Trisha Meyer is an Associate Professor in Digital Governance and Participation at the Brussels School of Governance of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she leads the Research Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation. Trisha is also principal investigator of EDMO BELUX, a co-funded hub on research, fact-checking and media literacy on online disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Trisha researches the regulatory push toward and societal consequences of tech platforms taking proactive (automated) measures to moderate online content. A second closely related research strand pertains to participatory governance in digital policy. In recent years, her research has focused on the balancing act necessary when developing responses to tackle disinformation online.