Heritiana Ranaivoson is Research Professor at imec-SMIT-VUB in the Media Economic & Policy Unit since 2010. Previously he got a PhD in Economics (Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne) and was associate researcher at Mines ParisTech. Having led several research projects at international, national and local levels, funded by public (e.g. European Commission (H2020, Horizon Europe, study contracts), the Unesco) or private (e.g. Google) organizations; he is currently coordinator for the WEAVE (FWO) ALGEPI (understanding ALGorithmic gatekeepers to promote EPIstemic welfare) research project and Work Package leader for both EU Horizon Europe projects Fair MusE (Promoting Fairness of the Music Ecosystem in a Platform-Dominated and Post-Pandemic Europe) and CresCine (Increasing the international competitiveness of the film industry in small European markets). He has published extensively in the fields of cultural and media diversity, media innovation, media policy, online platforms, and the role of recommender systems in cultural industries. His latest co-edited book is ‘European Audiovisual Policy in Transition’ (2023) at Routledge.