Yael Cervantes
Yael Cervantes is a first-year master’s student at MIT in the Technology and Policy Program. Previously, he graduated from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (Mexico), with a degree in Economics. After graduating he worked at the Central Bank of Mexico in the division of Economic Research and volunteered in NGOs focused on […]
Bernise Ang
Bernise Ang is a Chief Alchemist at Zeroth Labs, a research and innovation lab on complex adaptive systems. They tackle “wicked problems” by supporting developing countries and cities to make sense of the messy underlying system dynamics that make their complex policy challenges the way they are. Her work at Zeroth Labs involves blending disciplines […]
Arindrajit Basu
Arindrajit Basu is a researcher focusing on the intersection of geopolitics, global governance and technology. He is a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Centre for Internet&Society. He has also worked as a consultant with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and is a member of […]
Francesca De Chiara
Francesca is a researcher and consultant working on developing and promoting data sharing at the institutional and community level. She’s currently a digital policy expert and analyst in the national Italian team at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) based at the Italian Government – Dipartimento di Funzione Pubblica, where she oversees the implementation and monitoring […]
Lukman Enegi Ismaila
Lukman Ismaila is a doctoral researcher in deep learning applications for medical imaging with a speciality in “neurosurgical planning for brain tumor removal” at LARIS Laboratory, University of Angers, France. He has accumulated years of professional experience as a software developer using web and mobile technologies to drive innovative company and research products. He also […]
Laura Sandor
Laura is a recent MSc graduate from Utrecht University in The Netherlands where she studied Social Policy and Public Health. For her research thesis, she interned at an Amsterdam-based organization called Health Action International where she specialized in investigating European policies around Artificial Intelligence in pharmaceutical promotion and marketing strategies. This opportunity provided her with […]
Gabriel Souto
Gabriel Souto is a Brazilian researcher, lawyer, and founding member of the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN). He was a visiting student at the Global Antitrust Law & Economics LL.M. of George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School (2018) and a scholarship recipient for the Columbia Law School Summer Program (2022). He provided […]
Brian Tshuma
Brian is an early-stage researcher on data, datafication and datafied societies. He is pursuing doctoral research on Governance of Emerging Technologies in the Global South at London Kings College, UK. He believes in data as public infrastructure and seeks to contribute to building data utilities which facilitate access, sharing and collaboration around data by a […]
Miriam Wimmer
Miriam Wimmer is a researcher and a professor of Law at IDP, in Brazil, focusing on the intersection of Law and technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications and a Master’s degree in Public Law, and took part in the one-year International Division Program of Waseda University, in Tokyo, with academic distinction. She teaches graduate […]
Benjamin Akintunde Akinmoyeje
Benjamin is a PhD Informatics research student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, and ICT4D practitioner for more than 10 years in Nigeria and West Africa. He is passionate about digital health implementation in resource-constrained settings. His academic research interest includes persuasive technology, digital health to support wellbeing, data analysis, social media and […]
