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    Faculty

    Directorate

    • Professor Philip Howard

      Professor Philip Howard

      Director, Professor of Internet Studies

      Philip N. Howard is the Director of the OII. He is a professor of sociology, information and international affairs, and the author of Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives.

    • Professor Victoria Nash

      Professor Victoria Nash

      Deputy Director, Associate Professor, and Senior Policy Fellow

      Victoria Nash is the OII's Deputy Director and 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.

    • Professor Andrew Przybylski

      Professor Andrew Przybylski

      Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research

      Professor Przybylski is an experimental psychologist and Director of Research at the OII. His work is mainly concerned with applying psychological models of motivation and health to study how people interact with virtual environments.

    • Professor Greg Taylor

      Professor Greg Taylor

      Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Director of Graduate Studies

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

    Statutory Professors

    • Professor Helen Margetts

      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.

    • Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

      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.

    Titular Professors

    • Professor Rebecca Eynon

      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.

    • Professor Luciano Floridi

      Professor Luciano Floridi

      Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab

      Luciano Floridi‘s research areas are the philosophy of Information, information and computer ethics, and the philosophy of technology.

    • Professor Mark Graham

      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.

    • Professor Vili Lehdonvirta

      Professor Vili Lehdonvirta

      Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research

      Vili Lehdonvirta is the Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute. He examines how digital technologies are shaping the organization of economic activities in society.

    • Professor Gina Neff

      Professor Gina Neff

      Professor of Technology & Society

      Professor Neff is a sociologist who studies innovation, the digital transformation of industries, and how new technologies impact work. She has studied digital change in the media, health care, and construction industries.

    • Professor Ralph Schroeder

      Professor Ralph Schroeder

      Programme Director of the MSc in Social Science of the Internet

      Ralph Schroeder has interests in virtual environments, social aspects of e-Science, sociology of science and tech, and has written extensively about virtual reality technology. His current research is related to digital media and right-wing populism.

    Senior Research Fellows

    • Dr Jonathan Bright

      Dr Jonathan Bright

      Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

      Jonathan Bright is a political scientist specialising in computational and ‘big data’ approaches to the social sciences.

    • Dr Scott A. Hale

      Dr Scott A. Hale

      Associate Professor and 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 improving equitable access to quality information.

    • Dr Bernie Hogan

      Dr Bernie Hogan

      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.

    • Dr Peaks Krafft

      Dr Peaks Krafft

      Senior Research Fellow

      Dr. Krafft is an information scientist who studies beliefs, ideology, and institutions in the information society, and works and organizes in the area of public interest computing.

    • Dr Brent Mittelstadt

      Dr Brent Mittelstadt

      Senior Research Fellow & British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

      Brent Mittelstadt is a philosopher specialising in data ethics in relation to algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, Big Data, and medical expert systems.

    • Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

      Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo

      Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow

      Mariarosaria Taddeo's main research areas are Digital Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Ethics of Cyber Conflicts and Cybersecurity.

    • Dr Balazs Vedres

      Dr Balazs Vedres

      Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

      Dr Vedres is a sociologist and network scientist, investigating the network sources of creative success, and diversity and discrimination on online collaborative platforms.

    • Professor Sandra Wachter

      Professor Sandra Wachter

      Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow

      Professor Sandra Wachter is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow 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.

    • Dr Joss Wright

      Dr Joss Wright

      Senior Research Fellow

      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.

    Research Fellows

    • Dr Grant Blank

      Dr Grant Blank

      Survey Research Fellow

      Grant Blank's work focuses on the social and cultural implications of the Internet and new media, quantitative and qualitative methods, and cultural sociology. He teaches on the OII social statistics courses.

    • Dr Kathryn Eccles

      Dr Kathryn Eccles

      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.

    • Dr Cohen R. Simpson

      Dr Cohen R. Simpson

      Research Fellow & British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

      Cohen is a sociologist specialising in the quantitative study of human social networks. He has a particular interest in socioecology and network formation.

    Research Staff

    • Pablo Aguera Reneses

      Pablo Aguera Reneses

      Research Assistant

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

    • Dr Alessio Bertolini

      Dr Alessio Bertolini

      Researcher

      Alessio Bertolini is a Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute for the project FairWork, where he is investigating platform work in the UK and Germany.

    • Chico Camargo

      Chico Camargo

      Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science

      Dr Chico Camargo is an interdisciplinary researcher who develops and applies computational tools to study complex systems, collective human behaviour, public opinion dynamics and culture change.

    • Dr Matthew Cole

      Dr Matthew Cole

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Matthew Cole is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Fairwork Foundation investigating global platforms. His research interests include the political economy of technology and platforms, particularly the transformation of work.

    • Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda

      Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda

      Researcher

      Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda a postdoctoral researcher and project manager on the Fairwork project at the Oxford Internet Institute.

    • Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka

      Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka

      Researcher

      Aliaksandr Herasimenka is a political communication scholar and a postdoctoral researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project.

    • Dr Kelle Howson

      Dr Kelle Howson

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Dr Kelle Howson is a postdoctoral researcher on the Fairwork project. Kelle is a development geographer interested in how ethical certification is reshaping governance and power relations in global networks.

    • Dr Niklas Johannes

      Dr Niklas Johannes

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Niklas Johannes is a behavioural scientist. He works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age programme, where he studies effects of technology on well-being and performance.

    • Dr Aleksi Knuutila

      Dr Aleksi Knuutila

      Researcher

      Dr Aleksi Knuutila is an anthropologist and a data scientist. He is working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computational Propaganda programme, where he uses computational and qualitative methods to study political communications and communities.

    • Dr Johann Laux

      Dr Johann Laux

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      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.

    • Dr Vidya Narayanan

      Dr Vidya Narayanan

      Researcher

      Vidya is as a post-doctoral researcher in the Computational Propaganda Project.

    • Lisa-Maria Neudert

      Lisa-Maria Neudert

      Research Assistant & DPhil Student

      Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching technical, regulatory and civil society countermeausres to online propaganda and media manipulation.

    • Dr Myrto Pantazi

      Dr Myrto Pantazi

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Myrto is a social psychologist with a background in psycholinguistics. She uses experimental methods to study social cognition. She is particularly interested in how people process and validate information as well as in their (conspiracy) beliefs.

    • Anne Ploin

      Anne Ploin

      Research Assistant & DPhil Student

      Anne's research focuses on AI as a knowledge project, with special interest in the sciences of intelligence, theological approaches to AI, and feminist-critical theory.

