DrAgata Stepnik

Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Digital Communication

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Digital Communication
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

BIO

Agata Stepnik is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Digital Communication at the University of Sydney, working with Professor Terry Flew on his ARC Laureate project Mediated Trust. She previously worked in the information and telecommunications industry in Australia. Her academic work investigates digital and generative AI literacies, user agency within digital platform environments, the ethics of user-centred social media research, news production and consumption practices on social media, and platform regulation.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate
    The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2024 - present
  • Core Member
    Centre for AI, Trust and Governance, Australia16 Jun 2025 - present

SCHOOL

  • School of Art, Communication and English

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)