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This is Katarzyna Cieslik
Dr Katarzyna Cieslik is the Principal Investigator of this project and an Associate Professor in Global Development at the Global Development Institute. She studies how digital and platform-based technologies are transforming agriculture, rural livelihoods, and local economies across Africa and Asia. Her work examines how the collection and use of agricultural data is reshaping farming practices, social relations, and power dynamics in rural communities.
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This is Gunes Acar
Gunes Acar is an Assistant Professor at the Digital Security group of Radboud University, the Netherlands. His research focuses on uncovering security and privacy threats stemming from websites, mobile apps, and IoT devices, with an emphasis on unconventional online tracking technologies. Gunes also studies deceptive and manipulative (dark) design patterns and anonymous communication networks.
Email: g.acar@cs.ru.nl
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This is Mustafa A. Mustafa
Mustafa A. Mustafa is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Manchester. He is also a deputy director of the university-wide Centre for Digital Trust and Society and Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. His research interests include information security, data privacy and applied cryptography in areas such as smart grid, smart city, e-health, and IoT.
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This is Mariette McCampbell
Dr. Mariette McCampbell is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in socio-technical innovation, with a focus on digital agriculture, responsible innovation and the Global South. Through her collaborations with leading international research and development organizations, Mariette’s work contributes knowledge and practical guidance on social inclusion, co-creation methods, and technology adoption and use.
Email: mmccampbell@gmail.com
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This is Josephine Ewoma
Josephine Ewoma is a researcher specializing in socio-technical innovation
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This is Chibueze Peace Obioma
Chibueze Peace Obioma is a PhD researcher at the University of Manchester whose work focuses on federated learning and building robust AI models resilient to backdoor and adversarial attacks. His research interests span AI security, data privacy, and data governance, with a particular focus on developing secure and trustworthy large language models (LLMs) for real-world applications.
