Technology’s Impact on Democracy
Marietje Schaake looks forward to an interactive discussion about technology’s impact on democracy, both within societies and for democracies in the global context. This discussion will look into policy responses from companies and governments to see what the best way to ensure democratic resilience might be.
A virtual discussion with:
Marietje Schaake
Marietje Schaake is the international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. She was named President of the Cyber Peace Institute. Between 2009 and 2019, Marietje served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch liberal democratic party where she focused on trade, foreign affairs, and technology policies.
Moderated by:
Abraham Newman
He is a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Government Department at Georgetown University. He is the Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies. His research focuses on the ways in which economic interdependence and globalization have transformed international politics.
This lecture is supported by the Michael C. Olshausen Fund and the Mortara Center for International Studies.