Tsimpoukis Panos

Education:
-PhD, Department of Information and Communication, University of Toulouse;
-MSc/MA, Communication and Culture of Sciences and Technologies, Department of Information and Communication, University of Grenoble Alpes;
-BA/BS, Department of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina.

Dissertation title:
Artificial Intelligence in the public sphere: mediatisations and social representations

Publications:
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
-Tsimpoukis, P. (2025). Contesting dominant AI narratives on an industry-shaped ground: Public Discourse and Actors around AI in the French Press and Social Media (2012-2023). JCOM – Journal of Science Communication, 24 (2).
-Smyrnaios, N., Tsimpoukis, P., Papaevangelou, C. (2024). A cure worse that the disease ? The controversy on Twitter around a fake COVID-19 treatment from France. Greek Review of Social Research, 163, 11-36. https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.38490
-Smyrnaios, N., Tsimpoukis, P., & Loubère, L. (2021). La controverse autour de Didier Raoult et de sa proposition thérapeutique contre le Covid-19 sur Twitter : analyse de réseaux et de discours. Communiquer. Revue de Communication Sociale et Publique, 31.

Chapters
-Smyrnaios, N., Papaevangelou, C., Tsimpoukis, P. (2024). « Anti-vaccination and COVID-19 scepticism on Greek-speaking social media: a form of far-right propaganda », Mylonas, Y. and Psyllakou, E. (Ed.) Class, Culture, and the Media in Greece, Volume 1: Otherness, Reactionary Politics, the Class Gaze, Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55127-7_9
-Tsimpoukis, P. and Smyrnaios, N. (2023), « 1821 Tweets: Networks and Ideological Discourse Around the Greek Revolution Bicentenary », Souvlis, G. and Karatzogianni, A. (Ed.) Duty to Revolt (Digital Activism and Society: Politics, Economy And Culture In Network Communication), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-143. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-315-720231009
-Smyrnaios N., Tsimpoukis P., (2021), «The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the digital public sphere: The example of Twitter», in Yorgos Pleios (dir.), The communicative construction of a pandemic, Papazisis Editions (in Greek), p. 89-113.

Articles published in conference proceedings
-Tsimpoukis, P., Ratinaud, P., Smyrnaios, N. (2024). Evolution des fréquences et des cooccurrences des entités nommées dans les discours de la presse sur l’intelligence artificielle (2012-2022). Proceedings JADT 2024 : 17th International Conference on Statistical Analysis of Textual Data.

Research reports
-Smyrnaios, N., Elafropoulos, D., Tsimpoukis, P., Mniestri, K., Tsimitakis, M. (2023), « Silent Wave ? Exploring Greek Far-Right Discourse and Networks in the Digital Public Sphere », disponible en ligne sur : https://www.lerass.com/opsn  Collectif OPSN (2022), « 2001-2022 La presse en quête de science : la médiatisation de la science dans Le Monde, Le Soir et Le Temps », disponible en ligne sur : https://www.lerass.com/opsn
-Panos Tsimpoukis. (2021) La controverse autour des éoliennes en Grèce. Territoires, discours et stratégies de communication des militants. Sciences de l’information et de la communication. ⟨dumas-03420752⟩

