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Marshall Van Alstyne is the Questrom Chair of Information Systems at Boston University where he studies the economics of information.

Mostafa Abdou is a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University’s Neuroscience Institute, exploring the intersections of language, psychiatry, and…

Doctor Doaa Abu-Elyounes is a Program Specialist for Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at UNESCO, and she is leading the implementation of the UNESCO…

Dr. Ajunwa is an award-winning tenured law professor and a graduate of Yale Law School and Columbia University. She is the Asa Griggs Candler…

Kendra Albert is a technology lawyer and a scholar of technology, gender, and power. They are currently a partner at [Albert Sellars LLP]…

Kim Albrecht conducts research at the intersection of data visualization, technology, and culture. He is a professor of information design at the…

Prof. Virgilio Almeida’s research centers on algorithmic and digital governance, social computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and ethics. His work…

Professor Altringer Eagle holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and master's degrees in multiple disciplines. Her academic career began at…

Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and Master in Science from the University of Oxford.

Joanne Armitage is a digital media practitioner, researcher and artist. She is a Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Leeds, Faculty…

Gabe Armstrong-Scott works with Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern on a philanthropy project to advance women’s health, wellbeing, and security globally.

Gwyn Arney-Sutherland works to improve patient safety by advancing medical device interoperability.

Chinmayi Arun is a research scholar, lecturer and the executive director of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.

Lisa Austin is a Professor and Chair in Law and Technology at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and recently served as an Associate Director…

Margo A. Bagley, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law.

Joe Bak-Coleman is a collective behavior scientist at the University of Washington and an applied external fellow at the Santa Fe Institute.

Aparna Balagopalan is a Research Scientist at WRITER in New York City.

Oren Bar-Gill’s scholarship focuses on the law and economics of contracts and contracting.

Louis is a technologist, researcher and campaigner with a focus on making tech issues more accessible to the public.

Solon Barocas is a Principal Researcher in the New York City lab of Microsoft Research, where he is a member of the Fairness, Accountability,…

John is associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern University and an associate director at the Northeastern Ethics Institute where he leads AI…

Christopher T. Bavitz is the WilmerHale Clinical Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Experiential and Clinical Education at Harvard Law School. He is…

Susan Benesch founded and directs the Dangerous Speech Project, to study speech that can inspire violence - and to find ways to prevent this, without…

Yochai Benkler is the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Harvard Law and a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman…

Francine Berman is a data scientist and the Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Research Professor at the University of…

Fernando is the research director of Media Cloud, and leads the Media Ecosystems Analysis Group. His research focuses on media representation, mis…

Elettra is an Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University.

Sam Blackman is a technology entrepreneur with a background in philosophy, logic, computer science, law, and education. He co-founded Nuvocargo, a…

Doreen Bogdan-Martin took office as Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023.

Serena Booth is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Brown University.

Beatriz Botero Arcila is an Assistant Professor of law in the digital information economy at Sciences Po Law School and Faculty Associate at the…

Ibtissam Bouachrine is a Faculty Associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a Professor at Smith…

Margaret Bourdeaux, MD, MPH, conducts research and field work focused on health systems and institutions in conflict affected states

Anu Bradford is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School.

Samuel Brasil is an Associate Professor at the National Judicial School and currently serves as Chief Justice of the Espirito Santo Court of Justice …

Nicole Brennan joins the Applied Social Media Lab as a Senior UX Designer. She is a Senior Product Designer and Board-Certified Cognitive…

Lauren Bridges is an Assistant Professor of media studies, faculty co-lead of the Digital Technology and Democracy Lab, and faculty affiliate of…

Cruz Brito is the Operations Administrator, Institutes.

Ben Brooks is an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center, Harvard.

Lionel Brossi is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Image at the University of Chile and Director of the Artificial Intelligence…

Lindsey D. Cameron is an assistant professor of management and the Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the Wharton School,…

Professor Carpenter graduated from Georgetown University in 1989 with distinction in Honors Government and received his doctorate in political…

Ana María Castillo is a researcher at the School of Communication Sciences at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) and co-leads…

Juliana Castro Varón is the Senior Design Editor of A.I. Initiatives at the New York Times and the Founder of the open source library and publishing…

George Chalhoub is an Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at University College London and an Associate Member at the Department of…

Anupam Chander is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown.

