Dr Carolina Aguerre

Associate Senior Fellow

Current affiliation

UdeSA - Universidad de San Andrés, Centro de Tecnología y Sociedad

Vita

since 03/2018	Universidad de San Andres Center for Technology and Society (CETyS) Co-Director and Senior Researcher
08/2011 – 03/2016	LACTLD General Manager
since 03/2015	Universidad de San Andres Department of Social Sciences Associate Professor
since 03/2013	Universidad Catolica del Uruguay Master in Organizational Studies Invited Professor
07/2004 - 03/2007	Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Embassy in Montevideo Cooperation / Press and Public Affairs Projects Officer
02/1999 - 08/2001	Universidad Catolica del Uruguay Department of Social Sciences and Communication Assistant researchers and coordinator UNESCO Chair of Communication, Southern Cone

Current Projects

Framing data colonialism from practices of resistance
Cybersecurity: mappings preferences, norms and practices
Data governance and COVID-19. State responses in the LAC context
Participation in policy development processes in the technical community

Awards

ANII (National Agency for Research and Innovation), Uruguay (2019)
Internet Policy Observatory, University of Pennsylvania (2017-2018)
Internet Policy Observatory, University of Pennsylvania (2017-2018)
IDRC and Nanyang University of Technology Research Grant
Amy Mahan Research Grant Program and DIRSI
Doctoral scholarship, CONICET (National Research Council for Science and Technology). Argentina (2009-2011)
Chevening Scholarship. Masters’ program Goldsmiths College, U. of London, United Kingdom. (2001-2002)

Fellowship

Dr Carolina Aguerre joined the research group 'Global Cooperation and Polycentric Governance' in September 2020 and has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre until the end of 2021.

Research Project at the Centre

Internet governance and data issues: future paths of cooperation mechanisms?

This proposal seeks to address the state-of-play and the possibilities for cooperation in polycentric Internet governance in the age of big data and AI. Are governance processes related with data governance adopting more hierarchical forms of governance and eventually pose risks to the fragile democratization of Internet governance? Is polycentric Internet governance being challenged by emerging AI governance arrangements and AI ‘super powers’ (both states and companies)? How are these discussions affecting the core institutions, players and equilibrium of the Internet governance complex? Will the effect of AI and data business models devalue the governance capacity of stakeholders and nations from developing contexts?

Research Interests

Polycentricity in Internet policy & governance
Data governance: systemic challenges and assymetries
Sociological and IR Practice theory
Private actor governance
Participation of the developing world in international regimes and international settings
Institutionalism: path dependence, legitimacy

Expertise and Consulting Work

Internet Society. Strategic mapping assessment (June-July 2020).
LACIGF. Proposal for the improvement of the LACIGF (March-July 2020).
LACNIC - Evaluation of LACNIC's participation mechanisms in the Policy Development Process (March-June 2018).
LACNIC - Evaluation of gender policies in LACNIC's policy and technical environment (April-June 2019).
LACNIC - The history of LACNIC and multistakeholder Internet Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (launched publication July 2019).
Avina Foundation. Evaluation of open data – civic tech initiative Por Mi Barrio in San José de Costa Rica and Montevideo.
IADB - Principal Consultant e- Trade & Digital Economy Working Group, Americas Business Dialogue (2017).

Membership

GFCE - Member of the GFCE Reseach Committee (2020-2022)
GPAI - Member of the Responsible AI Working Group, Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) (2020)
IADB - Member of the Expert Group at fAIr LAC - Inter American Development Bank (since 2019)
UNESCO - Member of the AdHoc Expert Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics Recommendations (2020)
Digital Trade and Data Governance Data Hub - Member of the International Advisory Board and the Scholars' Network of the Digital Trade Hub at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
GIGANET - Member of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network since 2010 and Outreach Chair 2016-2017 / 2018-2019.
AOIR - Member of the Association of Internet Researchers

Publications

Aguerre, C. (2020). The who, the what and the how. Mapping stakeholders, issues and mechanisms of Internet governance in Latin America. PoliTICs Nº30, politics.org.br/sites/default/files/downloads/03%20-%20Carolina%20Aguerre%20-%20Governance%20approaches.pdf
Aguerre, C. (2019). 'Digital Trade in Latin America: mapping issues and approaches', in Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance 20 (6). www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/DPRG-11-2018-0063
Aguerre, C. (2019). Los ccTLDs y los Dilemas del Desarrollo Comercial del DNS en América Latina. Reflexiones para el Sur Global. In Opperman, D. Internet governance in the global south. History, theory and contemporary debates. NUPRI, Universidad de Sao Paulo, nupri.prp.usp.br/noticias/nova-publicacao-internet-governance-in-the-global-south/
Aguerre, C. (2019). Right of Access to the Internet. Global Approaches. In Susi, M., Human Rights, the Digital Society and Law: A Research Companion, London: Routledge.
Aguerre, C.; Canabarro, D. R.; Callegari, A.; Hurel, L. M.; Patrício, N. S. (2018). Mapping National Internet Governance Initiatives in Latin America. Internet Policy Observatory at the Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, miglac.org.
Aguerre, C. (2017). 'The Internet in Argentina and Brazil: The Origins of Networking Experiences', in Information & Culture [University of Texas] 52 (2), www.utexaspressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7560/IC52206
Aguerre, C. (2017). Redes de gobernanza de Internet a nivel nacional. La experiencia de casos recientes en América Latina [National governance networks. Recent experiences in Latin America], in CELE 3rd edition, Hacia una Internet Libre de Censura, Buenos Aires, Universidad de Palermo.

Seminars and Conferences

2019: Artificial Intelligence Frameworks in Latin America. In CPR Latam. Cordoba, Argentina. www.cprlatam.org

2018: “Cyberpolicy and data flows from a Latin American perspective”. Workshop “Digital Free Trade or Cyber Nationalism”. Georgia Tech, Atlanta 24-25 May.

2016: “Conversaciones en Twitter en momentos de escándalo político en Argentina”. In Second Annual Congress of Media and Society (Congreso Anual de Medios y Sociedad MESO). “Desarrollos Contemporáneos Sobre Medios, Cultura y Sociedad: Argentina y América Latina”. 28 Oct. 2016, Buenos Aires.

2015: “Internet Policy Formation in Latin America”. In 10° Annual Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET), 10th Internet Governance Forum. 9 November 2015, João Pessoa.

2014: An approach to national Internet governance mechanisms. 9th Annual Symposium of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET) at the 9th Internet Governance Forum (September 2014).

2014: The Internet governance regime and the national Internet trajectory of Brazil, 2nd ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires, Argentina July 23-25.

2010: Summer Doctoral Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

2008: Summer School Scholar. Programme of Comparative Media Law and Policy. Annenberg School of Communications. – University of Oxford.