A Career in Technology Research

• Who: Natasha Felizi
• Date: Thursday, May 25
• Time: 9am EDT / 1pm UTC (What time is it in my city?)
• Language: English
• Location: Zoom

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A Career in Technology Research in Digital Rights

Researcher roles are crucial in the digital rights field. They inform strategy, threat landscaping, give us a better understanding of emerging issues, digital culture, and reveal opportunities.

Hear from Natasha Felizi, Journalism and Media Director at Instituto Serrapilheira in Brazil, what it takes to start a career in research in digital rights. Digital culture, campaigning, association with academic institutions, and research for action are some of the topics that we will discuss in this session.

Speaker:

Natasha Felizi is a science and technology researcher and activist. She currently works as the Journalism and Media Director at Instituto Serrapilheira, a private, non-profit institution created in Brazil to support science and promote critical thinking. She has been responsible for building the Journalism and Media portfolio, which aims to create a better-informed public sphere by supporting journalists, creating digital communications strategies and campaigns, and connecting outstanding scientific ideas to an emerging network of journalists, filmmakers, podcast creators, and digital influencers. As a feminist, Natasha worked for civil society organizations as a researcher and advocate for digital rights and its intersection with gender issues and other civic issues. But her original background is in Russian Literature and her first job was to write about contemporary art for a website. So she frequently wonders: Who am I and how the hell did I end up here?