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Through a series of blog posts, we will raise awareness for the disconnect between the \u20182.0\u2019 digital world and the \u20181.5\u2019 world of development policy and practice. We\u2019ll discuss topics from digital campaigning and online \u2018slacktivism\u2019 to the promises of open and big data to key discussions on transparency and accountability. We will feature a range of articles on contemporary topics and timely debates on topics such as open and big data ethics, AI for International Development, misinformation and deepfakes, Internet restrictions, the power and biases of algorithms, the use of technology for misinformation, anger, or fear.<\/p>\n

Meet our Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are a group of five students who are currently undertaking the Master of Communication for Development programme. We are spread across the globe and share an interest in the topic of development in the digital world.<\/p>\n

Maxime<\/strong> is a Swedish-Swiss multilingual journalist with experience from the UN HQ, development fieldwork and building communities on social media. He\u2019s particularly curious with \u2018our new normal\u2019 \u2013 to explore the many facets of digitalization and big data.<\/p>\n

Alicia<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary journalist based in Valencia, Spain. She has a wide background in the fields of creativity and design, and a great sensitivity for human-centered topics. Specially interested in the use of innovative communications for crafting a new and improved global future.<\/p>\n

Kaisa<\/strong> has a background in Peace and Conflict Studies as well as Administration studies, who currently works for the Ministry of the Interior of Finland at Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland). CMC is a government institution that arranges training and recruits civilian crisis management experts to UN, EU and OSCE missions. Kaisa is especially interested in the ways how media can include and, on the other hand, exclude certain social groups and people. In other words, she wants to discover the inequalities that media \u2013 especially new media \u2013 folders.<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong> is a multilingual privacy and cybersecurity professional with a background in municipal government and non-profit organisations. Based in Canada with strong ties to Europe. Having had a diverse range of educational areas of study spanning a period of 20 years, Paul has the ability to analyze and seek unconventional solutions to technological problems facing society. Interests include media, technology, IoT and the algorithms that have overtaken our abilities to process them and have imparted significant social engineering, manipulation and change.<\/p>\n

Annmarie<\/strong> is an Irish communications professional, with a background in Social Science, and over seven years\u2019 experience working in communications roles for government and international organisations. She has experience working for an EU agency in the area of social policy and with the UN Humanitarian Settlement Programme in Australia. She is particularly interested in the role of digital technologies and mass media in shaping our global world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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