Dr. M.Z. (Max) van Drunen
Faculty of Law
Information Law
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: 5.06
Postal address
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Postbus 15514
1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Max van Drunen is a researcher at the Institute for Information Law. His research explores the regulation of technologies used to produce and distribute public interest content such as news and political expressions. In that context he has for example explored how EU law can safeguard media freedom from AI companies, how data access regulations can empower researchers to study online platforms, and how platforms can be prohibited from targeting political advertisements in a discriminatory manner.
As part of the Horizon funded WHAT-IF project, he is currently collaborating with other researchers to develop a digital twin of the political information environment to allow researchers and regulators to model risks and tests regulatory interventions concerning disinformation, polarisation, and quality journalism.
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Publications
- refereed (11)
- academic (9)
- professional (2)
- conference contributions (1)
- recognitions (9)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2025
- Morosoli, S., Kieslich, K., Resendez, V., & van Drunen, M. (2025). AI governance in the spotlight: an empirical analysis of Dutch political parties’ strategies for the 2023 elections. Journal of Information Technology and Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2504519
2024
van Drunen, M. Z., & Noroozian, A. (2024). How to design data access for researchers: A legal and software development perspective. Computer Law & Security Review, 52, Article 105946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2024.105946 [details]- van Drunen, M., & Votta, F. (2024). EU-regulering van politieke microtargeting in Nederland: onderzoek faciliteren en negeren. Mediaforum, 36(2), 50-56. https://www.mediaforum.nl/art/90-6176_EU-regulering-van-politieke-microtargeting-in-Nederland-onderzoek-faciliteren-en-negeren [details]
2023
- van Drunen, M. Z., & Fechner, D. (2023). Safeguarding editorial independence in an automated media system: the relationship between law and journalistic perspectives. Digital Journalism, 11(9), 1723-1750. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2108868 [details]
2022
- Helberger, N., van Drunen, M., Moeller, J., Vrijenhoek, S., & Eskens, S. (2022). Towards a Normative Perspective on Journalistic AI: Embracing the Messy Reality of Normative Ideals. Digital Journalism, 10(10), 1605-1626. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2152195 [details]
- van Drunen, M. Z., Helberger, N., & Ó Fathaigh, R. (2022). The Beginning of EU Political Advertising Law: Unifying Democratic Visions through the Internal Market. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 30(2), 181–199. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaac017 [details]
- van Drunen, M., Zarouali, B., & Helberger, N. (2022). Recommenders you can rely on: A legal and empirical perspective on the transparency and control individuals require to trust news personalisation. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law, 13(3), 302-322. http://www.jipitec.eu/issues/jipitec-13-3-2022/5562 [details]
2021
- van Drunen, M. (2021). Editorial independence in an automated media system. Internet Policy Review, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.3.1569 [details]
2020
- Bastian, M., Makhortykh, M., Harambam, J., & van Drunen, M. (2020). Explanations of news personalisation across countries and media types. Internet Policy Review, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.14763/2020.4.1504 [details]
- van Drunen, M. Z. (2020). The post-editorial control era: how EU media law matches platforms’ organisational control with cooperative responsibility. Journal of Media Law, 12(2), 166-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2020.1796067 [details]
2019
- van Drunen, M. Z., Helberger, N., & Bastian, M. (2019). Know your algorithm: what media organizations need to explain to their users about news personalization. International Data Privacy Law, 9(4), 220-235. https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipz011 [details]
2025
- van Drunen, M., Helberger, N., & Ó Fathaigh, R. (2025). European approach(es) to regulating targeted political advertising: money, data, and more. In D. Lilleker, D. Jackson, B. Kalsnes, C. Mellado, F. Trevisan, & A. Veneti (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning (pp. 58-71). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003333326-6 [details]
2023
- Helberger, N., van Drunen, M., Fahy, R., Naudts, L., Piasecki, S., & Seipp, T. (2023). Expert opinion on draft European Media Freedom Act for stakeholder meeting 28 February 2023. Web publication or website, DSA Observatory. https://dsa-observatory.eu/2023/03/29/expert-opinion-on-draft-european-media-freedom-act-for-stakeholder-meeting-28-february-2023/ [details]
- Seipp, T., Ó Fathaigh, R., & van Drunen, M. (2023). Defining the ‘media’ in Europe: pitfalls of the proposed European Media Freedom Act. Journal of Media Law, 15(1), 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2023.2240998 [details]
