Our team
Lonneke van der Velden
Lonneke van der Velden is a lecturer at the department of media studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research deals with conceptualisations of internet surveillance and internet activism. She is also on the Board of Directors of Bits of Freedom. More here:
keywords: internet surveillance, activism, open source intelligence, Science & Technology Studies
Davide Beraldo
Frederike Kaltheuner
Frederike Kaltheuner is a PhD researcher with the DATACTIVE project at the University of Amsterdam. She holds an MSc from the University of Oxford, is a 2016 Transatlantic Digital Fellow and also works as a technology reporter. Twitter @fre8de8rike More here.
keywords: knowledge, algorithms, predictive analytics, ethics
Becky Kazansky
Becky Kazansky is a PhD researcher with the DATACTIVE project at the University of Amsterdam. She has a masters degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU, and has spent the last 8 years supporting civil society efforts to strengthen human rights, privacy and digital security. She was previously Lead Programme Researcher and a digital security trainer with Tactical Technology Collective. Twitter: @pondswimmer. Read more here.
Mahsa Alimardani
Mahsa has been doing research and work on Internet controls, policies and digital security in Iran for the past 4 years. She is currently finishing her Research Masters degree in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam while doing research with DATACTIVE. She is also the Iran editor for Global Voices. Follow her @maasalan. More here.
keywords: censorship, digital security, MENA social movements, information controls
Kersti Ruth Wissenbach
Kersti is a senior consultant and researcher in the field of transparency & accountability, open development and ICT4D. Her research focuses on Inclusion and democracy in times of ICT and data ‘hypes’. Kersti is also a lecturer in the Development Communication Master at Malmo University, Sweden. Read more here. keywords: civic technology, transnational activism, collective action, power
Niels ten Oever
Niels ten Oever has designed and implemented freedom of expression projects in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Northern Africa, Brazil and Afghanistan and worked on global internet governance issues in ICANN and the IETF. Read more here. Follow Niels on Twitter: @conflictmedia
keywords: digital civil-society, tactics, Internet imaginaries
Jeroen de Vos
With a background in cultural anthropology, a research master in media studies and a specialisation in urban studies, Jeroen de Vos is quite comfortable moving between and through disciplines. Moreover, he is active in the Amsterdam entrepreneurial startup scene as a research consultant and is ready to dive into the field of social and data privacy by employing mixed-methodologies.
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Jonathan Gray
Jonathan’s research focuses on the politics of open data and public information. In addition to his role on the project, he is Director of Policy and Research at Open Knowledge. More about him can be found at jonathangray.org and he is on Twitter at @jwyg.
keywords: open data, public data, public information, data infrastructures, STS
Hisham Almiraat
Hisham Almiraat is the founder of the Digital Rights Association, Morocco and former Advocacy Director at Global Voices. He has written extensively about human rights issues in the MENA region. His work covers issues of freedom of expression and privacy rights. Twitter @almiraat keywords: mass surveillance, interception, psychological impacts, privacy
Corinne Cath
Corinne J.N. Cath recently graduated from the Oxford Internet Institute as an MSc student. She has a BA in anthropology and an MA in International relations from the University of Utrecht. Her research focuses on the (im)possibility of instantiating human rights principles in Internet standards and protocols. Read more here.