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Hubert is a DPhil student at the OII, interested in computational propaganda and social movements online.
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Hannah Bailey studied for an MSc in the Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. Research interests include China-US relations and China’s use of online censorship, with a focus on automated content analysis.
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Basak is a doctoral student at the OII whose research focuses on computational analysis of gendered dynamics and discrimination in the information and communications technology sector.
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Calvin Cheng is a student on the DPhil in Social Data Science.
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Lisa is a DPhil student at the OII.
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Michael is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute.
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Djavan is a part-time DPhil student conducting research at the intersection of agriculture and climatic change. He is currently a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
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Giuliano Formisano is a DPhil in Social Data Science student.
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Anna George is a Social Data Science doctoral student who uses computational approaches to study online political behaviour. Her research focuses on the message diffusion of alternative communities such as hate groups and political extremists.
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Thomas holds a joint honours degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University of Amsterdam and VU University, where he combined Cognitive Neuroscience with digital media studies. He has experience in clinical research and the telecom industry.
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Prathm Juneja is a student on the DPhil in Social Data Science, and was previously a student on the MSc in Social Data Science.
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Hannah is a DPhil student in Social Data Science at the OII. Her research focuses on data-centric techniques in AI development for the detection of online harms.
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Felix is a DPhil student at the OII with an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management, and has over 2 years of work experience as analytics consultant at McKinsey & Company.
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Linda is a DPhil student at the OII interested in social network, agent-based model and contentious politics.
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Mar Carpanelli is a student on the DPhil in Social Data Science and a Data Scientist & Economist at LinkedIn.
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Cailean DPhil candidate in Social Data Science whose research interests concern the political economy of open-source software. During his DPhil, he will be studying collaboration networks in machine learning developer communities.
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Alexa is a DPhil student in Social Data Science. Her research focuses on developing network analysis methods for understanding the structure of online disinformation.
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Paul is a DPhil student in Social Data Science. His research is concerned with improving natural language processing methods for hate speech detection and other applications.
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Mary Sanford is a DPhil Student on our Social Data Science Programme.
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Marcel is a doctoral candidate in Social Data Science and Researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project. His research is at the intersection of political science, statistics and computer science, with a focus on elections and disinformation.
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Social scientist, cybersecurity & international relations specialist, and quantitative analysis of literature.
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Kate is a Wellcome Trust scholar and doctoral researcher at the OII's Programme on Democracy & Technology (DemTech). Her research project deploys mixed methods to explore the influence of misinformation on vaccine hesitancy in the UK.
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Abid A. Adonis is a DPhil student at OII, interested in Digital Sovereignty, the Politics of Cyberspace, and the intersection between International Relations and technology.
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Julian is interested in the future of work, particularly skill development and matching on online labour markets. Next to his DPhil, he is a research assistant for the CrowdLearn research project.
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Mahsa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research focuses on political communication and information controls in Iran.
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Nicole/Yung is a DPhil at the OII. Her research is interested in technology infrastructures and vertical/aerial surveillance.
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Liam is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute whose research focuses on communities of practice, from hobby and amateur groups to professional networks, which often use digital technologies to organise their knowledge-making activities.
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Chris was a DPhil student at the OII and a doctoral student at the Alan Turing Institute.
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Tomas’ doctoral project investigates the social histories and future imaginaries of the Internet on Haida Gwaii.
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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.
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Margie is a DPhil student at the OII.
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Brianna Cho is a part-time DPhil Information, Communication and the Social Sciences student.
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Clementine is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on AI and gender.
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Josh Cowls is a doctoral student on the Information, Communication and the Social Sciences programme, and a Research Associate at the Alan Turing Institute.
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As an M.Sc. by Research student, Chris studies expectations of privacy in digital spaces and how law in the U.S., EU, and U.K. should accommodate/conform/shape those expectations.
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Amanda is a doctoral student at the OII. Her research focuses on the relationship between interactive media and knowledge creation practices.
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Blake is a graduate of the OII and researches digital interventions that encourage consumers to make healthier decisions in online shopping contexts.
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Mona Elswah is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), where she examines digital repression, collective actions, and disinformation in the Arab world
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Fabian's doctoral research examines the political economy of artificial intelligence.
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Jaimie's research interests are largely centred on the implications of and patterns in young people’s engagement with the Internet, with a particular focus on self-tracking practices and the interactions between online and offline social behaviours.
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Amelia Hassoun's research analyses the design, development, and usage of sensor technologies embedded in Singapore’s urban landscape as part of its Smart Nation project, as well as the social life of the data they produce.