Conferences:
-Tsimpoukis, P., Ratinaud, P., 2025, « Wall·E versus Terminator : étude de la représentation sociale de l’intelligence artificielle», Semaine Data SHS. Plateformes Universitaires de Données (PUD). Université de Toulouse, 8-12 décembre 2025. Toulouse. France.
-Tsimpoukis, P., 2025, « De l’homogénéité à la divergence : discours et représentations sociales sur l’intelligence artificielle »,  Journalisme et plateformes à l’ère de l’IA générative. Université de Toulouse. 26-28 novembre 2025, Toulouse, France.
-Tsimpoukis, P., Ratinaud, P., 2025, « Wall·E versus Terminator : étude de la représentation sociale de l’intelligence artificielle », 17e Conférence Internationale des Représentations Sociales. Université de Brest. 7-12 juillet 2025, Brest, France.
-Smyrnaios, N., Tsimpoukis, P., Elafropoulos, D., 2024, « A Silent Wave? Exploring Radical Right Discourse and Networks in Greece During the 2023 Parliamentary Elections », Radical Europe: Violence, Emancipation & Reaction. Council for European Studies – Sciences Po Lyon & University of Lyon 2, 3-5 June 2024, Lyon, France.
-Tsimpoukis, P., 2024, « Facial Recognition in Cities: A Catalyst for Political Polarization and Local Media Dynamics », Changing Cites : Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage and Socio-Economic dimensions. University of Thessaly, 24-28 June 2024, Rhodes, Greece.
-Tsimpoukis, P., Ratinaud, P., Smyrnaios, N., 2024, « Evolution des fréquences et des cooccurrences des entités nommées dans les discours de la presse sur l’intelligence artificielle (2012-2022) ». JADT 2024 : 17th International Conference on Statistical Analysis of Textual Data. 25-27 June 2024, Brussels, Belgium.
-Tsimpoukis, P., Smyrnaios, N., Ratinaud, P., 2024, « Politicisation and polarisation on an industry-shaped ground: Public discourse and actors around AI in the French press and social media (2012-2022) », Annual Conference of the “Science Communication” Division (DGPuK) 2024, University of Zurich. 6-7 June 2024, Zurich, Switzerland.
-Tsimpoukis, P., Smyrnaios, N., 2024, « From Regulation and Lobbying to Politicization : A Decade of Public Discourse on AI in the French Press and Social Media», Shifting AI Controversies, Berlin Social Science Center. 29-30 January 2024, Berlin, Germany.
-Quiroga, C., Tsimpoukis, P., 2023, « Les mobilisations numériques locales sur Facebook face aux spécificités territoriales : étude trans-nationale des répertoires info-communicationnels écologistes », Vent debout ! Dynamiques communicationnelles, mobilisations écologiques et participations citoyennes contemporaines, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, 23-24 November 2023, Paris.
-Tsimpoukis, P., 2023, « The politicization of Artificial Intelligence in the public sphere: influence of press and social media », Digital Platforms and Democracy, AMIRetreat 2023, 3-5 November 2023, Athens, Greece.
-Tsimpoukis, P., 2022, « Bridging science journalism with social sciences », Rencontres Internationales de recherches sur le journalisme, Institut de Journalisme de Bordeaux Aquitaine, 8-10 December 2022, Bordeaux, France.
-Smyrnaios, N., Tsimpoukis, P. & Loubère, L., 2022, « La controverse autour de Didier Raoult sur Twitter et le rôle des journalistes », Conference Science journalism and sanitary crisis, 15 April 2022, Toulouse, France.
-Smyrnaios, N., Tsimpoukis, P. & Loubère, L., 2021, « How Did the Far-right Coopt a Controversial Therapy Against Covid-19: a Discourse and Network Analysis on Twitter », 15th ESA Conference 2021, 31 Aug – 3 Sept 2021, Barcelona, Spain.
-Smyrnaios N., Tsimpoukis P., 2021, « 1821 Tweets: Networks and Discourse Around the Greek Revolution Bicentenary », Duty to Revolt: Transnational and Commemorative Aspects of Revolutions Conference, 25-26 mars, Athens, Greece.

Grants/ Fellowships/ Awards:
-Fellowship for International Science Reporters 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). One out of five science and health journalists recipients of the grant in the Global South.
-European Geosciences Union (EGU) Science Journalism Fellowship 2022 for the project L’Europe and SANTORY: SANTORini’s Seafloor Volcanic ObservatorY.

Teaching Experience:
2024-2026: Non-Tenured Teaching and Research Fellow (ATER contract) of 192h of teaching each year. Indicative courses:
– Journalistic practices
– Political economy of AI and online platforms
– Digital Culture
– Data and documents
– Research of specialized information

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