Background

Research and Professional Development

February 2025 – Present Rudolf Mössbauer Assistant Professor for Participation and Diversity in Digital Societies, Technical University of Munich. School of Medicine and Health & School of Social Sciences and Technology
February 2022 – Present Senior Research and Teaching Associate, IKMZ, University of Zurich.
September 2024 – Present Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

PAST

October 2009 – August 2024 Fellow (academic appointment), Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
October 2009 – August 2024 Director of the Youth and Media project, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
April 2014 – August 2024 Co-Founder and Co-Director of Digitally Connected/Conectados al Sur, a collaborative initiative between UNICEF and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
April 2022 – December 2024 Adjunct Researcher in Communication, Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School.April 2022 – Present

Education

2021

Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland

Focus: Youth and the Participatory Promise

2009

Master of Science in General Psychology and Methodology at the University of Basel, Switzerland

Focus: human-computer-interaction

2007 Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Basel, Switzerland

 

Current Memberships, Committee Work, and other Activities

ETDA (Electronic Transactions Development Agency) of the government of Thailand, International AI Policy Advisory Panel (IPAP), December 2022 – Present

World Economic Forum, Working Group, Metaverse Value Creation, November 2022 – Present

World Economic Forum, Working Group, Metaverse Governance, July 2022 – Present

Digital Self-Determination, Working Group hosted by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, January 2022 – Present

Colombian National Government, Director of the AI Expert Mission (appointed by Colombia’s President Ivan Duque), October 2021– August 2022

Council of Europe, Expert Group on AI Literacy Resources and Tools, June 2021 – Present

ySkills (a H2020 project; consortium of 15 European universities), Advisory Board Member, January 2021 – Present

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center (JGCC) at Sesame Workshop, By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences, Advisory Board, June 2020 – Present

20 Minuten – a member of the TX Group (previously Tamedia.ch), Board of Directors / Verwaltungsrat, 2020 – Present

World Economic Forum, Global Future Council, Virtual & Augmented Reality, 2019 – Present

Nexa Center on Internet and Society, Board of Trustees, April 2019 – Present

Digital Asia Hub, Steering Committee, September 2015 – Present

Swiss Media Forum, Advisory Board, August 2018 – Present

20 Minutes Youth Lab  https://youthlab.20min.ch), Advisor, September 2018 – Present

UNICEF, Digital Citizenship Safety, Working Group Member, June 2011 – Present

Global Kids Online, International Advisory Group, September 2015 – Present

Connect

Address Germany (Primary)

Technical University of Munich

School of Medicine and Health & School of Social Sciences and Technology

Connollystrasse 32, 80809 München

 

Address Switzerland

University of Zurich

Department of Communications and Media Research

Andreasstrasse 15

8050 Zürich, Switzerland

Address United states

Harvard University

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

1557 Massachusetts Avenue, 5th Floor

Cambridge, MA 02138, USA