Vladan Joler, Prof., is an academic, researcher, and artist whose work blends data investigations, counter-cartography, investigative journalism, writing, data visualization, critical design, and numerous other disciplines. He explores and visualizes different technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures, and many other contemporary phenomena in the intersection between technology and society. He has curated and organized numerous events and gatherings of Internet activists, artists, and investigators, including SHARE events in Belgrade and Beirut. His artistic pre-history is rooted in media activism and game hacking. Joler’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Design Museum, London, as well as in the permanent exhibition of the Ars Electronica Center, Linz (AT). His work has been exhibited in more than a hundred international exhibitions, including institutions and events such as: ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (DE); XXII Triennale di Milano (IT)‎; HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Vienna Biennale; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Transmediale, Berlin; Ars Electronica, Linz; Biennale WRO, Breslau (PL); Design Society, Shenzhen (CN); Hyundai Motorstudio, Peking; MONA Museumpedagogy and Augemented Reality, Hobart (AU), various European cities; GlassRoom; La Gaite Lyrique, Paris; the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (FR); and the European Parliament, Brussels. Joler has received the 2019 Design of the Year Award by the Design Museum, London and the S+T+ARTS Prize ’19 Honorary Mention by the European Commission and Ars Electronica.