Welcome!
I am a professor of media and digital sociology at the Université catholique de Louvain, where I direct the Observatory for Research on Media and Journalism. My work examines how information circulates in the public sphere: disinformation, media coverage of environmental and health crises, and trust in science and in journalismlism.
Current research
My current research explores three complementary directions — the media coverage of ecological transitions, vulnerability to disinformation, and the place of expertise in public debate.
Latest posts
- AI and the dispersion of expertise
- Measuring and defining informational vulnerability - EDMO Belux Lunch Lectures
Recent publications
- 2025 Cologna V. et al. Trust in scientists and their role in society across 67 countries (Nature Human Behaviour)
- 2024 Catellani A. & Lits G. (eds.) Transitions in Tension. Controversies and Tensions Around Ecological Transitions (John Wiley & Sons, 192 p.)
- 2024 Roussel R., Grabener J., Lits G. et al. Pandorix. Une recherche prospective participative sur la gestion des futures pandémies. Le livre blanc.
- 2024 Lits G., Standaert O. La diversité au sein de la profession de journaliste 2012-2023 (Association des journalistes professionnels, 71 p.)