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Megan: Digital citizenship at the Canadian Digital Services
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
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Lofred: Preparing for AI at the French Digital Council
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
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Charlotte: Advising on tech policy at the UK Department for International Development
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
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Judith: Working with data at Facebook
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
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David: Becoming a data scientist in the academic world
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
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Mor: Working in research at the Open Knowledge Foundation
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
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Zarino: Strengthening civil society with mySociety
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
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Amaru: Founding Bolivia’s foremost English-language publication
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
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Laird: Moving from print to digital at Taylor & Francis Publishing
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
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Devin on working for start-ups and the overwhelming importance of the AoIR list
18 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Devin Gaffney joined the OII in October 2011, having worked for a start-up company, ‘Social Flow’. He took programming classes to earn money whilst studying for his undergraduate degree, ... Read More Devin on working for start-ups and the overwhelming importance of the AoIR list
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Manuel on working at Google, and maybe returning to politics once ‘digital thinking’ has permeated political institutions
17 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Manuel Schaeffer arrived at the OII in 2011, after completing his BA in Communication Science degree at the University of Munich in Germany. He first became aware of the ... Read More Manuel on working at Google, and maybe returning to politics once ‘digital thinking’ has permeated political institutions
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Joe Weir on working for an award-winning finance start-up, and seeing first-hand how every aspect of the business functions
16 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Joe Weir came to the OII fresh from finishing a BA in History at Oxford. He spent the summer in between working as a User-Experience Consultant, as well as consulting for ... Read More Joe Weir on working for an award-winning finance start-up, and seeing first-hand how every aspect of the business functions
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Thain Simon on working in analytics, and using technology and data to solve important problems
16 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Thain came to the OII after a year working at Yahoo in California. After finishing his undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University, where he studied Finance, he began at Yahoo as a Financial ... Read More Thain Simon on working in analytics, and using technology and data to solve important problems
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Jing on innovation diffusion and the future of the Internet
12 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Jing (Nikki) Jing arrived in 2011 from the University of Edinburgh and the South China University of Technology, studying BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Business Studies and BSc Information Engineering ... Read More Jing on innovation diffusion and the future of the Internet
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Janine on technology consulting and the brilliance of Oxford’s Careers Service
10 April 2015
Authors: Tim Davies
Janine Braithwaite arrived at the OII in October 2011, having completed a BSc in Economics at the University of Essex, and left a year later as a Graduate Technology ... Read More Janine on technology consulting and the brilliance of Oxford’s Careers Service
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A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
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