Maria Michalis is Professor of Communication Policy and Deputy Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI, University of Westminster). She is the elected Co-President of the International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR). Her current work focuses on digital governance, the future of public service media, and digital sustainability. She is the author of Governing European Communications and has published numerous book chapters and refereed academic articles in journals.

Prof Michalis makes regular contributions to policy consultations. She sat on the Board of Trustees of the Voice of the Listener and the Viewer (VLV) in the UK. In 2020, she was a member of the UK press regulator’s IMPRESS Advisory Group on the review of its regulatory scheme. In 2024/25, she contributed to the Systemic Threats to Public Service Media initiative by the Council of Europe and its partner organisations.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9177-8667

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