    • Dr Fabian Stephany

      Dr Fabian Stephany

      Researcher

      Fabian is a Researcher in Computational Social Science at the Oxford Internet Institute

    • Shelly Steward

      Shelly Steward

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Shelly is an economic sociologist and applied scholar who studies the changing nature of work. Her work in research and policy strives to identify the challenges faced by workers and develop solutions that build a more equitable economy.

    • Dr Matti Vuorre

      Dr Matti Vuorre

      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Matti is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Programme on Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age.

    • Pu Yan

      Pu Yan

      Researcher

      Dr Pu Yan is a researcher at Oxford Internet Institute. She is currently working on the project "What Do 'the People' Want?", which explores the use of digital media and the rise of populism in six countries using computational social science methods.

    Senior Fellows

    • Professor William H. Dutton

      Professor William H. Dutton

      Advisory Board Member, Senior Fellow

      Bill Dutton was the OII’s Founding Director, a Fellow of Balliol College and the first Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University.

    • Dr Andrew Graham

      Dr Andrew Graham

      Senior Fellow, Founder

      Andrew Graham is the former Master of Balliol College, University of Oxford. He was the driving force in establishing the OII, and its Acting Director until July 2002. From 2001 to 2011 he was the founding Chairman of the OII's Advisory Board.

    • Professor Eric T. Meyer

      Professor Eric T. Meyer

      Senior Fellow

      Eric T. Meyer is a Senior Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute. His research looks at the changing nature of knowledge creation in science, medicine, social science, arts, and humanities as technology is embedded in everyday practices.

    • Professor Jonathan Zittrain

      Professor Jonathan Zittrain

      Senior Fellow

      Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

    Visitors

    Current visitors

    • Ivana Bartoletti

      Ivana Bartoletti

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Ivana Bartoletti is Technical Director, Privacy at Deloitte and co-founder of the Women Leading in AI Network. Her focus is privacy at the intersection with new tech and digital trade. She wrote An Artificial Revolution: on power politics and AI (2020).

    • Professor Hind Benbya

      Professor Hind Benbya

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Hind Benbya is Professor and Head of IS and Business Analytics at Deakin Business School in Melbourne. At Oxford Internet Institute, Prof Benbya investigates the policy implications of emerging artificial intelligence technologies in healthcare.

    • Jim Bligh

      Jim Bligh

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Jim Bligh is Director of Corporate Affairs for the UK and Ireland at Tata Consultancy Services, where he is responsible for public affairs and policy; stakeholder, academic, industry analyst and government relations.

    • John Edge

      John Edge

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      John Edge is an impact focused operating executive and board advisor to high growth technology companies. Mr. Edge is a specialist in FinTech, markets infrastcture and data privacy.

    • Lisa Felton

      Lisa Felton

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Lisa is the Head of Data, Services and Consumer Regulation at Vodafone Group, with expertise in consumer, digital and telecoms regulation.

    • Dr Andreas Hackl

      Dr Andreas Hackl

      Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow

      Andreas is a Lecturer in the Anthropology of Development at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His Visiting Fellowship at the OII is part of a two-year research project on refugee livelihoods and digital labour.

    • David Michael Kelly

      David Michael Kelly

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      David Michael Kelly is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute researching international governance of frontier technologies.

    • Sir Julian King

      Sir Julian King

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Sir Julian has over 30 years’ experience as a senior diplomat, serving in international political and national diplomatic roles on behalf of the UK government. 

    • Stacey King

      Stacey King

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Stacey King has spent over 20 years as a lawyer and business leader examining the Internet, emerging technologies, and their interplay with existing and developing regulations.

    • Dr Jun Liu

      Dr Jun Liu

      Visiting Fellow

      Jun Liu’s research integrates insights from communication and political sociology to critically scrutinize the mechanism of contention and governance in the digital age.

    • Traci Maddock

      Traci Maddock

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Traci Maddock is a leading digital strategist and social media architect specialising in identifying and realising strategic partnerships for brands, causes, and global talent.

    • Ravi Naik

      Ravi Naik

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Ravi Naik, the Law Society’s 2018 - 2019 Human Rights Lawyer of the Year, is a multi-award winning Solicitor, with a pioneering practice at the forefront of data rights and technology. In January 2020, Ravi co-founded the data rights agency, AWO.

    • Gautam Raju

      Gautam Raju

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Gautam Raju is the Managing Director, Europe of Purpose. At Purpose, Gautam has overseen public mobilisation campaigns and advocacy strategies on misinformation, global health, digital rights, citizen engagement and democractic reform.

    • Dr Ralph Straumann

      Dr Ralph Straumann

      Visitor

      Ralph Straumann has earned his PhD in Geography from the University of Zurich with foci in geographic information science and cartography. He specialises in research about geographies of the Internet and user-generated content.

    • Professor Richard Susskind OBE

      Professor Richard Susskind OBE

      Visiting Professor and Advisory Board Chair

      A pioneer in the field of information technology and law, Richard Susskind is a Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is visiting Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and Chairman of the Advisory Board.

    • David Tomchak

      David Tomchak

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      David Tomchak is an award-winning editor and communications expert who has led digital innovation across industries and government. At the New Statesman he brings together exceptional journalism with data-centric digital transformation.

    • Tom C. Varghese

      Tom C. Varghese

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Tom C. Varghese is Head of Connectivity and Access Policy, Asia Pacific, at Facebook.

    • Professor Judy Wajcman

      Professor Judy Wajcman

      Visiting Professor

      Judy Wajcman is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

    • Conrad Young

      Conrad Young

      Visiting Policy Fellow

      Conrad Young is the Chief Digital Officer at Deloitte, where he is responsible for leading the digital transformation of the business.

    Doctoral Students

    • Julian Albert

      Julian Albert

      DPhil Student

      Julian is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • Mahsa Alimardani

      Mahsa Alimardani

      DPhil Student

      Mahsa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research focuses on political communication and information controls in Iran.

    • Katharina Anders

      Katharina Anders

      DPhil Student

      Katarina Anders is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • Hubert Au

      Hubert Au

      DPhil Student

      Hubert is a DPhil student at the OII, interested in computational propaganda and social movements online.

    • Nicole (Yung) Au

      Nicole (Yung) Au

      DPhil Student

      Nicole/Yung is a DPhil at the OII. Her research is interested in technology infrastructures and vertical/aerial surveillance.

    • Hannah Bailey

      Hannah Bailey

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Liam Bekirsky

      Liam Bekirsky

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Chris Blex

      Chris Blex

      DPhil Student

      Chris is a DPhil student at the OII and a doctoral student at the Alan Turing Institute.

