Former Members of the OII

Dr Nesrine Abdel-Sattar

Former DPhil Student

Nesrine Abdel-Sattar is an OII DPhil alumna. She has interests in online news, news convergence, media effects, and reception of online news.

Abdul Abdulrahim

Former MSc Student

Abdul is an MSc Social Data Science alumnus. He trained as a lawyer with experience in privacy and intellectual property. He holds a BSc in Philosophy and is interested in the use of data science to understand complex social systems.

Hal Abelson

Former Visiting Fellow

Hal Abelson is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Abelson has a broad interest in information technology and policy, and a longstanding interest in using computation as a conceptual framework in teaching.

Abdallah AbuHashem

Former MSc Student

Prior to OII, Abdallah obtained a BS and MSc in computer science from Stanford University. He completed an MSc in Social Science of the Internet with an interest in Educational Technology.

Dr Robert Ackland

Former Visiting Fellow

Robert Ackland is a Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU). He has interests in the development of new methods (and associated e-Research tools) for quantitative analysis of social and economic phenomena on the Internet.

Publio Adrianza Cerqueira

Former MSc Student

Born in Caracas, Publio graduated from Stanford University with a B.S.H. in Science, Technology and Society. Publio is interested in the implementation, operation, and impact of the online gig economy.

Pablo Aguera Reneses

Former Research Assistant

Pablo Aguera is a Research Assistant for the Fairwork project at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Eve Ahearn

Former MSc Student

Aliya Ahmad

Former MSc Student

Sabrina Ahmad

Former MSc Student

Sabrina Ahmad holds a B.A. in Communications and Sociology from the University of Ottawa. Fluent in English, French and Bengali, she has worked in e-communications for the Government of Canada and in marketing and research roles across Europe.

Zohaib Ahmed

Former MSc Student

Zo was an MSc. Social Data Science student with an interest in AI-driven political influence and political life on social media platforms. He previously worked as a Data Specialist at Twitter, and in the AI Policy team at Google.

James Ahn

Former MSc Student

James was an OII student from Korea with an Economics background. He previously worked in the financial service industry, and also served in the Korean Army as a Squad Leader.

Alexandra Aizenshtadt

Former MSc Student

Alexandra is a OII MSc Social Science of the Internet alumnus. Her research interests include methodology for predicting social protests online, the Dark Web and its implications for terrorism development.

Fatema Akbar

Former MSc Student

Thesis: User engagement and progression in open online 'micro lessons': An analysis of learners’ log data

Andrea Alarcon

Former MSc Student

Carolina Albassini

Former MSc Student

Carolina graduated as a European Ethnologist from the Ludwig-Maximilians University, in Munich, Germany. She founded her own company in 2016. Her interests are social media and its effects on users and consumption trends.

Julian Albert

Former DPhil Student

Julian is interested in the future of work, particularly skill development and matching on online labour markets. Alongside his DPhil, he worked as a research assistant for the CrowdLearn research project.

Zeeshan Ali

Former MSc Student

Zeeshan is interested in how online platforms can propagate Islamophobia and foster far-right extremism.