Theresa Josephine Seipp

Dr. Theresa Seipp is a postdoctoral researcher in European media law and policy, with a focus on Big Tech, media concentration, and the impact of AI on journalism and society. She holds a background in International and European Law, International Criminal Law, and Media Law, and brings professional experience in regulatory compliance, civil society, and academic research.

Certificate (CPD) Data: Law, Policy, and Regulation (LSE)

• Invited Expert for initiative on Media and Big Tech in the framework of Healthy Online Information Spaces, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, 2024-12-01
• Member of Research Assessment Panel, International Observatory on Information and Democracy, Forum for Information & Democracy, 2023-11-01, 2025-01-01

• EPRA Annual meeting, 2025-10-01, Yerevan, Armenia, Invited keynote speaker and panellist, Defining, promoting and safeguarding media pluralism in the digital age
• EU Law Unbound, 2025-09-01, Prague, Czech Republic, Presenter, Local Journalism Under Pressure: AI, Media Concentration, and Platform Dependence
• ECREA Communication Law & Policy Division Workshop, 2025-09-01, Brussels, Belgium, Presenter, Cultures of Collaboration within (Local) Journalism in an AI-Driven Media Ecosystem
• The World Media Economics and Management Conference (WMEMC), 2025-05-01, Warsaw, Poland, Presenter, Developing Future-Proof Digital Media Governance: Preventing Power Concentration, Protecting Public Interest, and Supporting Local Journalism
• Forum for Information & Democracy - Report Launch, 2025-04-01, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Organiser, OID Report 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy'
• Spui25, 2025-03-01, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited speaker, Panel on Big Tech, Media, and Democracy
• AoIR conference, 2024-11-01, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Presenter, Regulating media concentration under the EMFA
• Workshop AI in Newsrooms: Beyond the hype to practical solutions, 2024-10-01, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Invited speaker, AI governance
• ECREA conference, 2024-09-01, Ljubliana, Slovenia, Presenter, Regulating media concentration under the EMFA
• Weizenbaum Institute, 2024-09-01, Berlin, Germany, Invited workshop participant
• Siggener Begegnungen, 2024-08-01, Siggen, Germany, Invited keynote speaker, AI policy and regulation (cancelled due to sickness)
• MozFest House Amsterdam, 2024-06-01, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Panel Discussion, Artificial Intelligence in Dutch Regional Newsrooms: Prospects and Perspectives
• Prague Media Point, 2023-12-01, Prague, Czech Republic, Invited keynote speaker and panel participant, Protection of Media Freedom and Pluralism under the EMFA
• MedienAkademie 2024, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2023-11-01, Berlin, Germany, Invited keynote speaker and panel participant, Journalismus im Zeitalter Künstlicher Intelligenz (Journalism in the age of AI)
• ECREA Communication Law & Policy Workshop, 2023-11-01, Salzburg, Austria, Presenter, Platform dependence and 'counterpower'
• Ofcom - IViR roundtable discussion, 2023-09-01, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Organiser and discussant, Ofcom's policy recommendations
• European Forum Alpbach, 2023-08-01, Alpbach, Austria, Invited workshop participant and presenter
• ICA 2023 Main conference, 2023-05-01, Toronto, Canada, Presenter, Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises for the Digital Age
• ICA 2023, 2023-05-01, Toronto, Canada, Organiser of pre-conference, Building the Conditions for Responsible Human-Centric AI systems
• Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), 2023-12-01, EUI, Florence, Italy, Presenter, Part of the EU Study on Media Pluralism and Diversity Online
• ICA 2022 Pre-conference, 2022-05-01, Paris, France, Presenter, Shifting opinion power in the platform world: Why we really have to rethink media concentration law
• Roskilde Media and Publics conference, 2022-04-01, Roskilde University, Denmark, Presenter, Opinion power and structural dependencies of news media on platforms
• AIMD Lab Discussion Series, 2022-02-01, AI, Media & Democracy Lab Amsterdam, NL, Organiser and moderator, Policy responses to deal with opinion power and structural dependencies of news media on digital platforms
• EU Council Presidency: 'Pluralism and Responsibility. Media in the Digital Society', 2020-07-01, Germany, Organisation and scientific support of digital conference series

• Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, 2023-02-01 to 2023-04-01, Research visit to LSE (London, UK)
• Amsterdam University Fund, 2023-02-01 to 2023-04-01, Research visit to LSE (London, UK)

• Cultures of Collaboration within (Local) Journalism in an AI-Driven Media Ecosystem, Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., Sjøvaag, H., 2025/2026, in progress
• Expert Report for the Council of Europe on GenAI and democracy: risks and opportunities, Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Nauds, L., Van Drunen, M., Seipp, T.J., 2025/2026, in progress
• 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, Seipp, T.J., 2025, in review
• The Press as Platform, Meese, J., Seipp, T.J., 2024, accepted for publication
• Between the cracks: Blind spots in regulating media concentration and platform dependence in the EU, Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Ausloos, J., 2024, https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.4.1813
• Defining the 'media' in Europe: pitfalls of the proposed European Media Freedom Act, Seipp, T.J., Fathaigh, R., Van Drunen, M., 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2023.2240998
• Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age, Seipp, T.J., 2023, https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i2.6393
• Popularity-driven Metrics: Audience Analytics and Shifting Opinion Power to Digital Platforms, Dodds, T., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Resendez, V., Seipp, T.J., 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2167104
• Dealing with Opinion Power in the Platform World: Why We Really Have to Rethink Media Concentration Law, Seipp, T.J., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., Ausloos, J., 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2161924
• Book Review: Media Freedom by Damian Tambini, Seipp, T.J., 2022
• European Media Law in Times of Digitality, Dreyer, S., Kettemann, M.C., Schulz W., Seipp, T.J., 2022, The Law of Global Digitality, Routledge
• Study on media plurality and diversity online, Brogi, E., Fahy, R., Idiz, D., Irion, K., Meiring, A., Parcu, P.L., Poort, J., Seipp, T.J., Verza, S., 2022, European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• News media's dependency on big tech: should we be worried?, Seipp, T.J., 2021, https://policyreview.info/articles/news/news-medias-dependency-big-tech-should-we-beworried/1562
• 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., 2021, Mozilla Festival, https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/what-would-happen-if-facebook-or-google-decided-to-leavethe-netherlands-tomorrow/
• What would happen if Facebook and Google left your country tomorrow?, Resendez, V., Seipp, T.J., Dodds, T., Helberger, N., De Vreese, C., 2021, LSE Media Blog, https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2021/07/12/what-would-happenif-facebook-and-google-left-your-country-tomorrow/
• Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) threaten human rights and democracy. The EU must act!, Hueting, L., Milewska, P., Seipp, T.J., 2021, Rule of Law in Poland, https://ruleoflaw.pl/strategic-lawsuits-against-public-participation/
• Normative Leitbilder der Europäischen Medienordnung, Heldt, A., Dreyer, S., Schulz, W., Seipp, T.J., 2021, Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, https://www.hans-bredowinstitut.de/uploads/media/default/cms/media/agnsi1n_AP54_BKM_Leitbilder-Gutachten_HBI.pdf
• The European Communication (Dis)Order. Mapping the Media-Relevant European Legislative Acts and Identification of Dependencies, Interface Areas and Conflicts, Heldt, A., Dreyer, S., Schulz, W., Seipp, T.J., 2020, Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut, https://www.hans-bredowinstitut.de/uploads/media/default/cms/media/agnsi1n_AP54_BKM_Leitbilder-Gutachten_HBI.pdf