    • Tomas Borsa

      Tomas Borsa

      DPhil Student

      Tomas Borsa is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute.

    • Samantha Bradshaw

      Samantha Bradshaw

      DPhil student

      Samantha is an OII DPhil student interested in computational propaganda, social media and democracy, human rights, and Internet policy

    • Corinne Cath-Speth

      Corinne Cath-Speth

      DPhil student

      Corinne Cath-Speth is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on the politics and ethics of Internet governance and the management of the Internet’s infrastructure.

    • Rutendo Chabikwa

      Rutendo Chabikwa

      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.

    • Lizaveta Charnenka

      Lizaveta Charnenka

      DPhil Student

      Lisa is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • Margie Cheesman

      Margie Cheesman

      DPhil Student

      Margie is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • Brianna Cho

      Brianna Cho

      DPhil Student

      Brianna Cho is a part-time DPhil Information, Communication and the Social Sciences student.

    • Clementine Collett

      Clementine Collett

      DPhil Student

      Clementine is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on AI and gender.

    • Josh Cowls

      Josh Cowls

      DPhil Student

      Josh Cowls is a doctoral student on the Information, Communication and the Social Sciences programme, a member of the Digital Ethics Lab, and a Research Associate at the Alan Turing Institute.

    • Blake DiCosola

      Blake DiCosola

      DPhil Student

      Blake is a graduate of the OII and researches digital interventions that encourage consumers to make healthier decisions in online shopping contexts.

    • Mona Elswah

      Mona Elswah

      DPhil Student

      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

    • Graham Fairclough

      Graham Fairclough

      DPhil Student

      Graham possesses a MSc in Knowledge Management Systems from Cranfield University and a MA in Defence Studies from Kings College, London.

    • Fabian Ferrari

      Fabian Ferrari

      DPhil Student

      Fabian is a DPhil student at the OII, interested in the invisible labour in the shadows of AI.

    • Jaimie Freeman

      Jaimie Freeman

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Anna George

      Anna George

      DPhil Student

      Anna is a SDS DPhil student interested in political behavior.

    • Patrick Gildersleve

      Patrick Gildersleve

      DPhil student

      Patrick is an OII DPhil student interested in complex networks, wikis, computational social science, social network analysis, data de-anonymization, machine learning.

    • Amelia Hassoun

      Amelia Hassoun

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Srujana Katta

      Srujana Katta

      DPhil Student

      Srujana is a doctoral student at the OII and a member of the Fairwork Project. Her research focusses on digital labour, migration, and resistance.

    • Julia Lefkowitz

      Julia Lefkowitz

      DPhil student

      Julia is an OII DPhil student interested in tabloidization, online journalism, journalism and democracy, public sphere, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis,

    • Victoria Lennox

      Victoria Lennox

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Linda Li

      Linda Li

      DPhil Student

      Linda is a DPhil student at the OII interested in social network, agent-based model and contentious politics.

    • Cindy Ma

      Cindy Ma

      DPhil Student

      Cindy is an OII DPhil student interested in race, stereotypes, and humour in online subcultures.

    • Joanna Mackenthun

      Joanna Mackenthun

      DPhil Student

      Joanna’s research focuses on junctures between mobile Augmented Reality environments, critical heritage visualisations and post/decolonial historiography.

    • Nahema Marchal

      Nahema Marchal

      DPhil Student

      Nahema is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project.

    • Maggie McGrath

      Maggie McGrath

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Jakob Mokander

      Jakob Mokander

      DPhil Student

      Jakob is an OII DPhil student and a member of the Digital Ethics Lab.

    • Laura Molloy

      Laura Molloy

      DPhil student

      Laura is interested in the digital curation and information / digital literacy practices within specific research areas and professions. At the OII, she is focusing on digital curation and digital literacy skills in UK visual art professional practice.

    • Jess Morley

      Jess Morley

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Lisa-Maria Neudert

      Lisa-Maria Neudert

      Research Assistant & DPhil Student

      Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching technical, regulatory and civil society countermeausres to online propaganda and media manipulation.

    • Sanna Ojanperä

      Sanna Ojanperä

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Alexandra Paviluc

      Alexandra Paviluc

      DPhil Student

      Alexa is a DPhil student in Social Data Science. Her research focuses on developing network analysis methods for understanding the structure of online disinformation.

    • Samantha Pay

      Samantha Pay

      DPhil Student

      Samantha Jane Pay is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute and 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.

    • Anne Ploin

      Anne Ploin

      Research Assistant & DPhil Student

      Anne's research focuses on AI as a knowledge project, with special interest in the sciences of intelligence, theological approaches to AI, and feminist-critical theory.

    • Marie-Therese Png

      Marie-Therese Png

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Nayana Prakash

      Nayana Prakash

      DPhil Student

      Having previously studied English Literature at an undergraduate and master's level, Nayana is interested in online forms of 'storytelling', specifically in the context of postcolonial countries, namely South Asia.

    • Godofredo Ramizo Jr

      Godofredo Ramizo Jr

      DPhil student

      Godo is an OII DPhil Student interested in platform economies, on-demand ride-hailing platforms in Southeast Asia, governance reform, and the developmental impact of technology.

    • Paul Röttger

      Paul Röttger

      DPhil Student

      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.

    • Nancy Salem

      Nancy Salem

      DPhil Student

      Nancy is interested in the intersections of digital technologies and economic and social inequalities with focus on the Global South. She holds a BA in History from the American University in Cairo and a MSc in Development Studies from SOAS.

    • Mary Sanford

      Mary Sanford

      DPhil Student

      Mary Sanford is a DPhil Student on our Social Data Science Programme.

    • Marcel Schliebs

      Marcel Schliebs

      DPhil Student

      Marcel is a doctoral candidate in Social Data Science and Researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project. His research is located at the intersection of political science, statistics and computer science, with a focus on elections and disinformation.

    • Odysseas Sclavounis

      Odysseas Sclavounis

      DPhil student

      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.

    • Kate Sim

      Kate Sim

      DPhil student

      Kate Sim is a Dphil Student at the OII researching the datafication and automation of sexual harassment reporting systems in US higher education.

    • Felix Simon

      Felix Simon

      DPhil Student

      Felix is a OII DPhil Student and a research assistant at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. As a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar he is researching AI in journalism and the news industry.

    • Julia Slupska

      Julia Slupska

      DPhil student

      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.

    • Charlie Smith

      Charlie Smith

      DPhil Student

      Charles is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. His research focuses on the ethics and politics of federated digital identity systems.

