Carlos Entrena
PhD Researcher
Carlos Entrena is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation in the Brussels School of Governance at VUB and the European Commission Joint Research Centre Seville.
Carlos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Granada and a Master’s degree in Digital Communication Leadership from the University of Salzburg and Aalborg University Copenhagen. He has previously worked as a software developer, a communication specialist, and a researcher.
His PhD research focuses on how human agency and autonomy can be protected in social media platforms powered by AI algorithms. It takes an interdisciplinary perspective of the issue, viewing AI systems through a sociotechnical lens.
Research areas
Projects
Digital Governance: protecting human agency in social media platforms
Directorate-General for Energy
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Erasmus +
ERC (European Research Council)
European Climate Foundation
European Commission
European Commission - FP7
European Commission - Horizon 2020
European Commission - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
European Commission - Jean Monnet Chair
European Commission - Jean Monnet Module
European Commission - Jean Monnet Network
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Sociaal Fonds
Eutopia
Federal Institute for Sustainable Development (Belgium)
In the media
