Dear all, We're excited to announce our next instalment of "Behind the Scenes: Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research" session, happening online this coming 15th of April 3-4pm CEST. For the occasion, we welcome Simran Agarwal to talk about "Examining the State-Platform Nexus in the Governance of Online News in India“ https://platform-governance.org/online-talk-series/session-18-simran-agarwal... Simran Agarwal is a doctoral candidate at the LabEx ICCA at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France. Her research, titled ‘Platform Governance and the Political Economy of the Digital News Industry in India,’ looks at the distinct forms, mechanisms, and interests of platform governance that shape digital news speech and industry in India. Simran has held visiting positions at the Department for Media Studies, University of Amsterdam (2023) and Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi (2024-25). Prior to her doctoral work, she worked at the Centre for Policy Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Please register her to receive the Zoom link (if you haven't registered for earlier talks in the series): https://platform-governance.org/online-talk-series/session-18-simran-agarwal... Best, Christian Paloma Joao — Prof. Dr. Christian Katzenbach Professor of Media and Communication Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen www.uni-bremen.de/zemki Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT) platform-governance.org Associated Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institut for Internet and Society (HIIG) www.hiig.de