    • Sarah Stewart

      Sarah Stewart

      DPhil Student

      Sarah Stewart is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • Theodora Sutton

      Theodora Sutton

      DPhil student

      Theodora is an OII DPhil student and digital anthropologist. Her research focuses on a community of "digital detoxers" in Northern California, and speaks to fears around internet addiction and authentic sociality.

    • Thomas Vogl

      Thomas Vogl

      DPhil student

      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.

    • James Ward IV

      James Ward IV

      DPhil Student

      James is a DPhil student at the OII.

    • David Watson

      David Watson

      DPhil Student

      David Watson is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute, where his research focuses on the epistemological foundations of machine learning.

    • Tarah Wheeler

      Tarah Wheeler

      DPhil Student

      Social scientist, cybersecurity & international relations specialist, and quantitative analysis of literature.

    • Marta Ziosi

      Marta Ziosi

      DPhil Student

      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.

    Masters Students

    • Aliya Ahmad

      Aliya Ahmad

      MSc student

      Aliya Ahmad is studying MSc Social Science of the Internet.

    • Zeeshan Ali

      Zeeshan Ali

      MSc Student

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

    • Hannah Andrews

      Hannah Andrews

      MSc Student

      Hannah's research interest is the impact of internet communication technologies on collective cultural expression and creative practice. She also works as a Creative Producer with the Google Arts & Culture Lab. She holds a BA in English Literature.

    • Jacopo Attolini

      Jacopo Attolini

      MSc student

      Jacopo is an MSc Social Data Science student at the OII. He previously graduated in Business Management from the University of Surrey. He is interested in building and using data science tools on social science datasets, particularly in economics.

    • Diana Banias

      Diana Banias

      MSc student

      Diana is studying for an MSc in Social Data Science. Prior to joining the OII, Diana gained experience in finance. She holds a BSc in International Management from the University of Warwick.

    • Farrah Barber

      Farrah Barber

      MSc student

      Farrah is originally from Stoke. She completed her undergrad at St Andrews, majoring in International Relations, minor Russian and Economics. Her research focuses on Computational Political Science.

    • Nathan Begbie

      Nathan Begbie

      MSc student

      I am a computer scientist who has worked in software development and as a data scientist. I have worked on a maternal health platform for DfID, using innovative methods for aid-related projects. Now working with fact checkers to combat misinformation.

    • Hannah Bennett

      Hannah Bennett

      MSc Student

      Hannah holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of York. She has a particular interest in cyber war and how technology has changed the nature of warfare.

    • Marcus Bergquist

      Marcus Bergquist

      MSc student

      Marcus is interested in information networks and platforms. He has previously led software development in the data distribution space.

    • Clare Brennan

      Clare Brennan

      MSc student

      Clare holds a Bachelor's degree in Arts and Economics from the Australian National University. She has worked in consulting and education, and is interested in how data science informs social policy.

    • Mervyn Cheong

      Mervyn Cheong

      MSc student

      Mervyn holds a BSc in Economics from University College London. He currently works in the Singapore Civil Service and has an interest in leveraging data to drive evidence-based policymaking.

    • Khushboo Chougule

      Khushboo Chougule

      MSc student

      Khushboo Chougule obtained her B.S. in Cognitive Science at Indiana University – Bloomington. She is pursuing an M.Sc. in Social Data Science with an interest in decision making in risk situations.

    • Kim Corti

      Kim Corti

      MSc student

      Kim holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Westminster. She is particularly passionate about social scientific research on the internet in relation to food and health.

    • Christopher Crum

      Christopher Crum

      MRes Student

      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.

    • Jackie Cuyvers

      Jackie Cuyvers

      MSc Student

      Jackie is CEO of Convosphere, a Social Intelligence agency that provides insights in over 45 languages. She has over 15 years of working in social intelligence and digital marketing. She has an MBA in International Marketing and is based in London.

    • Joseph D’Urso

      Joseph D’Urso

      MSc student

      Joey is interested in social media communities, especially local Facebook groups. He has worked as a journalist specialising in politics, technology and social media for BBC News, BuzzFeed News and Reuters.

    • Manpreet Deol

      Manpreet Deol

      MSc student

      Manpreet comes to the OII with a background in Engineering. She is passionate about understanding the impact of technology on marginalized communities to ultimately design more inclusive and fair technological infrastructure.

    • Sophia Dietrich

      Sophia Dietrich

      MSc student

      Sophia is interested in online infrastructure, digital platform regulation and the enforcement of data rights. She holds a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from LSE and has completed a Junior Research Fellowship at UN Global Pulse Kampala.

    • Matteo Fabbri

      Matteo Fabbri

      MSc student

      Matteo graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy at the University of Bologna.  His interests lie in the intersection between artificial intelligence and political theory. 

    • Maximilian Faschan

      Maximilian Faschan

      MSc student

      Max holds an MSc in Business Analysis from Edinburgh University and a BSc in Management from Mannheim University. He is interested in analytical bias and discrimination prevention in AI. Max previously worked as a Tech Advisory Manager at Accenture.

    • Eduado Briceño Florez

      Eduado Briceño Florez

      MSc student

      Eduardo holds a double major in History and Political Science from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. He was the Editor of the collaborative journalism lab of La Silla Vacia, considered among the most influential media outlets in his country.

    • Axel Froissart

      Axel Froissart

      MSc student

      Axel is a graduate of McGill University and Sciences Po Paris. Having gained experience at the intersection of international governance and digitalisation, he is particularly interested in the political economy of tech.

    • Lilla Gabrieli

      Lilla Gabrieli

      MSc student

      Lilla holds a BA with a focus in American National Security from Harvard University. She has worked for several government agencies, researched at the Harvard Kennedy School, and investigated online disinformation for a counter disinformation company.

    • Anju Gaston

      Anju Gaston

      MSc student

      Anju graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Human, Social, and Political Sciences. Prior to joining the OII, she worked as a User Researcher at Cleo AI.

    • Sven Giegerich

      Sven Giegerich

      MSc student

      Sven is a trained economist from Mannheim (Heidelberg), and previously worked at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW). Sven’s research interest lies between market design and institutional rules.

    • Thomas Hakman

      Thomas Hakman

      MSc Student

      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 also has experience in clinical research and the telecom industry.

    • Sina Hartung

      Sina Hartung

      MSc Student

      Sina graduated from Ludwig-Maximilians-Univerisity Munich with a BSc in Economics. Prior to joining the OII, she gained experience in banking and technology.