Vicky Charisi is a Research Scientist at MIT, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology and a Research Affiliate at Harvard University,…

I am an Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney and a former Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about regulating the development and deployment…

Yiling Chen is the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Daniel L. Chen is a W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, 2024-2025 Evelyn Green Davis…

Kasia Chmielinski (they/them) is a Senior Advisor on Data & AI at the United Nations and the Executive Director of the Data Nutrition Project, an…

Jonathan H. Choi is the James Carr Professor of Law at WashU Law, specializing in law and artificial intelligence, tax law, and statutory…

Tracy Chou is the founder and CEO of Block Party, a tech startup building consumer tools for online safety and privacy.

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury’s passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity. She is a pioneer in the field of applied algorithmic…

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media in the School of Communication and Director of the Digital…

Myojung Chung is an assistant professor of journalism and media innovation at Northeastern University.

Meredith D. Clark, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) is an associate professor of race and political communication in the School of Journalism & Media at the…

Gabriella (Biella) Coleman is the Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, a…

A. Feder Cooper is an incoming Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research and…

Sandra Cortesi is a Rudolf Mössbauer Assistant Professor for Participation and Diversity at the Technical University of Munich (with a dual…

Francisco Marmolejo Cossío is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boston College.

Sasha Costanza-Chock (she/they/ella/elle) is a researcher and designer who works to support community-led processes that build shared power,…

Nick Couldry is a sociologist of media and culture. He is Professor of Media Communications and Social Theory Emeritus and Professorial Research…

Jim Cowie is a serial entrepreneur and data scientist, and has been studying Internet measurement and data storytelling for more than 20 years. His…

USC Annenberg Associate Professor David Craig is a pioneer in the field of creator studies mapping the global rise of competing platform systems that…

Jack Cushman is the director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, a software and design lab at the Harvard Law School Library bringing library…

Primavera De Filippi is a Research Director at the National Center of Scientific Research in Paris, and Faculty Associate at the Berkman-Klein Center…

Juan Carlos De Martin is full professor of computer engineering at the Politecnico of Turin (Italy).

Sebastian Diaz is the Berkman Klein Center's Director of Technology. He guides the Berkman Klein Center's IT enterprise through a landscape of ever…

Karthik Dinakar is a computer scientist specializing in machine learning, natural language processing, and human-computer interaction.

Tomás Dodds is the director of the Public Tech Media Lab and an Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of…

Judith Donath is a writer, designer and artist whose work focuses on the co-evolution of technology and society. She has published numerous articles…

Finale Doshi-Velez is a Herchel Smith Professor in Computer Science at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She…

Evelyn Douek is an Assistant Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.

Dr. Elizabeth Dubois (PhD, University of Oxford) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and University Research Chair in…

Brenda Dvoskin writes and teaches at the intersection of sexuality and technology.

Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable and responsible so that people who aren't at the table do not end up on the menu.

Benjamin Eidelson is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Shelby’s interest in the Berkman Klein Center’s work flourished after completing the center’s CopyrightX course in 2019. She has since been…

Niva Elkin-Koren is the Stewart and Judy Colton Professor of Legal Theory and Innovation at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, the academic director…

Greg M. Epstein serves as the humanist chaplain at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His first book,…

Dr. Samson Esayas is an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law, University of Oslo, and also holds a 20% position…

Dr. Samson Esayas, an Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for…

Rob Eschmann is a writer, educator, filmmaker, and scholar from Chicago. Dr. Eschmann’s first book, When the Hood Comes Off: Racism and Resistance in…

Dr. Aymar Jean "AJ" Escoffery is the Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and Director of the…

Armando Guio Español is a global leader in digital policy and emerging technology governance. As Executive Director of the Global Network of Internet…

Dr. Mark Esposito is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy with appointments at Harvard University as well as Hult Int'l Business School. He is…

Jeannette Estruth is an historian of the twenty- and twenty- first century United States, with an emphasis on technology, labor, and the history of…

Jabari M. Evans is an Assistant Professor of Race and Media at the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications and a…

Nancy Fairbank is a Senior Strategic Projects Lead at Mercor, an AI startup in San Francisco.

