Tag: alumni

9 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Tim Davies was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2009-2010. Prior to this he had been working in youth policy supporting youth and ... Read More Alumni Story: Tim – Co-Director, Practical Participation

9 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Amanda Summers-Plotno was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2011-2012. Since graduating she has worked at Deloitte Digital and Facebook.   What first ... Read More Alumni story: Amanda – User Researcher, Facebook

9 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Tulsi Parida was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2017 – 2018.  She was a 1+1 MBA Pershing Square Scholar at Oxford and ... Read More Alumni Story: Tulsi – MBA student

8 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Ryan den Rooijen was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2011-2012.  Prior to this he worked in digital marketing consulting.  He has since ... Read More Alumni Story: Ryan – Group head of data and analytics at Chalhoub Group

8 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Marc-Aurele Ferracci was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2016 -2017.  He joined Salesforce after the OII and now works for MuleSoft in ... Read More Alumni Story: Marc-Aurele – Business Development at MuleSoft

8 October 2019

Authors: Niamh Walsh

Therese Heather F. Belen was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2009-2010.  She has worked in marketing technology for the last 10 years ... Read More Alumni Story: Therese-Heather – Director of Analytics and Media Strategy for Zeta Global

7 November 2018

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Megan Beretta was a student in the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2017-18. Before joining the OII, she completed a Bachelor of Social Science in Political Science ... Read More Megan: Digital citizenship at the Canadian Digital Services

7 November 2018

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Lofred Madzou was a student in the MSc Social Science of the Internet in 2015-16. Before coming to the OII, he completed his MSc at the University of Montreal ... Read More Lofred: Preparing for AI at the French Digital Council

21 March 2017

Authors: Karen Mead

Charlotte Smart was a member of our 2014-15 MSc group. She studied geography as an undergraduate at Oxford, where she looked at the impact of technology adoption amongst the Maasai in Kenya. ... Read More Charlotte: Advising on tech policy at the UK Department for International Development

8 November 2016

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Judith Dada was a member of our 2015-16 MSc group. She’s currently working at Facebook as a Client Solutions Manager in the Global Marketing Solutions team, responsible for consulting a range ... Read More Judith: Working with data at Facebook

14 April 2016

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

David Watson was a member of our 2014 MSc group, joining us from Dartmouth College (after a few years spent in publishing). He’s currently a Data Scientist at Queen Mary ... Read More David: Becoming a data scientist in the academic world

9 December 2015

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Mor Rubinstein was part of our 2013 MSc group, arriving from a Politics and Jewish History degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After the 2011 wave of social ... Read More Mor: Working in research at the Open Knowledge Foundation

2 December 2015

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Zarino Zappia was a member of our 2011 MSc group, arriving from a BA Media & Communications course at Goldsmiths, University of London. A web designer and developer with ... Read More Zarino: Strengthening civil society with mySociety

21 April 2015

Authors: Genevieve Juillet

Amaru Villanueva Rance was a member of our first intake of MSc students, arriving in 2009 from an undergraduate degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at St Anne’s ... Read More Amaru: Founding Bolivia’s foremost English-language publication

18 April 2015

Authors: Tim Davies

Before arriving at the OII to study for his MSc in 2011, Laird Barrett, an English Literature graduate from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, worked in the sales side ... Read More Laird: Moving from print to digital at Taylor & Francis Publishing