Daniel Arnaudo
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2022 : Present
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Senior Advisor for Information Strategies
Developed an applied research project comparing South Africa and India’s Internet infrastructure, governance and cybersecurity policies for Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing division. Acted as the lead researcher for a team of undergraduate students and produced a report for their Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy team. Completed a thesis on “Brazil’s Emerging Roadmap for Internet Governance”, and managed a second GSSD applied research project on Southeast Asia. Now assisting with a collaboration between UW, USAID, Microsoft and the Gates Foundation to promote Information Communications Technology for development (ICT4D) in Myanmar, and building a curriculum to teach information literacy and digital competency. Joined the Institute for Technology and Society in Rio de Janeiro as a Global Fellow in 2015 and working as a Research Fellow with Instituto Igarapé in 2017.
2013 :
University of Washington
Cybersecurity/Senior Research Fellow
Managing NDI's programs related to disinformation, computational propaganda and information integrity globally.
2020 : 2022
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Advisor for Information Strategies
2017 : 2020
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Senior Program Manager
2011 : 2014
University of Washington
Graduate Student of Information Science and International Studies
About
I am an Advisor for Information Strategies at NDI, responsible for tracking and responding to disinformation, computational propaganda and managing programs promoting information integrity worldwide. In 2017 I started with NDI as an election observer in Tbilisi, Georgia, working as a social media analyst in the run-up to the upcoming local elections. Since, I have been developing a broader program for monitoring disinformation, as well as traditional and computational propaganda while fostering stronger institutions, programs and other initiatives for countering them in countries around the world.
Concurrently, I am a Cybersecurity Fellow at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies where I have worked on projects in Brazil, Myanmar, and the United States. I have also collaborated with the Oxford Internet Institute’s research group on Computational Propaganda. My research focuses on online political campaigns, digital rights, cybersecurity, and information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D).
I earned masters degrees in Information Management and International Studies at UW by completing a thesis on Brazil and its Bill of Rights for the internet, the Marco Civil. In past, I have also collaborated on online human rights and cybersecurity related projects and writing with Igarapé and the Institute of Technology and Society in Rio as a fellow.
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