People

Faculty

Directorate

Professor Victoria Nash

Director, Associate Professor, and Senior Policy Fellow

Victoria Nash is the OII's 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

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

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 Philip Howard

Professor of Internet Studies

Philip N. Howard 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow

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

Senior Research Fellow

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

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 Brent Mittelstadt

Senior Research 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

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

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

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

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

Departmental Lecturer

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.

Research Staff

Pablo Aguera Reneses

Research Assistant

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

Researcher

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

Researcher

Aliaksandr Herasimenka is a political communication scholar and a postdoctoral researcher at the Programme on Democracy & Technology.
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

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

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

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.
Lisa-Maria Neudert

Research Assistant & DPhil Student

Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching platform governance and regulation in response to mis/disinformation.
Anne Ploin

Research Assistant & DPhil Student

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.
Dr Fabian Stephany

Researcher

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

Postdoctoral Researcher

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

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

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

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

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

Visiting Professors

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.
Professor Judy Wajcman

Visiting Professor

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

Visiting Fellows

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.
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.
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.

Visiting Policy Fellows

Ivana Bartoletti

Visiting Policy Fellow

Ivana Bartoletti is the Global Privacy Officer at Wipro, the leading international information technology, consulting and business process services company.
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

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

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

Visiting Policy Fellow

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

Visiting Policy Fellow

Rahaf Harfoush is a digital anthropologist and the Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture. She was named to France’s national digital council in 2021 and is the author of three books.
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

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

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.
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

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

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.
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

Visiting Policy Fellow

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

Visiting Policy Fellow

Luís Viegas Cardoso is a senior expert on digital, technology & innovation at the Advisory Service of the President of the European Commission. He delivers academic lectures & seminars at Harvard University, ESCP Business School, & The College of Europe.
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

Joanna Rivera-Carlisle

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

Julian is a DPhil student at the OII.
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

DPhil Student

Katarina Anders is a DPhil student at the OII.
Hubert Au

DPhil Student

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

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

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

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

Margie is a DPhil student at the OII.
Elizaveta Chernenko

DPhil Student

Lisa is a DPhil student at the OII.
Brianna Cho

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

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

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

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
Fabian Ferrari

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

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.
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

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.
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

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

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

DPhil Student

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

Research Assistant & DPhil Student

Lisa-Maria Neudert is a DPhil Student researching platform governance and regulation in response to mis/disinformation.
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 Pavliuc

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

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

Research Assistant & DPhil Student

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.
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

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.
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

DPhil Student

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.
Mary Sanford

DPhil Student

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

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.
Felix Simon

DPhil Student

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.
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

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

DPhil Student

Sarah Stewart is a DPhil student at the OII.
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

DPhil Student

James is a DPhil student at the OII.
Tarah Wheeler

DPhil Student

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

MSc student

Aliya Ahmad is studying MSc Social Science of the Internet.
Zeeshan Ali

MSc Student

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
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.
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.
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

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

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.
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.
Patrick Hua

MSc student

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

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.
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.
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.
Lindiwe Makgalemele

MSc student

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

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.
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.
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.
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

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

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.
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.
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

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

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.
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.
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

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

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

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.
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

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.
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

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.
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

MSc student

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

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

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

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

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.
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.
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

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.
Yihan Zhu

MSc student

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

Alumni

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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

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

Research Associate

As a Research Associate in Social Data Science 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

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.
Chico Camargo

Research Associate

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 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 Huw C. Davies

Research Associate

Huw's interests and projects can be broadly described as digital sociology - the study of how society shapes technology and vice versa, with ongoing collaboration with Rebecca Eynon.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Lofred Madzou

Research Associate and MSc Alumnus

Lofred Madzou’s interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, artificial intelligence and policy. The overarching theme of his work is "responsible AI" and he works in collaboration with Philip Howard.
Dr Kristoffer Magnusson

Research Associate

Kristoffer is a clinical psychologist at the Stockholm Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. His work is mainly concerned with studying various aspects of gaming and gambling disorder, in collaboration with Andrew Przybylski.
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

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

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

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

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

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.
Shelly Steward

Research Associate

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.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Dr Stefan Zohren

Research Associate

Stefan's research is focused on applied machine learning in finance, collaborating at the OII with research machine learning and financial news networks.

Administration

Head of Administration & Finance

Douglas Thornton

Head of Administration & Finance (On secondment at University Administration and Services)

Working closely with the Director and the Senior Executive Team, Douglas leads the Institute’s administration in implementing strategy, supporting teaching, research and policy engagement, and ensuring good governance and high-quality services.

