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Editorial committees
Editors-in-Chief

Editorial oversight of Data & Policy, including final approval of all decisions:

  • Zeynep Engin (The Alan Turing Institute & Data for Policy CIC, UK) 
  • Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge & The Alan Turing Institute, UK)
  • Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab, New York University, USA)

Editorial Community Manager

Managing the committees and processes across Data & Policy and the Data for Policy Conference:

  • Emily Gardner (UCL & Data for Policy CIC, UK)

Communication Editors

Responsible for Data & Policy social media and blog:

  • Stuart Hughes (Deakin University, Australia)

Working across the wider Data for Policy community:

  • Roy Cobby (Kings College London, UK
  • Itzelle Medina (University of Sheffield, UK)
  • Georgia Meyer (London School of Economics, UK)

Area Editors

Interdisciplinary committees working across our overarching Areas of Interest to understand the landscape of data-policy interactions:

Area 1: Focus on Data-driven Transformations in Policy and Governance

  • Sarah Giest (Leiden University, Netherlands) - Lead & Chair
  • Sharique Manazir (Bharti Institute of Public Policy, India)
  • Keegan McBride (Hertie School Centre for Digital Government, Germany)
  • Francesco Mureddu (The Lisbon Council, Belgium)
  • Anastasija Nikiforova (University of Tartu, Estonia)
  • Sujit Kumar Sikder (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany).

Area 2: Focus on Data Technologies and Analytics for Policy and Governance

  • Omar Isaac Asensio (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) - Lead
  • Giz Gulnerman (Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, Ankara, Turkey)
  • Cigdem Gurgur (Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA)
  • Jude Dzevela Kong (York University, Toronto, Canada)
  • Moritz Laurer (Center for European Policy Studies, Belgium)
  • Mecit Can Emre Simsekler (Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE)
  • Nicola Ulibarri (University of California Irvine, USA)

Area 3: Focus on the Policy Frameworks, Governance and Management of Data-driven Innovations

  • Feras Batarseh (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
  • Anushri Gupta (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
  • Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
  • Gaby Umbach (European University Institute, Italy) - Lead

Area 4: Focus on Ethics, Equity and Trust in Policy Data Interactions

  • Laura Ación (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Alexander Monea (George Mason University, USA)
  • Mustafa Ozbilgin (Brunel University, UK)
  • Jeannie Paterson (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • Nydia Remolina Leon (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
  • Adrian Weller (The Alan Turing Institute, UK) - Advisor

Area 5: Focus on Algorithmic Governance

  • Bram Klievink (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
  • Lauren Maffeo (Steampunk Inc., USA)
  • Archana Sivasubramanian (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India)
  • Leid Zejnilovic (Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal) - Lead
  • Karen Yeung (University of Birmingham, UK) - Advisor

Area 6: Focus on Data to Tackle Global Issues and Dynamic Societal Threats.

  • Claire Boine (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Eleonore Fournier-Tombs (The World Bank & University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Chris Hinnant (Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, USA)
  • Jim Jimeno (Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines) - Coordinator
  • Joni Jupesta (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Kyoto, Japan)
  • Sherman Kong (United Nations Foundation, Barcelona, Spain)
  • Wilson Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Lead

Guest Editors

Editors invited to work on specific thematic collections:

Data and Migration Policy

  • Marzia Rango (International Organization for Migration, Berlin, Germany)
  • Michele Vespe (European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy)

Telco Big Data Analytics for Covid-19

  • Richard Benjamins (Telefonica, Spain)
  • Jeanine Vos (GSMA, UK)

Data Technologies and Governance Frameworks

  • Francesco Mureddu (Lisbon Council, Belgium)

Data and Sustainability

  • Masaru Yarime (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Editorial Board

Responsible for thematic commissioning and editorial handling of manuscripts through the peer review process:

  • C. Leigh Anderson (University of Washington, USA)
  • Sarah Giest (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
  • Diego Kuonen (University of Geneva & Statoo Consulting, Switzerland)
  • Innar Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
  • Daniela Paolotti (ISI Foundation, Italy)
  • Martijn Poel (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands)
  • Jat Singh (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Julia Stoyanovich (New York University, USA)
  • Bapu Vaitla (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA)
  • Michele Vespe (Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy)
  • Masaru Yarime (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Advisory Board

Providing strategic advice and support:

  • Roeland Beerten (Chief Statistician, Statistics Flanders, Belgium)
  • Jane Farmer (Swinburne University, Australia)
  • Christopher Holmes MBE (Lord Holmes of Richmond) (UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain)
  • William Hoffman (Head of Data-Driven Development, World Economic Forum, USA)
  • Serge Kapto (Policy Specialist, Data for Development, United Nations Development Programme)
  • Tariq Khokhar (Wellcome Trust, UK)
  • Christoph Lütge (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
  • Samia Melhem (Lead Digital Development Policy Specialist, World Bank)
  • Roger Scott-Douglas (National Research Council of Canada)
  • Michail Skaliotis (Eurostat, European Commission)
  • Carlos Santiso (Digital Innovation in Government at the Development Bank of Latin America, Colombia)
  • Tom Smith (Director of the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics, UK)
  • Barbara Ubaldi (Digital Government and Open Data Lead, OECD)