Paul Fehlinger is a global leader at the intersection of policy, technology, capital, and entrepreneurship.

Mailyn Fidler is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Christian, a faculty associate, is professor of communication management at BI Norwegian Business School and a director of the Nordic Centre for…

Chris Finck is a Systems Admin and Geek member working to keep Berkman Klein Center servers and technology projects in check.

Brigitte is a geopolitical and misinformation researcher who focuses on the distribution and impact of misinformation across social media platforms…

William Fisher is a Berkman Klein Center Director. He is the WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Harvard Law School and he…

Jessica Fjeld is the Managing Director of the De|Center and an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center.

Camille François is a professor of practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and founding president of ROOST.

Rudy Fraser is a technologist, community organizer, and founder of Blacksky Algorithms, where he develops open-source infrastructure that lets…

Diana Freed is an Assistant Professor of Computer and Data Science at Brown University.

Nathan is the founder and director of Guardian Project, an award-winning, open-source, mobile security collaborative with millions of users and…

Mayo Fuster Morell is faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society in the Harvard University, where she has collaborated…

Margaret is a passionate finance leader with over 20 years of experience in building and scaling tech companies. 

Mariel García-Montes is a technology capacity builder and researcher from Mexico.

Antoinette (Toni) Gardner is the Director of Operations, Institutes.

Dr. Urs Gasser is Professor of Public Policy, Governance, and Innovative Technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he serves as…

Marissa Gerchick is a data scientist and researcher focused on the intersection of technology and civil rights, especially related to machine…

Noah Giansiracusa, PhD in math from Brown University, is an associate professor of mathematics at Bentley University (a business school near Boston)…

Eric Gilbert is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan.

Sharad Goel is a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

Matt Goerzen is a PhD student studying the History of Science at Harvard University.

Valerie Gomez (she/hers) is a Program Manager engaged with the Educational Initiatives at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard…

Gregory Gondwe is a scholar of journalism, technology, and society. He is Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Technologies at…

Mary L. Gray is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research.

Dr. Kishonna L. Gray is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan.

Ben Green is an assistant professor in the University of Michigan School of Information and an assistant professor (by courtesy) in the Gerald R…

Ben Grosser investigates how the designs of platform interfaces—from social media to AI chatbots—shape human behavior, desire, and culture.&nbsp…

Armando Guio Español is a lawyer, and graduated from Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia) in 2014 with an Honours Degree. He holds a Masters…

Shira Gur-Arieh is a doctoral student at Harvard Law School. Her dissertation examines questions that relate to legitimacy in machine-learning…

Jeffrey A. Hall is the Department Chair and Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at the University…

Houman Harouni is a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Woodrow Hartzog is a Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. His research focuses on law and policy issues related to privacy,…

Samer Hassan (he/they) is a Spanish/Lebanese activist and researcher, currently Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center, and Associate…

Jerome is an assistant research professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), a research affiliate at the Center for Law…

Jennifer Hickey comes to ASML with a passion for public interest technology and years of experience as a software engineer, civil rights attorney,…

Benjamin Mako Hill is a social scientist and technologist. In both roles, he works to understand the social dynamics that shape online communities.

Dr. Sameer Hinduja is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying…

Daniel E. Ho is the William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, Professor of Computer Science (by…

David Hornik is Founding Partner at Lobby Capital, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm. He is also a educator, art collector, Broadway…

Professor Hsieh is Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration and for 2021-2022, Acting Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at…

Seiji Isotani is the faculty director of the Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence master’s program at the University of Pennsylvania…

Malavika is the Executive Director of BKC spinoff, the Digital Asia Hub, an independent, non-profit internet and society research think tank based…

Dariusz Jmielniak is a Wikipedian, Full Professor of Management at Kozminski University, and an entrepreneur.

Dr. Bulelani Jili is an assistant professor at Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he is part of the African…

Professor John is a behavioral scientist who studies how people make decisions, and the wisdom or error of those decisions. In her primary line of…

Chelsea Baltierra Johnson is a Principal Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. An experienced software engineer and social impact organizer,…

Josh Joseph is Berkman Klein’s Chief AI Scientist, the first role of its kind at BKC.

