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Prof. Dr. Vladan Joler (1977) is an academic, researcher and artist whose work blends critical and system design, data investigations, counter-cartography, data visualization, and numerous other disciplines. He explores and visualizes different technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures and many other contemporary phenomena in the intersection between technology and society.
In collaboration with Kate Crawford, he published Calculating Empires (2023) and Anatomy of an AI System (2018), two publications researching and mapping the social, labor, material and power structures that underpin modern digital technologies and AI systems.
As co-founder and director of the SHARE Foundation - one of the leading expert and activist organizations in the field of digital rights in Southeast Europe - Vladan has played an active role in organizing, researching, creating, and advocating for public policies at the national, regional, and European levels. His artistic pre-history is rooted in media activism and game hacking.