Email: douglas.thornton@oii.ox.ac.uk

IT & Web Services

Arthur Bullard

Senior IT Officer

Arthur provides first line desktop support for users and is responsible for OII audio and video content production.

Email: help@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1865 612330
Patrick Wenham

IT Officer

Patrick offers first line support and helps with ad-hoc projects within the IT department.

Email: help@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 612330

Research Facilitation

Katia Padvalkava

Head of Research Facilitation

Katia oversees Research Facilitation in the department, and supports the growth and development of OII research activity. She co-ordinates preparation of research proposals, working with researchers from all career stages.

Email: katia.padvalkava@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 287236
David Sutcliffe

Senior Science Writer

David is the Managing Editor of the Policy and Internet Journal. He provides advice and editorial services to the OII faculty, and writes commissioned content for our publications.

Email: david.sutcliffe@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1865 287212
Lucy Hennings

Research Support Officer

Lucy works as part of the Research Facilitation team assisting on a range of research support and administrative tasks, as well as helping with research related compliance activities.

Email: lucy.hennings@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 287017

External Relations

Mark Malbas

Head of Strategic Relations and Policy Engagement

Mark’s focus is on increasing the public profile of the Oxford Internet Institute and working with partners and potential partners on mutually beneficial projects.

Email: mark.malbas@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 287220
John Gilbert

Web Developer

John is responsible for the development and maintenance of the OII’s suite of websites, including user experience, user interfaces, and the OII’s visual identity.

Email: webhelp@oii.ox.ac.uk
Sara Spinks

Media & Communications Manager

Sara manages all aspects of the OII's media and communications activities. She is first point of contact for all media enquiries.

Email: sara.spinks@oii.ox.ac.uk
Isabelle Malcolm

Events Officer

Isabelle manages the OII’s lectures, conferences, seminars, policy forums and other external and internal events. She has a background in operational logistics and communications. All event queries should be made to her.

Email: isabelle.malcolm@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 287223
Flora Seddon

External Relations Assistant

Flora provides administrative support to key OII projects and broader external relations activities.

Email: flora.seddon@oii.ox.ac.uk

Graduate Studies Support

Laura Maynard

DPhil Co-Ordinator

Laura manages all on-course administration for the OII’s DPhil Programme.

Email: dphil@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1865 287222
Christine Bunyan

Graduate Studies Manager

Chrissy manages the administrative support for the OII’s MSc and DPhil programmes, from recruitment and admissions, through to on-course student progression.

Email: christine.bunyan@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865 287020
David Pepper

Graduate Studies Assistant

David is the first point of contact for general enquiries relating to teaching

Email: teaching@oii.ox.ac.uk

Governance & Resources

Duncan Passey

Finance Officer

Duncan is responsible for the day to day financial management of the department.

Email: finance@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1865 287216
Ornella Sciuto

HR Officer

Ornella is responsible for the operation of the HR functions, she ensures that a professional, proactive and customer-focused HR service is delivered, consistent with University-wide guidelines.

Email: hr@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1865287011
Marie Lemon

EA to Professor Victoria Nash, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute

Marie is EA to Professor Victoria Nash and Professor Philip Howard and she is the first point of contact for all matters relating to the Director.
Danuta Farah

PA to Professor Luciano Floridi

Danuta is the first point of contact for all matters relating to Professor Floridi, and manages the Digital Ethics Lab.

Email: pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk
Sophie Cray

Personal Assistant

Sophie is the first point of contact for all matters relating to Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, Professor Sandra Wachter, Professor Andrew Przybylski and Dr Brent Mittelstadt.

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

Tel: 01865 212781
Karen Mead

Facilities Officer (Maternity Leave until May 2022)

Karen is responsible for maintaining the physical infrastructure of the OII and also oversees health and safety provisions for the department.
Krista Baker

Facilities Officer

Krista is responsible for maintaining the physical infrastructure of the OII and also oversees health and safety provisions for the department.

Email: facilities@oii.ox.ac.uk

Tel: 01865287210
Maisy Gills

Administrative Assistant

Maisy is the first point of contact for all enquiries at the OII. As an apprentice, she is also learning and providing support across all administrative functions of the department.

Email: enquiries@oii.ox.ac.uk

Advisory Board

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

Advisory Board Member

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

Advisory Board Member

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

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

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

Advisory Board Member

Rosemary Martin is Vodafone Group General Counsel and Company Secretary.
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

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

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.