SHWAN ADAM AIVAS earned his Ph.D. in Communication, Culture, and Media Studies from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, in 2017. His doctoral dissertation, titled "Kurdish Journalism Cultures: Shifting Boundaries of Privacy Understandings amongst Professional Role Orientations of Journalists", explores the evolving professional roles, epistemological orientations, and ethical principles within Kurdish media contexts. He currently serves as a senior lecturer at the Technical College of Administration, Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU). In parallel with his academic role, Dr Aivas is the Editor-in-Chief of DERGAWAN, Iraq’s first magazine dedicated to media education. He also holds consultancy roles, serving as an academic advisor to both Click Iraq Company and NextStep Fair, along with working as the General Coordinator of the CHMK National Forum on Media Reform. Dr. Aivas’s areas of expertise include media ethics, media production with AI, media freedom and civil liberties, privacy policy, media content regulation, and journalism cultures. In addition to his academic and professional engagements, he is actively involved in civil society initiatives. He is the founder of the Kurdish Academics Network and chairperson of the Kurdish Media Watchdog Organisation (CHMK.ORG), both of which aim to promote scholarly collaboration and ethical media and academic practices.

• ORCID: 0000-0001-5852-6169 

• AD Scientific Index ID: 5549449

• Scientific Title: Associate Professor in Communication, Culture, and Media Studies

• Supervision: 03 Master Students in Artificial Intelligence in Broadcast Production, Digital Literacy, and Media Literacy Education.

• Examination and viva: 05 PhD candidates and 03 MA students across various universities. 

• Publications:. 33 peer-reviewed research articles, 06 published books, 04 conference papers, Hundreds of scientific and journalistic columns in local and international media

• Affiliation Contact: Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU), Technical College of Administration, Media Technique Department. 

• Editorial Member Board: The International Journal of Literature, Linguistics, and Humanities (IJLLH), which is published by Scholastic Research Publication, and the Mitanni of Humanitarian Sciences, which is publishes by Erbil Polytechnic University 

• Research Interests:

1. Artificial Intelligence Applications in Media Content Productions

2.  Theoretical and practical dimensions of privacy policy and the right to individual privacy

3. Digital literacy and media education in contemporary communication environments

4. Techniques and aesthetics of news writing and broadcast presentation

5. Emerging trends in new media convergence 

6. Ethical standards and professional conduct in media practice

7. Regulatory frameworks and policies governing media content

8. Methodological approaches in media and communication research

9. Organizational structures and management practices within newsrooms

10. Cross-cultural and comparative studies in journalism cultures