Transgressive Tech The Privatization of the Public Interest

Linnet Taylor is Professor of International Data Governance at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), the Netherlands. Her research focuses on digital data, representation, and democracy, with particular attention to transnational governance issues.

Aaron Martin is Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Data Science at the University of Virginia, USA. A social scientist specialising in technology policy and data governance, he studies how regulation can facilitate just, inclusive, and secure digital societies.

Siddharth Peter de Souza is Assistant Professor in AI and Society at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick, UK. His research looks at developments in law and technology from a legal pluralist, data justice, and decolonial perspective. He is the founder of Justice Adda, a law and design social venture which seeks to build legal literacy and awareness in India.

Joan López Solano is a PhD researcher at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), the Netherlands. His research analyses the impacts of data-intensive systems on the fundamental rights of vulnerable communities and includes data systems used for social security, migration management, and national identification systems.

Ouejdane Sabbah is a PhD researcher in Political and Economic Geography at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her doctoral research focuses on African digital and connectivity infrastructures, specifically examining the perceptions of state and non-state stakeholders in West Africa regarding big tech-led subsea internet cables.

Franklyn Ohai is an associate researcher with the Global Data Justice project at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He has also conducted research at KU Leuven's Centre for IT and IP Law, focusing on the legal, ethical, and regulatory aspects of digital, data-driven, and connected technologies.