Rebecca Kagan is an AI Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, working at the Department of Commerce Office of Policy and Strategic Planning on AI…

Jonas Kaiser is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Assistant Professor at Suffolk University, and member of the…

Rachel Kalmar is a data scientist, community organizer, and world record holder for number of wearable sensors worn continuously.

Margot Kaminski is the Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School and the Director of the Privacy Initiative at Silicon…

Sayash Kapoor is a Laurance S. Rockefeller Graduate Prize Fellow in the University Center for Human Values and a computer science Ph.D. candidate at…

Holden Karnofsky is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic, where he focuses on the design of the company's Responsible Scaling Policy and other…

Darius is a Senior Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab working on open social media standards with a focus on ActivityPub and the Fediverse.

Ryan Y. Kellett was most recently a 2025 Nieman-Berkman Klein fellow for Journalism Innovation at Harvard University.

Yannis is an Emerging Technologies Governance Expert, specializing in AI, Cybersecurity, and Web3.

Jay Kemp (they/them) is the Berkman Klein Center's Executive Assistant, working as an administrative and programmatic partner for the Executive…

Mehtab Khan is an Assistant Professor of Law at Cleveland State University College of Law, where she teaches intellectual property, artificial…

Samuel Klein is an engineer and archivist, currently working on automating knowledge synthesis and review.

Kate Klonick is an Associate Professor at St. John's University Law School, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and Yale Law School’s Information…

Jenny Korn is a feminist activist of color for social justice and a scholar of race and gender in mass media, online communication, and artificial…

Vasilis Kostakis is a Professor of Technology Governance and Sustainability at TalTech, Estonia, and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's…

Vivek Krishnamurthy is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law and Policy Clinic (TLPC) at the University…

Gretchen Krueger is an AI policy researcher focused on increasing accountability in AI development.

Ezekiel Kwetchi Takam is a PhD researcher at the University of Geneva and a 2024-2025 Berkman Klein Fellow at Harvard University.

AI policy, governance, law, platform safety

Rebekah Larsen is a media sociologist with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Crystal Lee is an assistant professor in Computational Media and Design at MIT with a joint appointment in the Schwarzman College of Computing and…

Rosemary is a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, joining the Internet Robustness team, building awareness and facilitating global …

Alberto Leon is a senior software engineer specializing in decentralized identity architecture and mobile technologies, with extensive contributions…

Greg Leppert is the Chief Technologist of the Berkman Klein Center. He is also the Executive Director of the Institutional Data Initiative, a…

Larry Lessig works on law and technology.

Maroussia researches AI governance, building on previous work on AI and human rights at Global Affairs Canada.

Harry Lewis (AB’68, PhD’74) is Gordon McKay Research Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and…

Kevin is a joint J.D./Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Law School and MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Baihan Lin is a tenure-track professor in AI, psychiatry, and neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he directs the Bytes…

Michelle is Berkman Klein Center’s Finance & Operations Administrator. Prior to BKC, Michelle worked in nonprofit operations in Boston and…

Ava Liu is the Post-Doctoral Fellow In Law, Technology and Labor, hosted by the Center for Labor and A Just Economy at Harvard Law School and…

Andres Lombana-Bermudez is a researcher, designer, and educator based in Bogota, Colombia.

Taylor Lowe is an architectural designer and a cultural anthropologist whose work studies how political imaginaries materialize through design…

Dr. Asaf Lubin is an Associate Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and an Affiliated Faculty at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global…

Nathaniel Lubin has spent his career focused on digital strategy, technology, and politics.

Alexander 'amac' Macgillivray is a lawyer & coder.

Caio Vieira Machado is a Brazilian lawyer and social scientist focused on AI governance, fairness, platform regulation, and scientific disinformation…

Colin Maclay specializes in understanding and creating the conditions for innovation and change, which often means collaboratively and creatively…

Dr. Faith Majekolagbe is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta.

David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,…

Meg is the Senior Director of the Applied Social Media Lab, focusing on building public interest technology that helps make information available and…

Matt is a Senior UX Designer at the Applied Social Media Lab, working on a variety of projects that serve the public good. He has over a decade…

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is a Faculty Associate of the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and the University…

Kalie Mayberry serves as the Project Manager for the Applied Social Media Lab.

