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Dr L.S. (Lisa) Fenner

Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Political Economy and Transnational Governance
Area of expertise: EU politics, European integration, Comparative Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Regulation, Protest, Social Movements

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15578
    1001 NB Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Research Priority Area AI & Politics. My research investigates processes of bottom-up political participation and their impact on policy-making in the EU. I hold a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2024). 

    Research expertise

    • EU politics
    • European integration
    • Comparative Politics
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Digital Regulation
    • Protest
    • Social Movements

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  • Research

    Research methods

    • process tracing
    • discourse analysis
    • qualitative content analysis
    • elite interviews
    • mixed methods

    Current research projects

    My current primary research project investigates the role of Civil Society Organisations in influencing the policy-making processes for AI regulation in the EU.

    Research grants & honours

    • 2023-2024: Kurt Hahn Scholarship, University of Cambridge
    • 2019-2024: Honorary Benefactors’ Scholarship, St John’s College Cambridge
    • 2020-2023: YouGov Studentship, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
    • 2015-2020: Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

    Current cooperation

    I am an affiliated researcher with the RegulAite project at the University of Amsterdam.

    RPA

  • Teaching

    BA

    • Elective protest politics
    • Research project Political polarisation
  • Publications

    2025

    Others

    • Voorveld, H. (organiser), Fenner, L. (organiser) & van Hoof, M. (organiser) (15-11-2024). Spui 25 event: Artificial Elections: the role of AI in the 2024 election year, Amsterdam. Opening event of the RPA AI & Politics (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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