Creating digital societies in which everyone can flourish
If power structures across the globe are being radically reconfigured and systems are crumbling, the technological developments of the last few decades have been crucial in getting us here.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Another world still is possible - one in which technological developments help rather than hinder everyone, everywhere, including in the Global South, to flourish. How to get there? That is the key question my work explores.
Hi, I’m Anja
Since 2007, my work has focused on understanding, developing and realizing feminist visions of the digital society in and for the Global South. My research includes ground-breaking work on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, the intersections of gender and surveillance in the digital society, and the linkages between bodies and data.
I am currently an independent researcher and consultant, and have collaborated with a wide range of organisations, including foundations, NGOs and UN organisations. In addition, I’m a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada, and at Research ICT Africa, South Africa, as well as a non-resident CyberBRICS fellow at FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas), Brazil.
Previously, I directed for a decade the Internet Democracy Project in India, which I founded in 2011.
I regularly speak at events around the world, which have ranged from grassroots workshops in rural India to the UN General Assembly. I have lectured at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and Ambedkar University, Delhi, India, and have guest lectured in India and Brazil. I also have conducted extensive fieldwork throughout South Asia, from South India to Afghanistan.
After having lived and worked in India for more than twenty years, I am currently based in Mauritius. I obtained my Ph.D. in development studies from the University of East Anglia.
