Robert Marinov is a current PhD candidate with an MA in Political Science from the University of Ottawa, where his thesis on “infotainment” in Canadian election reporting won the Commission on Graduate Studies in Humanities Thesis Prize.
His SSHRC-funded doctoral research focuses on the growth of Digital Twins as sustainability solutions, exploring the environmental and normative impacts of their embedding within Canadian discourse, policy, and practice. His work has been published in journals including the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Communication Review, Politics & Policy, and Critical Studies in Media Communication, and has been presented at international conferences in Bologna, Italy, and Berlin, Germany.
He has also made media appearances and publications for The Conversation Canada and Radio-Canada’s Bonjour La Côte. He has contributed as a Research Assistant or collaborator on international research projects including Shaping 21st Century AI, Abundant Intelligences, and a study of populist climate change discourses among newspaper columnists in Canada, the US, and the UK.
Robert is a member of Machine Agencies (Milieux Institute), the Grierson Research Group, the Solar Media Collective, the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, and the Groupe de recherche en communication politique.