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Rebekah Tromble

Professor, Political Science and Computer Science, Northeastern University

Dr. Rebekah Tromble is Director of the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics and Associate Professor in the School of Media & Public Affairs at George Washington University. Her research focuses on political communication, digital research methodology, and research ethics, with particular interests in political discourse on social media, as well as the impacts of toxic and abusive content. Dr. Tromble is a leading expert on the topic of digital platform data access for research. As a member of the Advisory Council of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), she chaired the multi-stakeholder working group that drafted a Code of Conduct on Platform-to-Researcher Data Access under the GDPR, and she currently chairs a second multi-stakeholder working group that is setting up an independent intermediary body that will help facilitate researcher data access under the EU Digital Services Act, Code of Practice on Disinformation, and other data access initiatives. She also led a pilot project involving multiple researchers, platforms, and regulators to test implementation of the data access provisions under the DSA. Dr. Tromble is co-founder of, and member of the Executive Committee directing, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research.

The Latest From Rebekah Tromble

Better Access: Data for the Common Good

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Better Access: Data for the Common Good

Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard. As critical conversations unfold publicly on digital platforms, the ability to study them at scale has steadily diminished. KGI’s latest report authored by a distinguished group of leaders from research, civil society, and journalism offers a roadmap for expanding access to high-influence public platform data – the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.

Alex Abdo, Angie Drobnic Holan, Brandon Silverman, Cameron Hickey, Daniel Arnaudo, Jeremy Merrill, Jo Lukito, Justin Hendrix, Kaitlyn Dowling, Laura Edelson, Leticia Bode, LK Seiling, Mark Scott, Nadine Farid Johnson, Naomi Shiffman, Nathaniel Persily, Peter Chapman, Rachelle Faust, Rebekah Tromble, Tiago Ventura

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