    • William Hawkins

      William Hawkins

      MSc student

      Will is a part-time MSc student at the OII with an interest in algorithmic fairness, explainability, and wider AI ethics. He currently works in DeepMind's Ethics team, and was previously a consultant within PwC's Sustainability & Climate Change team.

    • Laura Herman

      Laura Herman

      MSc student

      A 1+3 student at the OII and a researcher at Adobe, Laura studies the impact of technology on creative expression & perception. She previously studied Neuropsychology, Cognitive Science, and Cultural Studies at Princeton University.

    • Anais Herne

      Anais Herne

      MSc student

      Anais’ interests include the political and legal implications of online data collection, digital microtargeting, and the ability of modern technology to enable disinformation. She has a BA in History and International Relations from King’s College London.

    • Emma Hine

      Emma Hine

      MSc student

      Emmie is pursuing an MSc in Social Science of the Internet. With a BA in Computer Science and Chinese, her interests include how ethical AI principals can be developed and propagated across organizations.

    • Mads Hoefer

      Mads Hoefer

      MSc student

      Mads studies the MSc in Social Data Science. He holds a background in PPE, with special interest in behavioural economics. He is keen on learning about the opportunities of digital trace data to improve analyses of human behaviour.

    • Patrick Hua

      Patrick Hua

      MSc student

      Patrick is an MSc student in the Social Data Science. He holds a BA in sociology from Southeast University.

    • Buddy Janssen

      Buddy Janssen

      MSc student

      Buddy holds degrees in History and Political Science and has been working for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission.

    • Ran Jiang

      Ran Jiang

      MSc student

      Ran has experience in advertising, marketing and research. Her interest includes how Internet shapes human behaviours and attitudes in the area of consumption, health and self-cognition.

    • Yennie Jun

      Yennie Jun

      MSc student

      Yennie is interested in computational social science and the intersection of tech with the humanities, especially through the lens of gender.

    • Prathm Juneja

      Prathm Juneja

      MSc student

      Prathm Juneja holds a BA and BS in Political Science and Computer Science from Notre Dame. He is interested in how technology can improve governance. Previously, he worked for a U.S. presidential campaign and various city governments.

    • Daniel Kandie

      Daniel Kandie

      MSc student

      Daniel has a background in economics and computer science. His interests lie in digital economies and the role of big data in economic development. He previously worked as a data scientist at the social media start-up 'Tonit'.

    • Tyrique King

      Tyrique King

      MSc student

      Tyrique King's primary research interests include the use of AI and data for Education and Psychometrics (Intelligence & Personality), and the ethics regarding the development and deployment of AI, and other nascent technologies, for social good.

    • Paula Johanna Kirchhof

      Paula Johanna Kirchhof

      MSc Student

      Paula Johanna is an OII MSc student striving to reduce social inequality by employing online nudges, and is interested in behavioural/social/thick data sciences and their ethical boundaries. Paula Johanna previously worked as a behavioural economist.

    • Hannah Kirk

      Hannah Kirk

      MSc student

      Hannah lived in Beijing for two years, researching computational propaganda, recommender systems and China AI. She co-founded a software start-up delivering algorithmic fairness. Hannah holds a BA from Cambridge University and an MA from Peking University

    • Olga Kokh

      Olga Kokh

      MSc student

      Olga studied Computer Science at New York University before spending 5 years working at YouTube. She has an interest in internet governance and comedy.

    • Olga Kotova

      Olga Kotova

      MSc student

      Olga studied physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. During her studies she worked at the Laboratory of Adaptive Data Processing Methods and at the Laboratory of Laser Spectroscopy Solutions of Supramolecular Compounds and Nanostructures.

    • Luisa Kurth

      Luisa Kurth

      MSc student

      Luisa is interested in the effects of technologies on child development and well-being. She holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Mannheim and has previously worked at the OECD.

    • Madeline Libbey

      Madeline Libbey

      MSc student

      Madeline is interested in the political and social dynamics of digital movements. She worked at Access Now, Stanford's Global Digital Policy Incubator and the Aspen Institute's Tech Policy Hub. She holds a B.A. from Stanford in Political Science.

    • Huiyi Lyu

      Huiyi Lyu

      MSc student

      Huiyi has a particular interest in e-government and political implications of China's economic rise.

    • Linda Ma

      Linda Ma

      MSc Student

      Linda is a qualitative specialist at the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government. She studied economic anthropology at the Australian National University, with interests in consumption and the sharing economy.

    • Lindiwe Makgalemele

      Lindiwe Makgalemele

      MSc student

      Lindiwe holds a BA in History and Science from Harvard University.

    • Alexander Mann

      Alexander Mann

      MSc student

      Alex is studying for an MSc in Social Data Science at the OII. He holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol. 

    • Mischa Marcuta

      Mischa Marcuta

      MSc Student

      Mischa received his undergraduate degree from University College London and works at Microsoft as an application development specialist. He is interested in fintech and behavioral economics, particularly how heuristic biases affect cryptocurrency trading.

    • Claire McBride

      Claire McBride

      MSc student

      Claire is a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied Cognitive Science and German. Her interests include data privacy, ethics, and technology policy.

    • Hilary McLauchlin

      Hilary McLauchlin

      MSc student

      Hillary is a recent graduate of Harvard University with an A.B. in History & Literature and East Asian Studies. She is particularly interested in digital culture, surveillance, and internet governance.

    • Jack Miller

      Jack Miller

      MSc student

      Jack is interested in the intersection of the Internet and mental health. He holds a BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, where he conducted research on neuroplasticity.

    • Goda Mockutė

      Goda Mockutė

      MSc student

      Goda holds an MA with honours in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and is currently studying for an MSc in Social Data Science.

    • Nerissa Naidoo

      Nerissa Naidoo

      MSc student

      Nerissa is interested in the role of the internet in shaping both minority identities and pop culture. Originally from South Africa, she has an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, and has worked at a digital rights NGO in Beirut.

    • Annabel Ngien

      Annabel Ngien

      MSc student

      Annabel holds a BSocSci (Hons) in Communications and New Media from the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include new media and wellbeing, the health effects of Internet use and socio-psychology of social media.

    • Jakob Nordfeldt

      Jakob Nordfeldt

      MSc student

      After completing his BSc degree at the Stockholm School of Economics, Jakob has continued exploring how consumption is changing and has founded Skrym - a logtech startup reducing emissions in eCommerce.

    • Valery Otieno

      Valery Otieno

      MSc student

      Valery Otieno is interested in the power of digital culture in African media representation. She holds a BA in History from Pomona College (USA) and has worked at Google and African Women Development Fund USA.

