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Dr Mohsen Mosleh

Associate Professor

Mohsen’s research lies at the intersection of computational/data science and cognitive psychology. He studies online harm, misinformation, and formation of social networks.

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Professor Victoria Nash

Director, Associate Professor, Senior Policy Fellow

Victoria Nash is the OII's Director and a Senior Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on the opportunities and risks experienced by children using digital technologies; she also leads OII engagement on Internet regulation and digital policy issues.

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Dr Fabian Braesemann

Departmental Research Lecturer

Dr Fabian Braesemann is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work at the OII.

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Professor Kathryn Eccles

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

Kathryn Eccles has research interests in the impact of new technologies on Humanities scholarship, and the re-organisation of cultural heritage and higher education in the digital world.

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Professor Rebecca Eynon

Professor of Education, the Internet and Society

Rebecca Eynon's research focuses on learning and the Internet, and the links between digital and social exclusion.

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Professor Carl-Benedikt Frey

Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work

Carl-Benedikt Frey an economist and Associate Professor of AI & Work. He is also a Fellow of Mansfield College and Director of the Future of Work Programme at the Oxford Martin School.

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Professor Mark Graham

Professor of Internet Geography

Mark Graham is an economic geographer. His research focuses on digital labour, the gig economy, and digital inequalities. He is the author, most recently, of The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction.

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Dr Scott A. Hale

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

Dr Scott A. Hale is an Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, and Turing Fellow. He develops and applies computer science techniques to the social sciences focusing on increasing equitable access to quality information.

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Professor Ekaterina Hertog

Associate Professor in AI and Society

Ekaterina Hertog is an Associate Professor of AI and Society at Oxford Internet Institute and Institute for Ethics in AI. She studies how the rising digitalisation is reshaping private lives across the world.

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Professor Bernie Hogan

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

Bernie Hogan examines how to capture, represent and think about social networks, especially personal social networks. His work focuses on the role of design in social media, network capture techniques and theories of relationships.

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Professor Philip Howard

Professor of Internet Studies

Philip N. Howard is a professor of sociology, information, and international affairs. He is Director of the Programme on Democracy and Technology, and is a Professorial Fellow of Balliol College.

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Dr Johann Laux

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Johann Laux works at the intersection of law and the social sciences. His current research is interested in the governance of emerging technologies as well as the design of institutions.

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Professor Vili Lehdonvirta

Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research

Vili Lehdonvirta examines the politics and socio-economic impacts of digital technologies. He is one of the world's most cited authors on gig work and the platform economy. His current research deals with the geopolitics of digital infrastructures.

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Dr Adam Mahdi

Director of Graduate Studies, Departmental Research Lecturer

Adam Mahdi’s research focuses on digital health and application of machine learning in social sciences. He is the director of the UKRI-funded OxCOVID19 Project and a fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

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Professor Helen Margetts

Professor of Society and the Internet

Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet, a political scientist specialising in digital government and politics. She was Director of the OII from 2011-18. She is a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College.

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Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the OII's Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy.

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Dr Keegan McBride

MSc SSI Course Director, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy

Keegan McBride is a departmental research lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at the OII. His research creates insight about the state in the digital age by exploring the interactions between the state, society, and technology.

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Professor Brent Mittelstadt

Professor of Data Ethics and Policy, Director of Research

Professor Brent Mittelstadt is a data ethicist and philosopher specializing in AI ethics, professional ethics, and technology law and policy. He is the founder/coordinator of the Governance of Emerging Technologies (GET) programme.

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Dr Gemma Newlands

Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work

Gemma Newlands is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work. As an organisational sociologist, her research explores the impact of artificial intelligence on work and organisations.

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Professor Andrew Przybylski

Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology

Professor Przybylski is a psychologist who studies how online social media and video games platforms influence users’ mental health. His research focuses on how data from these platforms can inform regulation, policymaking, and expert advice.

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Dr Luc Rocher

DPhil Programme Director (SDS), Lecturer

Luc investigates privacy harms posed by large-scale collections of human data and deployed AI technologies, identifying gaps in how technology is regulated and risks are documented, and proposing better data sharing models for academic research.

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Professor Chris Russell

Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor, AI, Government & Policy.

Chris Russell is the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor, AI, Government and Policy. Dr Russell’s work lies at the intersection of computer vision and responsible AI.

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Professor Ralph Schroeder

Senior Research Fellow

Ralph Schroeder has interests in shared virtual environments and the sociology of science and technology. His current research is related to digital media and populism, climate change online, AI and social theory, and the internet in China and India.

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Dr Fabian Stephany

Departmental Research Lecturer

Fabian is a Departmental Research Lecturer in AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute.

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Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo

Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies, DPhil Programme Director (ICSS)

Mariarosaria Taddeo is Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies and Programme Director of the DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences at the OII. 

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Professor Greg Taylor

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

Greg Taylor's research focuses on the economics of competition policy and regulation for digital and technology markets.

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Dr Ana Valdivia

Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy

Ana Valdivia is a critical artificial intelligence scholar. Her research explores how datafication and algorithmic governance shape social, economic and political worlds. Her work focuses on the role of technology in the fields of migration & gender.

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Professor Sandra Wachter

Professor of Technology and Regulation

Professor Sandra Wachter is Professor of Technology and Regulation focusing on law and ethics of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as Internet regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford

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Professor Joss Wright

Associate Professor

Joss Wright's research interests lie in information controls, privacy-enhancing technologies, and cyber-enabled crime. His current research focuses on measuring internet censorship, and uncovering the online illegal wildlife trade.

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