Chelsea joined BKC in August 2021. She supports projects for the Center's leadership team, the RSM visiting scholars program, and helps manage BKC's…

Sean McGregor is a machine learning safety researcher whose efforts have included starting up the Digital Safety Research Institute at the UL…

Andrew McLaughlin is Chief Operating Officer at SandboxAQ.

Jasmine McNealy is an attorney, critical public interest technologist, and social scientist who studies emerging media & technology with a view…

James Mickens is an associate professor of computer science at Harvard University. His research focuses on the performance, security, and robustness…

Stefania Milan works at the intersection of political participation, technology, and governance, with focus on infrastructure and political agency.

Brendan A. Miller is a Principal Engineer with the Applied Social Media Laboratory. He researches and develops innovative protocols, architectures…

Gilad Mills is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University, where his research and teaching focus on legal theory and the…

Martha Minow has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981, where her courses include civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international…

Margaret Mitchell is a researcher focused on machine learning (ML) and ethics-informed AI development in tech.

Andras Molnar is an Affiliate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and serves as Senior Digital Policy Manager &…

Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing on the impacts of migration technologies on people crossing borders.

Sarah is the Outreach Coordinator at the Applied Social Media Lab, where she develops partnerships and builds collaborative networks to advance…

Dylan Moses is a law clerk specializing at the intersection of emerging technologies and legal frameworks surrounding online speech, privacy,…

Víctor Muñoz is an Industrial Engineer, MBA, and expert in Digital Transformation.

Jon Murley is the Center’s Administrative Director

Brian Michael Murphy is a media archaeologist and writer who work cuts across disciplines and genres.

Backtosch Mustafa, MD, MPH, is a physician and public health expert who works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and health…

Tomo Nagashima is a learning scientist and Human-Computer Interaction researcher who works closely with education stakeholders (e.g., teachers,…

Arvind Narayanan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University and the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy.

David Nemer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies, and an Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Anthropology and in the…

Charles R. Nesson is the William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Founder of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and…

Dr. Russell Newman is an Associate Professor in Digital Media and Culture at Emerson College’s Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and…

Sarah Newman is the Director of Art & Education at metaLAB at Harvard.

Aileen Nielsen is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, where she teaches privacy law and torts.

Nick Nugent is an assistant professor of law at the University of Tennessee, where he specializes in cybersecurity, AI, computer crime, internet law,…

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Ruth L. Okediji is a renowned scholar in international intellectual property (IP) law and a foremost authority on the role of intellectual property…

Ngozi Okidegbe is a Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Computing & Data…

David W. Opderbeck is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology and Institute for Privacy Protection at…

International lawyer and researcher on digital trade, dispute resolution, global governance of Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies, and…

Julie Owono is the Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontieres, and the founder of the Content Policy & Society Lab, an organization first…

Yong Jin Park is a Professor at the School of Communications at Howard University.

Alex Pascal is the Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

Desmond Upton Patton is the thirty-first Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor. He holds joint appointments in the School of Social Policy &…

Dr. Jonnie Penn, FRSA, is an educator, broadcaster, and public speaker who theorizes the social implications of information technologies. Penn is an…

Jon is a legal scholar and social scientist based at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, where he is an Associate Professor and…

Gord Pennycook is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Cornell University.

Najarian R. Peters earned her J.D. at Notre Dame Law School and her B.A. at Xavier University of Louisiana.

Kathy Pham is a computer scientist, product leader, and founder who has held roles in product management, software engineering, data science, people…

Leah Plunkett is the inaugural Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online and Associate Dean of Learning Experience and Innovation (LXI) at…

At the Berkman Klein Center, Trisha Prabhu works alongside Professor Jonathan Zittrain to explore the viability of information fiduciaries, described…

Dasha Pruss is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center, where…

Kathy Qian is a Senior Software Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. Her engineering work is focused on creating functional and thoughtfully…

Sarah is a computer science PhD candidate at Harvard.

David Rand is the Erwin H. Schell Professor and Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT.

