### Linnet Taylor
[Linnet](https://linnettaylor.wordpress.com/) is an Associate Professor of Data Ethics, Law and Policy at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), where she leads the ERC-funded Global Data Justice project which aims to understand the different perspectives worldwide on what constitutes just treatment through data technologies. Her research focuses on the use of new sources of digital data in governance and research around issues of human and economic development. She was previously a Marie Curie research fellow in the University of Amsterdam’s International Development faculty, a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, and studied a DPhil in International Development at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
### Aaron Martin
[Aaron](http://sixfouronea.net/) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at TILT, where he focuses on humanitarian data topics within the Global Data Justice project. Prior to joining TILT, he worked in the financial services sector in the area of cyber governance and technology regulation. He has also worked in technology policy roles at the OECD, European Commission, and Vodafone Group. He is an Oxford Martin Associate at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre. He has a PhD in Information Systems and Innovation from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
### Siddharth Peter de Souza
Siddharth is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Global Data Justice project and is interested in the role data plays at the intersection of law and development. Prior to joining TILT he was a PhD researcher at Humboldt University Berlin, and has studied law at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Delhi. He previously worked as a German Chancellor Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and Rule of Law, Heidelberg and as a Judicial Clerk at the High Court of Delhi. Siddharth is the founder of [Justice Adda](http://www.justiceadda.com/), a legal design social venture in India, and a researcher at [FemLab.Co](https://femlab.co/).
### Hellen Mukiri-Smith
Hellen is a PhD Researcher on the Global Data Justice project. Her research interests include digital surveillance law, big data and power, data value chains, data governance and ethics, and the impact of data technologies on people’s privacy and other areas of human development. Hellen’s PhD research focuses on Kenya as a case study. Prior to joining TILT, she worked as a development policy consultant for the Government of The Bahamas, in the Office of The Prime Minister. She previously practiced law, and also taught law at The University of the Bahamas/University of the West Indies joint law program. Hellen has a Master of Science in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Laws from King’s College London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Bar Vocational Studies from Cardiff University, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Northampton. She has been called to the Bar in England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn and is registered as an Associate with the Supreme Court of The Bahamas.
### Shazade Jameson
Shaz is a social science researcher specializing in digital governance and smart urbanism, and a PhD Researcher on the Global Data Justice project. Her background spans international development studies, human geography, urban sustainability, and cognitive psychology. She is interested in how we can have a more inclusive global conversation around data governance in the context of economic growth. In particular, her research investigates the implications of data innovation in public sector governance of smart cities. What does it mean to move towards a digital society? Currently, she is thinking about the how uncertainty and adaptation are dealt with in experimental approaches to urban development, and how data-driven decision-making reshapes our relationship to the risk society.
### Joan López
Joan is a researcher and policy officer on the Global Data Justice project. He is a consultant at the Fundacion Karisma, a Colombian civil society organization that promotes human rights in digital environments. He was previously a Google Policy Fellowship en la Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D). He is a historian with an MA in Sociology from Bielefeld University in Germany.
### Franklyn Ohai
Franklyn is a Student Assistant on the Global Data Justice project. He works on the research initiative on _Sphere transitions and transgressions during COVID-19: Challenging the tech sector’s power grab in Europe_, funded by the [European Artificial Intelligence Fund](https://europeanaifund.org/tech-and-covid-19-grant/). He obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from the University of Nigeria and is enrolled in the Law and Technology Master’s programme at Tilburg University. He is interested in understanding the impact of data technology on regulation and global development. Before joining the project, he served as a Legal Officer at the National Judicial Council (Nigeria), where he also researched human rights and access to justice. He has been called to the Nigerian Bar and is licensed to practise as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
## Project Associates
### Kevin P. Donovan
[Kevin](http://kevinpdonovan.com) is anthropologist and historian of East Africa. His primary focus is how sovereignty and value were reformulated in the wake of empire. He is also interested in (mobile) money and corporations, infrastructure and Bitcoin, smuggling and decolonization. Kevin is a Lecturer in the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his PhD at the University of Michigan, in the program in Anthropology & History.
### Boudewijn van Eerd
Boudewijn van Eerd is a Technology Policy Consultant at [AWO](https://www.awo.agency/), a new data rights agency providing legal, consultancy and public policy services to international organisations, governments, companies, charities, universities, think tanks & individuals. He works on research and advisory services across a range of topics at the intersection of technology, data rights, law, humanitarian action, policy and societies. He holds an MA (cum laude) in International Relations from Leiden University and was a student fellow at Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation, during which time his work focused on responsible humanitarian innovation and the changing dynamics between public and private actors.
### Ana-Maria Hriscu
Ana is a PhD candidate at the Tilburg Law School. She previously worked as a junior researcher on the Global Justice project, contributing to the research initative on _Sphere transitions and transgressions during COVID-19_. She is interested in the challenges that data-driven technologies pose for privacy and data protection law, as well as for our understanding of what is fair and just treatment of individuals. She obtained a BA in Comparative & English Literature from the University of Kent in the UK, an LLB in Global Law, and an LLM in Law and Technology from Tilburg University.
### Tjaša Petročnik
After obtaining LLMs in EU Law and Law and Technology at Tilburg University, Tjaša is now a PhD candidate at the Tilburg Law School. Prior to her law course, Tjaša worked in EU public affairs both in Brussels and Ljubljana for five years, most recently with a focus on EU science and innovation policy, regulation, and funding. Tjaša is interested in the political economy of data and online platforms, the intersections of health, environment, and technology, as well as bioethics. She also holds a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Ljubljana.
### Ouejdane Sabbah
Ouejdane holds a research master’s in New Media and Digital Culture from the University of Amsterdam and is currently a research fellow at the MGK at the University of Siegen and a part-time lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include platform politics in the Global South, digital colonisation and digital sovereignty, and GAFAM-led infrastructures of connectivity in Africa.
### Laura Savolainen
Laura is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the [Consumer Society Research Centre](https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-for-consumer-society-research) (KTK), University of Helsinki, where she works as a part of the [Data, Self and Society](https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-for-consumer-society-research/six-thematic-areas/data-self-and-society) research group. Laura holds a Research Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. In her dissertation research, Laura applies concepts and research foci of material culture studies – such as waste and breakdown, infrastructural labor and maintenance – to critical data studies. In addition, she has researched activist and political self-presentation in social media, using mixed and computational methods.
### Gargi Sharma
Until 2021, Gargi was a researcher and policy officer in the Global Data Justice project at TILT. She specialized in data governance in humanitarian and development contexts and worked on a [project](https://globaldatajustice.org/humanitariandatapartnerships/) involving research on the increased prevalence of data partnerships in the humanitarian sector, which addressed questions of regulation, ethics, and accountability. She was previously a legal consultant to the Government of Chhattisgarh in India and a legal intern at Greenpeace International. She has an Advanced LLM in European and International Human Rights Law from Leiden University.
