Vladan Joler (b. 1977, Novi Sad, Serbia) is a Professor at the University of Novi Sad, and a researcher and artist whose work spans critical design, counter-cartography, investigative journalism, writing, data visualisation, and related disciplines. His projects explore and visualise various technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures and other contemporary phenomena in the intersection of technology and society. With a background rooted in media activism and game hacking, he has curated and organised numerous events and gatherings of internet activists, artists, and investigators, including SHARE events in Belgrade and Beirut. Joler’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Design Museum, London; and in the permanent exhibition of the Ars Electronica Center, Linz. His work has been presented in over one hundred international exhibitions, including institutions and events such as: ZKM, Karlsruhe; XXII Triennale di Milano; HKW, Berlin; Vienna Biennale; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Transmediale, Berlin; Ars Electronica, Linz; Biennale WRO, Wroclaw; Design Society Shenzhen; Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing; La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris; the Council of Europe in Strasbourg; and the European Parliament in Brussels. In 2024, he received the S+T+ARTS 2024 Grand Prize of the European Commission for Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts, together with his collaborator Kate Crawford, for their work Calculating Empires (2024). Joler lives and works in Novi Sad.