About Me
Dr. Job Mwaura is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, working under the ERC-funded SMALL PLATFORMS project. His research examines digital media in Africa, with a focus on artificial intelligence, extreme speech, digital activism, and the political economy of platforms. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, and regularly presents at international conferences.
Dr. Mwaura holds affiliations with the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Studies at George Mason University (USA) and the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Strathmore University (Kenya). He earned his PhD in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa, and an MSc in Communication and Journalism from Moi University, Kenya. His work has been supported by the SSRC, Mellon Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Meta, Africa No Filter, and the European Research Council, among others.