Jean-Christophe Plantin is Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, department of Media & Communications. He investigates the civic use of mapping platforms, the collaborative challenges in big data science, and the evolution of knowledge infrastructures. His research was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the European Regional Development Fund, and the University of Michigan MCubed Program. His work was published in New Media & Society, Media, Culture & Society, and the International Journal of Communication.