This workshop aims to highlight approaches from the Global South in the field of Internet, Data and AI Studies. It will gather Global South authors to present their countries and regions’ theoretical and methodological contributions. It will also be an opportunity to enrich the dialogue among Global South scholars and between those and Global North researchers.
This workshop is supported by the Oxford Internet Institute’s Research Programme on AI, Government and Policy, funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation, the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and Wadham College. Sessions will discuss the Global South scholarship in the fields, with panels specifically focused on Asian, African, and Latin American contributions to these topics. Speakers and programme are below.
Jonas C. L. Valente (Oxford Internet Institute, UK, Universities of Brasilia and of Ceara, Brazil, chair)
Ekaterina Hertog (Oxford Internet Institute, UK)
Janaki Srinivasan (Oxford Internet Institute and Oxford School of Global and Area Studies UK)
Cheryll Soriano (De La Salle University, the Philippines)
Rafael Grohmann (University of Toronto, Canada, Brazilian Institute on Science and Technology/ Informational Sovereignty, Brazil)
Helena Martins (Federal University of Ceara, Brazil)
Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Internet Institute, UK, African Digital Rights Network)
Ana Valdivia (Oxford Internet Institute, UK and UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, UK, Tierracomún Network)
Anjali Krishan (Oxford Internet Institute, UK)
Andrea Medrado – University of Exeter and IAMCR (UK)
Cheryll Soriano – La Sale University (the Philippines)
Chair: Jonas Valente – Oxford Internet Institute (UK)
Janaki Srinivasan – Oxford Internet Institute and Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (UK)
Jian Xiao – Zhejiang University (China)
Fadi Salem – Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (United Arab Emirates)
Chair: Nayanika Mathur
Rutendo Chabikwa – Oxford Internet Institute (UK)
Mohammad Amir Anwar – University of Edinburgh (UK)
Tanja Bosch – University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Chair: Rebekah Lee – Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (UK)
Patricia Peña – Universidad de Chile (Chile)
César Bolaño – University of Sergipe (Brazil) and Social Sciences Latin American Council (Clacso) political economy working group
Andrés Domínguez Hernández – The Alan Turning Institute (UK)
Chair: Rafael Grohmann
Senior Lecturer in Global Communications and the Research Director for Communications , University of Exeter
Andrea is Co-VP of the International Association for Media & Communication Research. Andrea is a Co-Investigator for “The Social Foundations of Cryptography" and PI for “AIM: AI from/in the Margins”
Professor at the Department of Communication, De La Salle University
Cheryll is PI for Fairwork Philippines & co-Investigator of Digital Transaction Platforms in Asia & explores local embedding of digital platforms & how platformization shapes conditions.
Associate Professor Digital South Asian Studies
Janaki's research examines the politics of digital exclusion in India. She uses ethnographic and archival research to examine how gender, caste and class have shaped the use of information and information technologies in varied contexts.
Associate Professor , Zhejiang University
Jian holds a Ph.D. in Media & Culture Studies from Loughborough University & is a rep for Asia in the Association for Cultural Studies. Her focus is media & culture, urban aesthetics & communication
Director of Policy Research Dept., Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government
He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Dubai Policy Review journal and leads the Future Government and Innovation research Group in the School as a Senior Research Fellow.
DPhil Student
Rutendo Chabikwa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research applies a gender lens to understanding the effects of digital media on political participation in postcolonial contexts.
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Development and African Studies, University of Edinburgh
Amir is an expert on work, labour markets, livelihoods & economic change in the context of digital revolutions in Africa. He is Co-Chair of the Critical African Studies journal.
Professor of Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
Tanja is former Programme Manager and Station Manager of local community radio station Bush Radio, and has also worked as a consultant for UNESCO community radio stations in Jamaica and Trinidad.
Research professor at the Faculty of Communication and Image, University of Chile
She is director of the Chilean Chapter of the Internet Society & the Datos Protegidos Foundation. She is part of the Tierra Común for Data Justice network & Feminist Network for Research in AI
Ethics Fellow in the Public Policy Programme, The Alan Turing Institute
Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London. He is an interdisciplinary scholar studying the ethical, social, & material implications of data-driven innovations