On the occasion of the launch of the Center for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG) at the Department of Culture and Communication, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University in the Netherlands will hold a guest lecture entitled ‘A progressive politics of technology: democratic process, data, and justice’, on Monday, March 18, 2024, from 17:30 in the library of the Institute.
Linnet Taylor is a Professor of International Data Management at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on digital data, representation, and democracy, with a particular focus on issues of transnational governance. Her work on group privacy and data justice is used in technology governance discussions in countries around the world. She also led the Global Data Justice project (2018-23), intending to develop a social justice-based framework for the governance of data technologies on a global scale. Her work was supported by the Luminate Foundation and the EU AI Fund. She is a member of the Dutch Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie).