- van Drunen, M., Helberger, N., & Fahy, R. (2023). The platform-media relationship in the European Media Freedom Act. Web publication or website, Verfassungsblog. https://doi.org/10.17176/20230213-113133-0 [details]
- van Drunen, M., Helberger, N., Schulz, W., & de Vreese, C. (2023). The EU is going too far with political advertising. Web publication or website, DSA Observatory. https://dsa-observatory.eu/2023/03/16/the-eu-is-going-too-far-with-political-advertising/ [details]
2022
- Cappello, M. (Ed.), van Drunen, M. (Ed.), Buri, I., Chapman, M., Culloty, E., Fahy, R., Giannopoulou, A., Gil Gonzalez, E., Meiring, A., Strycharz, J., & ten Heuvelhof, C. (2022). New actors and risks in online advertising. (IRIS Special; No. 2022-1). European Audiovisual Observatory. https://rm.coe.int/iris-special-1-2022en-online-advertising/1680a744d7?c=199&traversed=1 [details]
- van Drunen, M., Groen-Reijman, E., Dobber, T., Noroozian, A., Leerssen, P., Helberger, N., de Vreese, C. H., & Votta, F. (2022). Transparency and (no) more in the Political Advertising Regulation. Web publication or website, Internet Policy Review. https://policyreview.info/articles/news/transparency-and-no-more-political-advertising-regulation/1616 [details]
2020
- van Drunen, M. Z., Ausloos, J., Appelman, N. M. I. D., & Helberger, N. (2020). News Recommenders and Cooperative Explainability: Confronting the contextual complexity in AI explanations. (Paper Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij). KU Leuven, Centre for IT & IP Law. https://www.ivir.nl/nl/publicaties/news-recommenders-and-cooperative-explainability-confronting-the-contextual-complexity-in-ai-explanations/ [details]
2019
- Helberger, N., Leerssen, P., & van Drunen, M. (2019). Germany proposes Europe's first diversity rules for social media platforms. Web publication or website, LSE. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2019/05/29/germany-proposes-europes-first-diversity-rules-for-social-media-platforms/ [details]
2022
2018
- Bodó, B., Helberger, N., van Drunen, M. Z., Sørensen, J. K., Möller, J. E., & Bastian, M. B. (2018). Using artificial intelligence in news intelligently: towards responsible algorithmic journalism. Web publication or website, LSE Media Policy Project Blog. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2018/06/25/using-artificial-intelligence-in-news-intelligently-towards-responsible-algorithmic-journalism/ [details]
2019
- Helberger, N., Eskens, S. J., van Drunen, M. Z., Bastian, M. B., & Möller, J. E. (2019). Implications of AI-driven tools in the media for freedom of expression. Paper presented at Artificial intelligence – Intelligent politics: Challenges and opportunities for media and democracy, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Media appearance
- van Drunen, M., Kieslich, K., Morosoli, S. & Resendez Gómez, V. (18-11-2023). Partijen hebben het punt van de toeslagenaffaire gemist: AI’s risico’s zijn breder [Web] Stuk Rood Vlees. AI in Dutch party manifestos and the child benefit scandal. https://stukroodvlees.nl/partijen-hebben-het-punt-van-de-toeslagenaffaire-gemist-ais-risicos-zijn-breder/
Talk / presentation
- van Drunen, M. (speaker) (6-10-2023). Pan-European Media Policy for Human Rights Protection, Rethinking Media Law and Policy for Europe, Amsterdam.
- Ó Fathaigh, R. (speaker), van Drunen, M. (speaker) & Helberger, N. (speaker) (24-11-2022). The beginning of EU political advertising law: unifying democratic visions through the internal market, Digital Legal Talks 2022, Utrecht. https://www.sectorplandls.nl/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Full-program-DLT2022.pdf
- Borgesius, F. (speaker) & van Drunen, M. (speaker) (5-3-2019). What problem is AI explainability supposed to solve?, Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable?.
Others
- Morosoli, S. (organiser), van Drunen, M. (organiser), Dommett, K. (participant), Scott, M. (participant) & de Vreese, C. (participant) (6-6-2024). Discussion on AI and the European Elections. Discussion on AI and the European Elections (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Ausloos, J. (organiser), Leerssen, P. (organiser) & van Drunen, M. (organiser) (15-3-2023). Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Leerssen, P. (organiser), van Drunen, M. (organiser) & Ausloos, J. (organiser) (15-3-2023). Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Bodó, B. (organiser), van Drunen, M. Z. (organiser), Helberger, N. (organiser) & Bodó, B. (participant) (2-2-2018). Amsterdam workshop on news personalization, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Möller, J. (organiser), Puschmann, C. (organiser), Helberger, N. (chair), Eskens, S. J. (participant), Bodó, B. (participant) & van Drunen, M. Z. (participant) (7-12-2017). Algorithmic Personalization & News, Hamburg (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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van Drunen, M. Z., & Noroozian, A. (2024). How to design data access for researchers: A legal and software development perspective. Computer Law & Security Review, 52, Article 105946.