Pariroo Rattan is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and is completing a secondary field in…

Alan Raul is Senior Counsel and founder of Sidley Austin LLP’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice and a member of the firm’s top ranked Crisis…

Maria José (Maia) Ravalli is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Dr. Elissa M. Redmiles is the Clare Luce Boothe Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. She was previously a Faculty Member…

Ben Reininga is the VP of Audio and Video at Politico, a role in which he works with teams in the US and Europe to build out a portfolio of shows and…

Ben Reis is Director of the Predictive Medicine Group and a member of the Faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Children's Hospital…

Paul Resnick is the Michael D. Cohen Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and Director of the Center for Social…

Manon Revel is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind.

Paola Ricaurte is a full professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard…

Neil Richards is one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, information law, and freedom of expression.

Johnny is a Senior Software Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab working on making social media discourse safer and more democratic while…

Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D. is an associate professor of journalism at USC Annenberg, specializing in how African Americans use mobile and social…

Dr. James Riley is an economic sociologist.

Rebecca is the former Executive Director, Institutes, who led the Institute for Rebooting Social Media and the Applied Social Media Lab within the…

Nagla Rizk is Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in…

Zoe is a Principal Engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab. Her work focuses on preserving news media, facilitating platform transparency, and…

Dario Rodighiero is an Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Groningen, where he is involved in programs that…

César Rodríguez-Garavito is an Earth rights scholar, a field lawyer, and the founding director of the MOTH (More-Than-Human) Life Program at NYU…

Magda Romanska is a Professor of Performing Arts and Media at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and Researcher at metaLAB (at) Harvard. She chairs the…

Yoel Roth is a trust and safety practitioner and researcher.

Deb Roy is professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT where he directs the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC).

Tom Rubin is currently chief of intellectual property and content at OpenAI, where his responsibilities include products, partnerships, and global…

Tim G. J. Rudner is an Assistant Professor of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto, a Faculty Member at the Vector Institute of…

Nathan Sanders is a data scientist focused on creating open technology to help vulnerable communities and all stakeholders participate in the…

Dr. Holli Sargeant is a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Cambridge, specialising in the intersection of law and AI.

Roslyn M. Satchel is a womanist scholar-activist in the Pan-African Studies tradition who examines human rights and civic engagement at the…

Jeffrey is the founder/faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard and one of the faculty co-directors of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and…

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist.

R. Trebor Scholz is a researcher, author, and advocate for fair and sustainable digital labor practices. He is a professor and the founding director…

Lara (she/her) is a Product Manager for the Applied Social Media Lab’s discourse work. She is working on tools that address barriers to discourse…

Sarah Schwettmann is a neuroscientist and machine learning researcher based at MIT.

Nick Seaver is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University, where he also directs the program in Science, Technology & Society.

Elaine Sedenberg serves on a small strategy team for the President of Global Affairs at Meta, and covers issues across Policy, Communications, and…

Andrew Selbst is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law.

Margo I. Seltzer is the Cheriton Family Chair in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia

Nishant Shah is an Associate Professor of Global Media and the Director of the Digital Narratives Studio, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Nadiyah Shaheed is eager to assist in her role as Center Coordinator in advancing Berkman Klein Center's mission of "advancing public interest at the…

Aaron Shaw is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology (by courtesy) at Northwestern University, co-founder of the Community Data…

Stuart Shieber is the James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at…

Samantha Shireman is a passionate pragmatist who develops technology products that break through the digital walls that divide people into polarized…

Brandon is an expert on data access & transparency and he's helping the Center think through and build new transparency tools focused on social media.

Ram Shankar Siva Kumar is a Data Cowboy working on the intersection of machine learning and security.

Sarah Sobieraj is Professor of Sociology at Tufts University with expertise in US political culture, extreme incivility, digital abuse and harassment…

Alicia Solow-Niederman is an associate professor of law at The George Washington University Law School.

Swati Srivastava is Associate Professor of Political Science and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University and a Non-Resident Scholar on…

Allison Stanger is Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professor; Co-Director (with Danielle Allen),

Stefanie Stantcheva is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard and founder of the Social Economics Lab.

Abbey Stemler is an Associate Professor and Weimer Faculty Fellow in the Department of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University's Kelley School…

Christopher Stubbs is an experimental physicist working at the interface between particle physics, cosmology and gravitation.