    • Subin Park

      Subin Park

      MSc Student

      Subin studied Business Administration at Seoul National University and graduated with distinction. She also had an exchange semester at Rotman Commerce Management of the University of Toronto and has extensive work experience at Samsung Electronics GmbH.

    • Robin Park

      Robin Park

      MSc student

      Robin is interested in the digitalization of politics and data-led policy design. She holds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College.

    • Rose Payne

      Rose Payne

      MSc student

      Rose’s interest in global digital economy-building exercises and upholding digital rights comes from her work for United Nations agencies and the GSMA (the mobile trade association). She holds a BA in English Lit. from Oxford University.

    • Antonella Perini

      Antonella Perini

      MSc Student

      Antonella holds a BA in International Relations from Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina) and an MA in International Relations Europe-Latin America from Università di Bologna. She works at a civil society organization political innovation projects.

    • Mira Pijselman

      Mira Pijselman

      MSc student

      Mira studies at the intersection of technology and moral philosophy, with an emphasis on the development of technology for social good. She has worked previously in technology governance and holds an HBA from the University of Toronto.

    • Paulius Rauba

      Paulius Rauba

      MSc student

      Paulius Rauba is a Shirley Scholar at the Oxford Internet Institute and holds a BSc in Economics and Politics. He has work experience as a Data Scientist and a Data Analyst, and has been teaching Data Analytics at coding schools.

    • Cameron Raymond

      Cameron Raymond

      MSc student

      Cameron holds an Honours B.Comp from Queen's University (Computer Science, Political Studies). His interests span network science, machine learning and computational social science – focusing on political communication online.

    • Rachel Ricucci

      Rachel Ricucci

      MSc student

      Rachel is interested in the application of recommender software systems in e-commerce. She has worked in consumer retail and private equity, and holds a BA in English and Art History from Williams College.

    • Olga Romanova

      Olga Romanova

      MSc student

      I studied bioengineering and global health/ health policy as an undergraduate. Most recently, I completed a Maters in Public Policy here at Oxford. I am interested in the intersection of health, technology and policy.

    • Alexandra Rottenkolber

      Alexandra Rottenkolber

      MSc student

      After finishing her B.Sc. in Physics and Geography, Alexandra continued with a Master’s degree in Public Policy. Her interest in combining different approaches to answer societal questions led her to the field of Social Data Science.

    • Patrick Savoie

      Patrick Savoie

      MSc student

      Patrick is a student on MSc Social Data Science.

    • Julia Schuller

      Julia Schuller

      MSc student

      With a BSc. in Informatics and a Minor in Philosophy from the TU Munich Julia is interested in responsible strategies to guide the technological advance.

    • Kassie Scott

      Kassie Scott

      MSc student

      Kassie is a Social Data Science MSc student. She has worked in Romania, Liberia, and, most recently, Washington, DC with the Urban Institute. She holds a BA in English and Sociology with honors from Washington and Lee University.

    • Maxine Setiawan

      Maxine Setiawan

      MSc student

      Maxine graduated from University College London and worked in startups and ecommerce companies in Southeast Asia. Her interests include social networks analysis and content analysis.

    • Stephanie Sheir

      Stephanie Sheir

      MSc student

      Stephanie holds a BSc in Politics from the London School of Economics. Her research interests include internet governance, online content regulation and artificial intelligence risk.

    • William Silver

      William Silver

      MSc Student

      William holds a BA in Geography from Durham University. His research interests include the epistemological foundations of 'data-driven' social science, the potential of 'big data' quantitative research methods, and the ethics of algorithms.

    • Andrea Simenstad

      Andrea Simenstad

      MSc student

      Andrea joins the OII as a full-time MSc student after working with the Zooniverse at the University of Minnesota. She graduated from Carleton College with a BA in Cognitive Science.

    • Justyna Slowik

      Justyna Slowik

      MSc Student

      Justyna holds MA from the University of St Andrews. She spent a year at the Renmin University exploring the concept of technology-enabled social credit score and China's rising semiconductor industry.

    • XW Song

      XW Song

      MSc student

      XW is an MSc in Social Data Science student at the OII. He holds a BA in Sociology from Singapore’s NTU, with minors in Computing and Entrepreneurship. His current research interests relate to the digital economy and culture industry.

    • Kristijana St Clair

      Kristijana St Clair

      MSc student

      Kristijana holds a BA from the University of Southern California. Her research interests include online education and learning, youth and social media, and the digitization of arts and cultural industries.

    • Jake Stein

      Jake Stein

      MSc student

      Jake researches data inequality, differential privacy, and quantitative methods for data ethics. Jake received his B.A. from Yale focusing on digital media critical theory, and worked as a Product Researcher in San Francisco.

    • Leon Straihamer Klingborg

      Leon Straihamer Klingborg

      MSc student

      After graduating with a BSc in political science from Lund University, Leon is now a MSc student at OII. His research interest mainly revolves around online dissemination of controversial ideas, in particular conspiracy theories.

    • Marlene Straub

      Marlene Straub

      MSc student

      Marlene is interested in the privatisation of law enforcement online and its effects on the freedoms of expression and to information. She holds an LLM from the University of Edinburgh.

    • Yingxian Tang

      Yingxian Tang

      MSc student

      Yingxian Tang holds a M.A. in International Communication from Journalism School of Fudan University. She is interested in digital literacy and investigating the participation and power of today’s digital natives through AI and political economy lens.

    • Jessica Taylor

      Jessica Taylor

      MSc student

      Jessica graduated from Oxford University in 2020 and holds a BA in English Language and Literature.

    • Lauren Thomas

      Lauren Thomas

      MSc student

      Lauren holds a BA from Northwestern University. Before coming to Oxford, she worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and studied economics as a Fulbright Scholar at Université Lumière Lyon in France.

    • Dylan Thurgood

      Dylan Thurgood

      MSc student

      Dylan is interested in the impact of social networks on opinion dynamics, political participation and collective intelligence alongside effective policy design. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.

    • Maddy Tung

      Maddy Tung

      MSc student

      Maddy Tung has a background in Defense, National Security, Computer Science, Mathematics, Humanities, and Mandarin. As a Rhodes and Truman Scholar, she hopes to preserve democratic systems against threats from AI, ML, and cyber and information warfare.

    • Giselle Valdez

      Giselle Valdez

      MSc student

      Giselle holds a BA in Literature from Columbia University and is interested in the intersection of digital media studies and privacy law. She has worked on Google’s legal team and at voting rights organizations in New York City and Washington DC.

