GPPi fellow joins the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

In August 2013, GPPi Fellow Tim Maurer joined the Citizen Lab as a non-resident research fellow. Directed by Ronald Deibert, the Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. It focuses on advanced research and development at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights and global security. It is one of the leading research centers in this field.

According to the Citizen Lab’s mission statement, ​“We are a ​‘hothouse’ that combines the disciplines of political science, sociology, computer science, engineering, and graphic design. We undertake research that monitors, analyzes, and impacts the exercise of political power in cyberspace. The Citizen Lab accomplishes these goals through collaborative partnerships with leading edge research centres and individuals around the world and through a mixed methods approach that combines technical reconnaissance, field investigations, and data mining, analysis, and visualization.”

Tim has become part of a network of researchers affiliated with the Citizen Lab to pursue his academic interests in international relations and the effects of information and communication technologies. Earlier this year, he attended the annual Cyber Dialogue conference, which took place under the banner ​“Governance without Government in Cyberspace?” He spoke on a panel about export controls and information technology and wrote a piece on the need to update existing export control regulations (available here).