Peter Suber works for the growth of open access to research, within Harvard and beyond.

Madhavi Sunder is the Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral…

Rebecca Tabasky is honored to be part of the Berkman Klein Center core team as the Director of Community

Zahra Takhshid is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Director for the Program in Law and Emerging…

Professor Amanda Third (PhD) is Professorial Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture & Society, and Co-Director of the Young and Resilient…

Bridget Todd is a frequently cited expert, trainer, and speaker on combating disinformation and extremism online, advocating for social media…

Nora Trapp is an engineer at the Applied Social Media Lab, where she is deeply passionate about advancing privacy as a fundamental human right. With…

Zeynep Tufekci is an academic and writer who focuses on big social challenges that defy disciplinary boundaries and simple answers

Rebecca Tushnet is the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Law School. Her work currently focuses on copyright, trademark, and…

Sahana Udupa is Professor of Media Anthropology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Germany, and founder of the Center for…

Salil Vadhan is the Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied…

Rory Van Loo's research focuses on how technological, market, and social shifts invite a rethinking of the regulatory framework for consumer-facing…

Fernanda Viégas is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, and Sally Starling Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced…

Salomé is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan Law School, where she teaches and writes about contracts, privacy, commercial surveillance and…

Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger is a Professor of Law and Medicine at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and ETH Zurich (Switzerland). She is also a…

Fred von Lohmann is a copyright lawyer and strategic adviser at OpenAI, where he previously served as Deputy General Counsel for Copyright.

Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter is Professor of Technology and Regulation at the University of Oxford at the Oxford Internet Institute.

j. Siguru Wahutu is an Assistant Professor of Sociology & African Studies at Yale University and a Fellow at the MacMillan Center of International…

Joseph B. Walther holds the Bertelsen Presidential Chair in Technology and Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a…

Anne L. Washington, PhD is a scholar of public interest technology at Duke University. She holds the Rothermere Associate Professor chair in…

I am a professor at Harvard, where I co-lead the Insight + Interaction Lab with long-time collaborator Fernanda Viégas. I'm also a part-time member…

Jess Weaver is a nonprofit communicator, evaluator, and qualitative UX researcher with a focus on civic technology.

Moira Weigel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and serves on the Executive Committee of Women’s, Gender, and…

David Weinberger, Ph.D. writes about the effect of technology — especially AI and the Internet — on our ideas about ourselves, our world, and…

Jordi Weinstock is a Senior Advisor to Harvard’s Institute for Rebooting Social Media. He has served as a Lecturer at Harvard Law School in Internet …

Samantha Weinstock is the Executive Director of the United States - Japan Innovation Institute, a US nonprofit, and a visiting researcher and…

Johanna Wild is an open source researcher at the intersection of investigative journalism and public interest technology. She works for Bellingcat,…

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Ellen Willemin is the Program Manager for Educational Initiatives at the Berkman Klein Center.

Apryl Williams is a jointly appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute at the…

Dr. Eraldine Williams-Shakespeare is an educator and certified instructional designer and evaluator with over 24 years of experience.

Dave Willner is a Co-Founder at Zentropi, the company behind CoPE, a best-in-class small language model capable of accurate and steerable content…

Christo Wilson is a Professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University.

Alexandra Wood is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Policy, and Society in the Department of Political Science at Purdue…

Mark Wu is a Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His work focuses on international trade and international intellectual property…

Wu is an Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU and a former BKC fellow (2023–24).

Qunfang Wu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information at Florida State University and a former Berkman Klein Center fellow.

Maria Xynou is a co-founder and director of the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a nonprofit organization that provides free software…

Juncheng “Tony” Yang is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the partner at CIVIS Design and Advisory.

Crystal S. Yang is the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Amanda (she/her) is the senior director of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Health Communication and a lecturer in its…

Tom Zick is an AI researcher and attorney, currently serving as Director of Responsible AI at Charles Schwab and as an Affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman…

Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor of…

Jonathan Zong is an Assistant Professor of Information Science who leads the Data & Design Group at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Faculty…

Ethan Zuckerman is associate professor of public policy, information and communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and director of…

There’s a new boss in town: Friday is the Special Assistant to the Director of Community.