Sara Bannerman


Sara Bannerman is a full professor and Canada Research Chair at McMaster University's Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts. She also received a bachelor's in music from Queen's University. She is the Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance ; she was first appointed as a CRC in 2017, and renewed for a 2021 appointment.

Research

Bannerman's research examines the power relationships between digital platforms and the state, especially privacy and platform regulation. In 2022, she received an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for a project titled "Digital governance in Canada: Politics, players, and struggles for influence". She was a governing board member of the International Society for the Theory and History of Intellectual Property.
She holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, and a Master of Arts and a PhD in communication studies from Carleton University.
Bannerman has published over 40 papers, which have been cited over 450 times.

Selected academic publications