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Laura is a 1+3 DPhil student at the OII and an Experience Research Lead at Adobe. Her research at both institutions aims to unpack how technology-based design affordances influence artistic output and creativity.
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Mercedes Horner's doctoral research examines bias in the design process of EdTech algorithms and data capture in UK higher education.
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Josh is a member of the World Economic Forum's Partnership Against Cyber Crime. He is also the President of the Global Center for Cyber Security and serves as a frequent advisor to technology startups and cyber-focused investors.
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Srujana is a doctoral student at the OII and a member of the Fairwork Project. Her research focusses on digital labour, migration, and resistance.
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MSc Thesis: Political participation in non-political online communities: The role of sense of community in fostering political participation Supervisor: Dr Vili Lehdonvirta Completed: 2014
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Claire Leibowicz is a DPhil candidate and the Head of AI and Media Integrity at the Partnership on AI. Her research is generously funded by the OII Shirley Scholarship.
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Victoria is a DPhil Student at the OII with interests in: Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Policy, Advanced Technology Ecosystems, Clusters, Regional Interdependence, Global Governance, Peace and Security.
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Diyi's research aims to understand how digital networks boost the power of online communities, influence the way that social actors exchange meaning with each other, and ultimately reshape people's social lives.
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Cindy is an OII DPhil student interested in race, stereotypes, and humour in online subcultures.
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Nahema is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project.
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Maggie’s research focuses on AI and the architectural design process. She considers the relationship between everyday algorithmic AI, used for image sourcing in ideation, and the acceleration of an aesthetic monoculture.
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Jakob Mökander is a second-year DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute, supervised by Professor Luciano Floridi. He is supported through a fully funded Studentship provided by AstraZeneca Inc.
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Jess Morley is a DPhil candidate researching the cultural, social, ethical, technical and regulatory factors influencing the development, deployment and use of digital, data and AI within healthcare settings.
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Amy is a DPhil candidate. She researches empathic communication with digital audiences.
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Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching platform governance and regulation in response to mis/disinformation.
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Sanna is a DPhil Student at the OII and also a doctoral student at the Alan Turing Institute, where she leads the Data and Inequality interest group together with her supervisor Mark Graham.
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Samantha Jane Pay is a specialist in violence against women and girl’s policy and practice. Her research focuses on the concept of an ‘algorithmic female’ and the ethics of personalisation culture.
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Alongside work on AI, Anne’s doctoral research is in the sociology of knowledge, focusing on the online work of independent commissions and their role in British politics.
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Marie-Therese Png is a doctoral student at OII and research intern at DeepMind Ethics and Society. Her research focuses are Globally Beneficial AI, Intercultural AI Ethics, and Global Justice.
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Nayana is a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on purpose-built storytelling platforms in India and the changing nature of writing online. In her work, she blends ethnographic methodology with literary practice.
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Joanna’s research focuses on junctures between mobile Augmented Reality environments, critical heritage visualisations and post/decolonial historiography.
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Nancy’s research is concerned with the role of museums in providing space for public engagement with debates and developments in AI and new technologies. Her research is generously funded by the OII Shirley Scholarship Award.
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Alec is a doctoral candidate whose interests revolve around media convergence and digital culture powered political communication upgrades in the People's Republic of China.
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Odysseas Sclavounis is a DPhil student at the OII and also at the Alan Turing Institute. His research focuses on the governance of public blockchains, specifically Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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Felix is a OII DPhil Student, a research assistant at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and a Fellow at Columbia University's Tow Center. As a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar he is researching AI in journalism and the news industry.
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Julia Slupska is a doctoral student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity and the Oxford Internet Institute. Julia previously graduated from the LSE and the OII.
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Charles is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. His research focuses on the ethics and politics of federated digital identity systems.
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Sarah Stewart is a DPhil student at the OII.
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Andreas' doctoral research centres on human control of AI applications within national security and defence. His research is supported by the OII, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
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Thomas Vogl is an OII DPhil student interested in public administration, organizational studies, and digital change. His thesis will explore public sector organizational memory in the digital age.
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James is a DPhil student at the OII.
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Eugene is a creative executive in the media technology sector who is passionate about data rights and emergent governance systems in digital spaces.
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Marta Ziosi’s research revolves around the use of data-driven risk-assessment tools in the Criminal Justice System. She focuses on alternative methods in machine learning to centre policies around prevention, rather than prediction, of crime.
