This includes microtargeting, news recommenders, social media platforms, disinformation, comparative journalism research, the effects of news, public opinion and European integration. His research interests include the role of automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence in democratic processes. He is member of the ICA Executive Committee and served as President 2020-21. He is the founding Director of the Center for Politics and Communication ( He is also Chair of Social Sciences in the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS and founding, incoming (2021) Scientific Director of the Digital Democracy Center at the University of Southern Denmark.
He (co-)directs the UvA Platform Information, Communication and the Data Society (ICDS), including the Research Priority Areas Communication, Personalised Communication, and Human(e) AI. He holds the Chair in political communication at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research ASCoR. de Vreese is University Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society (2021-), with a special focus on media and democracy at the University of Amsterdam.