Stefaan Verhulst
American academic (born 1966)
Stefaan G. Verhulst (born 1966) is the co-founder and chief research and development officer of The Governance Laboratory (The GovLab) at New York University. His research and writing considers how advances in technology and science can be harnessed to create effective and collaborative forms of governance.
Career
Prior to joining the Markle Foundation in 2001, Verhulst held several senior research positions in Belgium and the UK, including the University of Glasgow and Oxford University. He co-founded the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University with Monroe Price. At Oxford, he was also the UNESCO Chairholder in Communications Law and Policy for the UK and the Socio-Legal research Fellow at Wolfson College. He has spoken at TedXMidAtlantic's New Rules seminar.
In addition to GovLab, he holds several other academic and professional positions including senior advisor to the Markle Foundation, a private non-profit organization committed to promoting the development of communications industries that address public needs; where he was Chief of Research for 11 years; advisor to Global Partners Digital; Expert on the Influencer Advisory Board of sparks & honey; and board member for Obricom-UNESCO. He has also been senior research fellow at the Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Center for Media and Communications Studies, Central European University in Budapest, a senior associated fellow in the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University, which he co-founded several years ago; and International Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School; and a fellow for the Center for Democracy and Technology. He was also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.
Verhulst has served as consultant to various international and national organizations, including 10 Downing Street, Aspen Institute, Bertelsmann Foundation, Broadcasting Standards Commission (London), Council of Europe, Digital Video Broadcasting Group (Geneva), European Commission, European Research Institute of the Consumer Organizations (ERICA - London), Government of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), House of Commons, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Washington DC), UNESCO – Africa, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Bank.
Selected publications
Verhulst is the author and co-editor of several publications, including the following books, reports and chapters listed below.
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