Biography
Marie Palmer is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) of the Robert Schuman Centre at the European University Institute. Her research focuses on media inclusivity, particularly issues related to gender, local and community media, and media literacy. Among her responsibilities, she oversees the Social Inclusiveness area of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), a flagship research project that assesses and monitors the health of media ecosystems across the European Union. She also contributes to projects of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). From 2021 to 2026, she coordinated the CMPF's flagship initiative, the Media Pluralism Monitor.
Marie holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney, a Master of Public Administration from Sciences Po Paris, and a Master's degree in Journalism Practice from the École Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris.
Her research interests include media pluralism, social and geographical inclusivity in media production and news content, community media, media literacy, and the role of journalism in fostering democratic participation and social cohesion.
Alongside her research activities, Marie teaches and trains journalists and journalism students. She lectures in Media Ethics and Communication Theory at the University of Technology Sydney. As part of the Rewriting the Story Project conducted by the International Federation of Journalists to improve the reporting of women in politics and in public life, she has also trained professional journalists in Europe and Asia.
Before dedicating her time to academic research, she worked as a journalist.