Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is professor of Internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford, one of the three statutory professors at the OII. His recent work focuses on the governance of information, with an emphasis on AI and big data. He has published over a dozen books, including the international bestseller “Big Data” and the awards-winning “Delete”, “Reinventing Capitalism” and “Framers”. His latest book “Guardrails” was hailed as a must.-read in SCIENCE. His work on data access, as detailed in “Access Rules” has directly led to policy changes in Europe. In addition to his research and teaching, he has advised governments and international organizations and corporations. In his spare time he likes to rock-climb and learn about architecture.
Big Data, digital economy, institutions and governance in the data age
By Viktor Mayer-Schönberger & Thomas Ramge
Information is power, and the time is now for digital liberation. Access Rules mounts a strong and hopeful argument for how informational tools at present in the hands of a few could instead become empowering machines for everyone.
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Through empirical research, this project seeks to understand the determinants of individual cyber security behaviours of students in France and the UK.
I currently serve as a member of the German Digital Council and the AXA Data Protection and Ethics Panel.
With Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, one of the co-authors of 'Framers' and Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the OII, will discuss his book and answer audience questions.
With Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
With Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger will discuss his recent book, 'Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age', which looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, revealing why we must reintroduce our ability to forget.
With Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Neil Cukier
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier, co-authors of Big Data, explain why big data may be on par with the Internet (or perhaps even the printing press).
By Fred H. Cate, Peter Cullen, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Age-old principles for data protection need updating for the age of big data. This report, from an Oxford Internet Institute-led working group, offers suggestions for changes to the influential OECD guidelines first drawn up in 1980.
6 December 2013
Now is the time to augment and improve the Privacy Principles drawn up by the OECD over 30 years ago to ensure their relevance in the age of Big Data. A new report by Professor Mayer-Schönberger and colleagues signposts five priorities.
17 September 2010
12 May 2010
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is appointed Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford.
Foreign Policy, 25 December 2024
This year, countries and companies debated how the technology should be regulated.
Associated Press, 28 November 2024
The Oxford professor delivered a seminar to Concordia high school students and the wider community on the transformative power of big data and generative AI.
Foreign Policy, 16 September 2024
Experimentation is the right strategy—as long as regulators can learn from one another.
Introducing the challenges and limitations of conventional legal institutions on the Internet (especially those administered by the State) and reinterpreting these institutions in the context of the Internet.
