2022, Doctoral Degree, Freie Universität Berlin

2013, Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York

2010, Master of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Since October 2024: Project Staff, Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Since September 2023: Project Manager and Researcher at Global Media Registry.

Since September 2020: Research Associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

Publications

Bleyer-Simon, K., Bilić, P. & Rebillard, F. (2025). Sustainability of the European media market(s). In Brogi, E., Nenadić, I. & Parcu, P. L.: Media Pluralism in the Digital Era. Legal, Economic, Social, and Political Lessons Learnt from Europe. Routledge.

Bleyer-Simon, K., Manninen, V. & and Balčytienė, A. (2025). Towards a resilient public sphere: Fighting disinformation and promoting media literacy. In Brogi, E., Nenadić, I. & Parcu, P. L.: Media Pluralism in the Digital Era. Legal, Economic, Social, and Political Lessons Learnt from Europe. Routledge.

Bleyer-Simon, K., & Benedek, K. (2024). State capture of Romani ethnic media in Hungary. European Journal of Communication, 02673231241282509.

Bleyer-Simon, K. (2024). (De)monetisation of Disinformation: Can the actions of large online platforms be measured? Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom. https://cmpf.eui.eu/demonetisation-of-disinformation/

Nenadić, I., Brogi, E., Bleyer-Simon, K. & Reviglio, U. (2024). Structural Indicators of the Code of Practice on Disinformation: The 2nd EDMO report. European Digital Media Observatory. https://edmo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SIs_-2nd-EDMO-report.pdf

Bleyer-Simon, K., Benedek, K., Racz, T. (2024). “Romani Ethnic Media in Hungary.” In Sudeshna Roy (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Communication. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bleyer-Simon, K. (2024). Fixers As Co-creators of Foreign Reporting: Focus on Hungary. In Handbook of Applied Journalism: Theory and Practice (pp. 603-614). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Brogi, E., Borges, D., Carlini, R., Nenadic, I., Bleyer-Simon, K., Kermer, J. E., ... & Verza, S. (2023). The European Media Freedom Act: media freedom, freedom of expression and pluralism. Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs. https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/75938/IPOL_STU%282023%29747930_EN.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Bleyer-Simon, K., Brogi, E., Carlini, R., Da Costa Leite Borges, D., Nenadic, I., Palmer, M., ... & Žuffová, M. (2023). Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era: application of the media pluralism monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey in the year 2022. Europeen University Institute.

Nenadic, I., Brogi, E., & Bleyer-Simon, K. (2023). Structural indicators to assess effectiveness of the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper, (2023_34).

Bleyer-Simon, K., Brogi, E., Nenadić, I & Nesovic, T (2022). Policies to tackle disinformation in EU member states – part 2. European Digital Media Observatory. https://edmo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Policies-to-tackle-disinformation-in-EU-member-states-%E2%80%93-Part-II.pdf

Bleyer-Simon, K., & Brogi, E. (2021). Enhancing content reliability by prominence: indicators for trustworthy online sources. European Digital Media Observatory.

Bleyer-Simon, K. (2021). Government repression disguised as anti-disinformation action: Digital journalists’ perception of COVID-19 policies in Hungary. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12(1), 159-176.

Brogi, E. & Bleyer-Simon, K. (2021). Disinformation in the perspective of media pluralism in Europe – The role of platforms. In Bayer, J., Holznagel, B., Korpisaari, P. & Woods, L (eds.), Perspectives on Platform Regulation (pp. 531–548). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co.

Bleyer-Simon, K., Brogi, E., Carlini, R. M., Nenadic, I., Palmer, M., Parcu, P. L., ... & Žuffová, M. (2021). Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era: Application of the Media Pluralism Monitor in the European Union, Albania, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia & Turkey in the year 2020. European University Institute.

Nenadić, I., & Bleyer-Simon, K. (2021). Issue-based advertising. European Digital Media Observatory.

Bleyer-Simon, K., & Carlini, R. (2021). Media economy in the pandemic: a European perspective. Working Paper. European University Institute. https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/71004

Bleyer-Simon, K., & Nenadić, I. (2021). News Media Subsidies in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic–A European Perspective. Working Paper. European University Institute. https://cmpf.eui.eu/news-media-subsidies-in-the-first-wave-of-the-covid-19pandemic-a-european-perspective/

Bleyer-Simon, K. (2021). Thirty Years of Political Campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe (Review Essay). European Journal of Communication, 36(3), 311–314.

Bleyer-Simon, K. (2021). Authoritarian values and the populism of the media (Book Review). European Journal of Communication, 36(2), 201-205.