Biography

Marie Palmer is a Research Associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism and Freedom (CMPF), at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). At the CMPF, she coordinates the flagship project of the centre, the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) – a research project that documents, monitors and evaluates the health of media ecosystems in the European Union.

She holds a Ph.D in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney, a Master of Public Administration from Sciences-Po Paris and a Master in Journalism practices from l’École de Journalisme de Paris.

Her research interests, among others, include social and geographical inclusivity in media production and in news content.

In parallel of her research activity, Marie trains professional journalists and journalism students. She teaches Media ethics and Communication theory at the University of Technology Sydney (Australia).

She has also trains journalist professional journalists  in Europe and in South-East Asia for the International Federation of Journalists, as part of the Rewriting the Story Project to improve the reporting of women in politics and in public life.

Before dedicating her time to academic research, she worked as a journalist.

Recent research output

• Authors: BLAGOJEV, Tijana;BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;KERMER, Jan Erik;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;REVIGLIO, Urbano;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia
  Monitoring media pluralism in the European Union : results of the MPM2025 - Technical Report

• Authors: PALMER, Marie;URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína
  Far from gender balance : the persisting underrepresentation of women in the media - Contribution to book

• Authors: PALMER, Marie;BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad
  Monitoring media pluralism in the European Union : results of the MPM2025. Country report : Malta - Technical Report

• Authors: PALMER, Marie;SEETHALER, Josef
  Evolution of space and geography in media pluralism : a typology of community media in the European Union - Contribution to book

• Authors: PALMER, Marie;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European member states and in candidate countries in 2023. Country report : Estonia - Technical Report

• Authors: BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;KERMER, Jan Erik;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;REVIGLIO, Urbano;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European member states and in candidate countries in 2023 - Technical Report

• Authors: BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;DA COSTA LEITE BORGES, Danielle;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;TREVISAN, Matteo;VERZA, Sofia;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey in the year 2022 - Technical Report

• Authors: BLEYER-SIMON, Konrad;BROGI, Elda;CARLINI, Roberta;NENADIC, Iva;PALMER, Marie;PARCU, Pier Luigi;VERZA, Sofia;VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario;ŽUFFOVÁ, Mária
  Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia & Turkey in the year 2020 - Technical Report