Area Editors

Interdisciplinary committees working across our overarching Areas of Interest to handle manuscripts, provide reviews and develop understanding of these areas of the data for policy space:

Area 1: Focus on Digital & Data-Driven Transformations in Governance

• Bonnie Buyuklieva (UCL, UK)
• Sarah Giest (Leiden University, Netherlands) - Lead 
• Sharique Manazir (Kautilya School of Public Policy, GITAM University, India)
• Keegan McBride (University of Oxford, UK)
• Francesco Mureddu (The Lisbon Council, Belgium)
• Anastasija Nikiforova (University of Tartu, Estonia)
• Sujit Kumar Sikder (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany).
• Austin Zwick (Syracuse University, USA)

Area 2: Focus on Data Technologies & Analytics for Governance

• Giz Gulnerman (Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, Turkey)
• Cigdem Gurgur (Purdue University, USA)
• Jude Dzevela Kong (York University, Canada)
• Roman Marchant (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
• Christian Mongeau (Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Italy)
• Mecit Can Emre Simsekler (Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE)
• Stéphane Koumétio Tékouabou (University of Yaounde, Cameroon)
• Michael Zimba (Malawi Institute of Technology, Malawi)

Area 3: Focus on Policy & Literacy for Data

• Anushri Gupta (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
• Sherman Kong (The Digital Economist, Spain) - Lead
• Emanuela Podda (University of Milan, Italy)
• Yuan Stevens (McGill University, Canada)
• Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
• Gaby Umbach (European University Institute, Italy) - Advisor
• Johanna Walker (King's College London, UK)
• Laura Zoboli (University of Brescia, Italy)

Area 4: Focus on Ethics, Equity & Trustworthiness

• Cigdem Gurgur (Purdue University, USA)
• Tristan Henderson (University of St Andrews, UK)
• Suneel Jethani (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
• Zihao Li (University of Glasgow, UK)
• Itzelle Medina-Perera (University of Sheffield, UK) 
• Alexander Monea (George Mason University, USA)
• Nydia Remolina Leon (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

Area 5: Focus on Algorithmic Governance

• M. Lorena Florez Rojas (Groningen University, Netherlands)
• Bram Klievink (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
• Jacqueline C.K. Lam (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
• Riccardo Vecellio Segate (Groningen University, Netherlands)
• Leid Zejnilovic (Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal) 

Area 6: Focus on Global Challenges & Dynamic Threats

• Patrick Brock (World Bank UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, Denmark)
• Love Opeyemi David (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Chris Hinnant (Florida State University, USA)
• Marta Poblet (RMIT University, Australia)
• Wilson Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 

Translational Committee

• Shahzad Asghar (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jordan)
• Federico Bartolomucci (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)
• Beverley Hatcher-Mbu (Development Gateway, USA)
• Saeid Molladavoudi (Statistics Canada, Canada)
• Roberto Musmeci (European Commission, Belgium)

Editorial Board

Responsible for thematic commissioning, strategic advice and some manuscript handling:

Omar Isaac Asensio (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Sarah Giest (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

Mark Kennedy (Imperial College London, UK)

Innar Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)

Ilan Strauss (Social Science Research Council, USA)

Wilson Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Masaru Yarime (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Leid Zejnilovic (Nova School of Business & Economics, Portugal)

Advisory Board

Providing strategic advice and support:

• Roeland Beerten (Chief Statistician, Statistics Flanders, Belgium)
• Christopher Holmes MBE (Lord Holmes of Richmond) (UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain)
• William Hoffman (Head of Data-Driven Development, World Economic Forum, USA)
• Serge Kapto (Policy Specialist, Data for Development, United Nations Development Programme)
• Tariq Khokhar (Wellcome Trust, UK)
• Christoph Lütge (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
• Samia Melhem (Lead Digital Development Policy Specialist, World Bank)
• Roger Scott-Douglas (National Research Council of Canada)
• Michail Skaliotis (Eurostat, European Commission)
• Carlos Santiso (Digital Innovation in Government at the Development Bank of Latin America, Colombia)
• Tom Smith (Director of the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics, UK)
• Barbara Ubaldi (Digital Government and Open Data Lead, OECD)

Guest Editors

Editors invited to work on specific thematic collections:

Data and Migration Policy

• Marzia Rango (International Organization for Migration, Berlin, Germany)
• Michele Vespe (European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy)

Telco Big Data Analytics for Covid-19

• Richard Benjamins (Telefonica, Spain)
• Jeanine Vos (GSMA, UK)

Data Technologies and Governance Frameworks

• Francesco Mureddu (Lisbon Council, Belgium)

Data and Sustainability

• Masaru Yarime (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Trustworthy Digital Identity

• Carsten Maple (University of Warwick & the Turing Institute, UK)