Member Directory
Elizabeth Farries directs the Surveillance and Human Rights Program for the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO). INCLO is horizontal network of national independent human rights organisations in 15 countries around the world. We work together to defend fundamental liberties. Elizabeth is the lead on INCLO investigations Unanswered Questions and Spying on Dissent.
Barbara Grabowska-Moroz is a research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute and previously worked as a lawyer and project coordinator for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Warsaw. There she monitored legislative processes on issues including access to justice, surveillance law and criminal defence rights. Together with activists from the Panoptykon Foundation, she filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights regarding the lack of effective protection against illegal surveillance in Polish legislation.
Chris has served in law enforcement for 30 years; originally in the Royal Hong Kong Police; now with West Midlands Police; and with a number of national agencies in the UK focusing on serious organised crime, in between. In addition to leading his force’s professional standards department and the portfolio for ethics, he is also the National Police Chiefs Council’s lead for Data Analytics. Chris holds a B.Eng in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in Cybercrime Investigation from the University of Central Lancashire.
Grace Douglas supports about:intel as an intern. She currently studies International Security Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. She received her Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management & Policy, with a minor in Russian and East European Studies, from Indiana University.
Alexandra Paulus is non-resident fellow for international cyber security policy at the German tech policy think tank Stiftung Neue Verantwortung. She currently pursues her PhD in International Relations at Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany. Her research explores how regional powers shape the construction of norms for responsible state behavior in cyberspace, focusing on Brazil and Turkey. Before commencing her doctoral degree, Alexandra was deputy head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Brazil office. Her further work experience includes the German Bundestag, the private sector, and Latin American NGOs. She is an active member of Women in International Security Germany.
Dr. Sven Herpig is head of international cybersecurity policy at the German tech policy think tank Stiftung Neue Verantwortung. Before joining the Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, he worked for Germany's Federal Office for Information Security and the Federal Foreign Office. Sven served as expert on IT security for the Committee of the Interior and Homeland of the German parliament and for the European Union study on Legal Frameworks for Hacking by Law Enforcement. His research areas are securing artificial intelligence in high risk environments, geopolitical responses to cyber operations, government hacking, and vulnerability management.
Jane Duncan is a professor of Journalism, Film and Television. She is author of ‘Stopping the Spies: Constructing and Resisting the Surveillance State in South Africa’ (Wits University Press, 2018).
Javier Ruiz is the Policy Director at the UK-based advocacy organisation Open Rights Group. His work covers a broad range of digital rights areas such as state surveillance, transparency, privacy and ethics. He is a member of the UK Government's Expert Advisory Group on Digital Trade and is available for work on a consultancy basis.
Lorenz Naegeli is a journalist based in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied human rights and humanitarian action at the Sciences Po University in Paris. As a journalist, he focuses on topics such as migration, liberation and social movements and with a critical eye on the state, its bodies and economic actors.