    • Anqi Wang

      Anqi Wang

      MSc student

      Anqi is a Social Science of the Internet MSc student with research interests in Internet regulation, digital divide and the historical analysis of media studies. She holds a BA in Book and Media Studies from the University of Toronto.

    • Andrew Watson

      Andrew Watson

      MSc student

      Andy is a graduate of Mathematics from Oxford University. He is interested in data ethics and social mobility.

    • Gill Whitehead

      Gill Whitehead

      MSc Student

      Gill has worked for Google as Senior Director of Client Solutions & Analytics, leading teams in data analysis, measurement, user experience, consumer segmentation and insights. Gill is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Camelot and Informa plc.

    • Tom Williams

      Tom Williams

      MSc student

      Tom is a part-time MSc student at the OII. He holds a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Creative Writing, and works as a digital strategy consultant. Tom's research interests include the ethical use of algorithmic personalisation and recommendation.

    • Kelly Wing

      Kelly Wing

      MSc student

      Kelly holds a BA in Linguistics from Cambridge University. In her free time, she thinks about language, food and existential risk.

    • Maggie Xu

      Maggie Xu

      MSc student

      Maggie holds a BA from Vanderbilt University; she double-majored in Mathematics and Economics, and minored in Computer Science. She has previously worked as a Data & Analytics Architect.

    • Elaine Xu

      Elaine Xu

      MSc student

      Elaine holds a BA in Journalism from Zhejiang University. Her interests include social networks, interaction between online and offline behaviours, and industrial Internet of things. She is working as a product manager and exploring Internet Niche Market.

    • Brianna Yang

      Brianna Yang

      MSc student

      Brianna is studying for an MSc in Social Science of the Internet. She recently graduated from Columbia with a BA in Political Science and History.

    • Tianyu Ye

      Tianyu Ye

      MSc student

      Tianyu holds an MS in Statistics from University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include data and law, data privacy and AI policy.

    • Shiv Yucel

      Shiv Yucel

      MSc student

      Shiv studied economics, politics and psychology at the University of Toronto. He is very interested in using novel techniques and approaches to study individual decision-making within the context of larger economic and health trends.

    • Willem Zents

      Willem Zents

      MSc student

      Willem holds a BSc in Governance, Economics, and Development from Leiden University College. Prior to joining the OII, he worked at an online supermarket scale-up in Amsterdam.

    • Terry Zhang

      Terry Zhang

      MSc student

      Terry has a background in sustainability and computer science from the University of Waterloo with experiences in green building analysis. He seeks to better understand and facilitate sustainable behaviours using insights from the digital realm.

    • Simon Junyi Zhang

      Simon Junyi Zhang

      MSc Student

      Enthusiastic about the structural problems and interactions among technology, the minority and civil society, Simon has an interdisciplinary background that combines humanities and technology. He graduated from Nankai University.

    • Jianlong Zhu

      Jianlong Zhu

      MSc student

      Jianlong Zhu is an MSc Social Data Science student interested in the governance of personal data and fairness in data-driven policymaking. He holds a BA in Liberal Arts.

    • David Zhu

      David Zhu

      MSc student

      David is curious about on Smart Cities, IoT, and Echo Chamber. Before joining OII, David graduated from LSE and had worked in the consulting sector. David is supported by the China Oxford Scholarship Fund.

    • Xuan Zhu

      Xuan Zhu

      MSc student

      Xuan has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. She is interested in the intersection of business, technology and policy and impactful interdisciplinary projects advocating emerging technologies’ use for good social targeting.

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    Research Associates

    Research Associates are honorary affiliates external to the OII, forming an extended and collaborative network of policy experts, scholarly researchers, and public intellectuals.

    • Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar

      Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar

      Research Associate

      Amir’s research focus is on the political economy of globalisation in the Global South, with a particular interest on the growth of knowledge economy and its impacts on the economy and society in Africa, in ongoing collaboration with Mark Graham.

    • Dr Fabian Braesemann

      Dr Fabian Braesemann

      Research Associate

      As a Research Associate at the OII, Dr Fabian Braesemann's research focuses on social data science, including work on online labour markets with Vili Lehdonvirta.

    • Dr Christopher Burr

      Dr Christopher Burr

      Research Associate

      Dr Christopher Burr is a philosopher of cognitive science and artificial intelligence. His research explores philosophical and ethical issues surrounding the impact of technologies, such as AI, on mental health and well-being.

    • Dr Greetje (Gretta) Corporaal

      Dr Greetje (Gretta) Corporaal

      Research Associate

      Dr. Gretta Corporaal is a Sociologist of Work and Organizations, previously based at the Oxford Internet Institute, specializing in online labor platforms and the future of work and organizations in the digital economy.

    • Dr Stefano De Sabbata

      Dr Stefano De Sabbata

      Research Associate

      Stefano de Sabbata's research focuses on Internet and information geographies, as well as on geographic and mobile information retrieval. He is currently collaborating with Mark Graham on research into geographic bias in search engines.

    • Dr Madeleine Clare Elish

      Dr Madeleine Clare Elish

      Research Associate

      Madeleine leads the AI on the Ground Initiative at Data & Society, where she and her team investigate the promises and risks of integrating AI technologies into society, including research with Gina Neff on Work and AI.

    • Dr Nicolas Friederici

      Dr Nicolas Friederici

      Research Associate

      Nicolas studies digital entrepreneurship and collaborative innovation in challenging environments, such as low-income and post-conflict countries in Africa.

    • Dr Alexander Görlach

      Dr Alexander Görlach

      Research Associate

      Alexander Görlach is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, working with Luciano Floridi on the impact of AI on democracy.

    • Dr Isis Hjorth

      Dr Isis Hjorth

      Research Associate and DPhil Alumna

      Isis is a cultural sociologist focusing on emerging practices related to networked technologies. She is currently researching microwork and virtual production networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, working with multiple colleagues at the OII.

    • Dr Otto Kässi

      Dr Otto Kässi

      Research Associate

      Otto Kässi is a labour economist with a background in econometrics. His research concentrates on empirical study of online labour markets, as part of the iLabour project with Vili Lehdonvirta.

    • Dr Martin Krzywdzinski

      Dr Martin Krzywdzinski

      Research Associate

      Martin Krzywdzinski is Professor of International Labour Relations at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg. As a labour sociologist he works with Mark Graham on projects relating to the future of platform work and fair work standards for this field.

    • Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou

      Dr Dimitra (Mimie) Liotsiou

      Research Associate

      Mimie was a postdoctoral researcher on the Computational Propaganda project. Her research interests include social influence, causal inference, computational social science, and data science, particularly using real-world data of online interactions.

    • Dr Silvia Milano

      Dr Silvia Milano

      Research Associate

      Silvia is a philosopher interested mainly in epistemology and ethics of Artificial Intelligence, working with Dr Brent Mittelstadt.

    • Dr Turkay Salim Nefes

      Dr Turkay Salim Nefes

      Research Associate

      Dr Turkay Salim Nefes is a sociologist working on online/offline diffusion and impacts of knowledge from different angles. He is currently collaborating with Jonathan Bright in investigating online conspiracy theories.

    • Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

      Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

      Research Associate

      Along with Philip Howard, Dr Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is co-director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Misinformation, Science and Media.

    • Dr Safiya Umoja Noble

      Dr Safiya Umoja Noble

      Research Associate

      Dr Safiya Noble is an Associate Professor at UCLA in the Department of Information Studies. Her research focuses on the design of digital media platforms and their impact on society, including work on public education on AI & algorithms with Gina Neff.

    • Dr Sarah Roberts

      Dr Sarah Roberts

      Research Associate

      Sarah Roberts is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. Her research focusses on information work and workers, collaborating with Gina Neff on AI and work.

    • Dr Chris Russell

      Dr Chris Russell

      Research Associate

      With Brent Mittelstadt and Sandra Wachter, Chris coordinates the Governance of Emerging Technologies (GET) Research Programme, investigating the legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies.

    • Emily Taylor

      Emily Taylor

      Research Associate

      Emily Taylor is the CEO of Oxford Information Labs Ltd. and a specialist in cybersecurity, internet law and governance, and surveillance laws. In collaboration with Philip Howard, she is involved in ongoing research around AI and Good Governance.

    • Dr Arthur Thomas

      Dr Arthur Thomas

      Research Associate

      Arthur Thomas is founder and CEO of Proteus Associates, a consultancy specialising in applying information technology to life sciences. Working with Ralph Schroeder, his current research explores predictive computational models of biological systems.

    • Dr Bertrand Venard

      Dr Bertrand Venard

      Research Associate

      Prof. Bertrand Venard is Rector of the French University of Armenia and Associate Researcher at the OII. He has developed several research projects about cybersecurity and corruption as Professor at Audencia Business School

    • Bertram Vidgen

      Bertram Vidgen

      DPhil Alumnus and Research Associate

      Bertram Vidgen's research focuses on far-right extremism in online contexts. An alumnus of the OII DPhil programme, he is engaged in ongoing collaborative research as a member of the Public Policy Programme at the Turing Institute.

    • Dr Netta Weinstein

      Dr Netta Weinstein

      Research Associate

      Netta Weinstein is a professor of clinical and social psychology at the University of Reading. She studies human motivation, behaviour and well-being in collaboration with Andrew Przybylski.

    • Dr Matt Willis

      Dr Matt Willis

      Research Associate

      Dr Willis is investigating the potential needs and uses of automation technologies in NHS Primary Care, and how automation will shape the future design of work in healthcare. He continues to work closely with OII Senior Fellow Professor Eric Meyer.

    • Dr Alex J Wood

      Dr Alex J Wood

      Research Associate

      Alex Wood is a sociologist of work and employment, focusing on the changing nature of employment relations and labour markets. As a member of the iLabour project, he is currently researching worker voice, organisation and action in the online gig economy.

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      Douglas Thornton

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      John Gilbert

      Web Developer

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      Arthur Bullard

      IT Officer

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      Patrick Wenham

      IT Officer

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    Research Facilitation

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      Katia Padvalkava

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      Tel: 01865 287236

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      David Sutcliffe

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      Tel: +44 (0)1865 287212

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      John Francis

      Research Support Officer

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      Tel: 01865 612341

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      Lucy Hennings

      Research Support Officer

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      Tel: 01865 287020

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      PA to Professor Luciano Floridi

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      Tel: 01865 212781

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      Email: pa.margetts@oii.ox.ac.uk

      Tel: 01865287210

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      Maisy Gills

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    Advisory Board

    • Sir Alex Allan KCB

      Sir Alex Allan KCB

      Advisory Board Member

      Sir Alex Allan served as the first UK Government e-Envoy, and is former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, UK Cabinet Office.

    • Mohamed Amersi

      Mohamed Amersi

      Advisory Board Member

      Mohamed Amersi is the Founder and CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures.

    • Mitchell Baker

      Mitchell Baker

      Advisory Board Member

      Mitchell Baker co-founded the Mozilla Project and serves as Chairwoman of Mozilla.

    • Toby Coppel

      Toby Coppel

      Advisory Board Member

      Toby Coppel is Co-founder and Partner at Mosaic Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm focused on early stage investing across Europe with $300 million under management.

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      Alexsis de Raadt St James

      Advisory Board Member

      Alexsis is a business executive and investment professional with diverse experience in corporate finance, private equity, venture capital and technology. She is the founder and managing partner of Merian Ventures, a US and UK venture capital firm.

    • Professor William H. Dutton

      Professor William H. Dutton

      Advisory Board Member, Senior Fellow

      Bill Dutton was the OII’s Founding Director, a Fellow of Balliol College and the first Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University.

    • Dr James Manyika

      Dr James Manyika

      Advisory Board Member

      James Manyika is a Director (senior partner) at McKinsey & Company and one of the leaders of their Global High Tech Media and Telecom Practice based in Silicon Valley. He leads the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm's business and economics research arm.

    • Rosemary Martin

      Rosemary Martin

      Advisory Board Member

      Rosemary Martin is Vodafone Group General Counsel and Company Secretary.

    • Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng CEng CPsychol

      Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng CEng CPsychol

      Advisory Board Member

      Professor Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Southampton University and Past President of the British Computer Society

    • Professor Richard Susskind OBE

      Professor Richard Susskind OBE

      Visiting Professor and Advisory Board Chair

      A pioneer in the field of information technology and law, Richard Susskind is a Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is visiting Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and Chairman of the Advisory Board.

    • Conrad Young

      Conrad Young

      Advisory Board Member

      Conrad Young is the Global Managing Director of Deloitte’s Tax Management Consulting business. He led the tax software business in Deloitte and consults with large multi-national companies on the impact of technology and the internet on their tax compliance and reporting arrangements.

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      Chico Camargo

      Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science

      Dr Chico Camargo is an interdisciplinary researcher who develops and applies computational tools to study complex systems, collective human behaviour, public opinion dynamics and culture change.

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