Vihang Jumle is a doctoral student at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies since September 2023. He researches algorithmic biases in search engines platforms and social media discourses.
Vihang graduated with a master's degree in public policy from the Hertie School, Berlin in 2023 and a bachelor's degree in information technology from Mumbai University in 2019. He was previously with a boutique law firm focused on tech-policy, World Wide Fund for Nature, and then the University of Freiburg. He also briefly co-led the 'Social media networks and (dis)information research group' at Kings College London in 2023.
His research interest is in political communication in the age of new media and exploring it using a multi-methods approach.
