof. Dr. Annelien Smets.

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