Ananya is a Master’s of Global Governance candidate at the University of Waterloo through the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Ontario, Canada. She is currently interning with the Transnational Crime and Technology team at the RSO, where she will be supporting research on how emerging technologies are shaping transnational crime specifically new criminal uses of technology in trafficking networks and cyber scam centers. Ananya will help develop policy briefs, research outputs, and monitoring tools to track regional trends. Her previous experience includes internships with the Government of Canada’s Indigenous Services in both the Child and Family Services and Emergency Management team. Ananya also has experience working on a variety of research projects focused on gender in human security policies, as well as projects focused on national and international data governance frameworks.

Recommended book: The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake – Schaake draws from her experiences in the European Parliament and working among Silicon Valley insiders to offer a behind-the-scenes account of how technology companies have crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments. Schaake takes readers beyond the headlines to high-stakes meetings with human rights defenders, business leaders, computer scientists, and politicians to show how technologies—from social media to artificial intelligence—have gone from being heralded as utopian to undermining the pillars of our democracies.

Email: Ananya.Vohra@rso.baliprocess.net