I am a technology policy advisor with over fifteen years of experience at the intersection of politics, academia, and the technology industry. I combine a deep knowledge of social science research with practical experience in policy strategy.
Currently, I am the technology policy researcher in the office of the President, Global Affairs at Meta, where I conduct research and provide strategic advice on emergent technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality. I also support the President’s internal and external relations with academic researchers and research-oriented policy stakeholders.
In addition, I serve as a sponsor of Meta's Community Forums, which are global deliberative democracy projects organized in collaboration with Stanford’s Deliberative Democracy Lab and the Behavioral Insights Team. So far we have conducted two Community Forums -- one on theMetaverse and one on AI. At Meta, I also co-created the first-ever Meta PhD Fellowship in Technology Policy Research.
I received my PhD from Stanford University, where I was advised by Professor Fred Turner. In my dissertation, I explored the democratic ideals that underpin the open internet. While at Stanford, I also had the privilege of teaching a diversity of courses that investigate the impact of technology on politics, psychology, and culture. For my teaching work, I received Stanford's Centennial Teaching Assistant Award in 2018.
As a researcher at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, I collaborated with Dr. Jen King to further our understanding of user privacy, advise undergraduate research, and support cross-disciplinary large-scale user experience studies.Drawing from my experience at Stanford and elsewhere, I have also been an advisor to big data and AI-focused startups and NGOs on matters pertaining to communication and messaging strategy.
I grew up in Athens, Greece, which is where I was deeply involved in public policy and electoral politics - as a Member of the Board of the Georgios Papandreou foundation and as a grassroots organizer for the PASOK social democratic party.