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Greg Gondwe, PhD, researches how artificial intelligence, algorithms, digital platforms, and emerging media technologies are reshaping journalism, public knowledge, and information systems, with particular attention to the Global South and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

At the Berkman Klein Center, his work focuses on AI-mediated communication, information integrity, algorithmic power, governance, and accountability. He is especially interested in how institutional decisions made by technology companies, news organizations, and governments become embedded in technical systems, and how those systems redistribute the power to produce, verify, circulate, and contest public information. His broader research combines computational social science with qualitative methods, experiments, interviews, and digital research methods. At the Center, he will continue developing work on AI-mediated public knowledge and institutional accountability, with particular attention to how emerging technologies can be governed while preserving human judgment, public participation, and responsibility across complex sociotechnical systems.

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The International Journal of Press/Politics

AI-Driven Disinformation and Political Influence on WhatsApp in South Africa’s 2024 Elections

Greg Gondwe studies the role of encrypted messaging apps (primarily WhatsApp) in spreading disinformation during South Africa's 2024 general elections.

Nov 14, 2025
AI & Society

Perceptions of AI-driven news among contemporary audiences

A study of trust, engagement, and impact

In a new study, Faculty Associate Gregory Gondwe explores trends in African audiences' engagement with AI-generated news, illustrating demographic differences.

Mar 12, 2025
Technology in Society

Digital Natives, Digital Activists in Non-Digital Environments

How the Youth in Zambia Use Mundane Technology to Circumvent Government Surveillance and Censorship.

Greg Gondwe explores Zambian youth's sophisticated digital activism in the wake of the 2020 youth protests.

Oct 21, 2024
Digital Journalism

Artificial Intelligence, Journalism, and the Ubuntu Robot in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Normative Framework

BKC Faculty Associate Greg Gondwe's new study investigates the integration of Ubuntu philosophy into AI-driven journalism practices in Subs-Saharan Africa.

Mar 1, 2024
SSRN

ChatGPT3 in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Threat or an Opportunity?

BKC Faculty Associate Greg Gondwe writes about the use of ChatGPT3 in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Mar 19, 2023

Misinformation in countries with limited technological literacies: How people in sub-Sahara Africa engage with fake news

BKC Faculty Associate Greg Gondwe writes about variations in digital access and literacy among people in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Jan 23, 2023