Jasmine Erkan

Jasmine Erkan is a Project and Research Officer in the Just Digital Transformations Program at Data-Pop Alliance. She holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Western Australia and an MA in Human Rights & Democratization from the Global Campus of Human Rights in Italy. During her studies, she co-authored a paper on European Populism and its impacts on the 2019 parliamentary elections, while her master thesis focused on the externalization of borders and other extra-territorial migration controls by the EU and Australia.

In the last year she has been working alongside a network of alumni from the Global Campus of Human Rights to facilitate the evacuation and resettlement of Afghan human rights defenders and women at risk, engaging with advocacy, communications and fundraising. Prior to this, she completed a traineeship with the Council of Europe Ankara Program Office, where she supported a project aimed at strengthening human rights in the Turkish criminal justice system, with key project areas in pre-trial detention, fair trial, cybercrimes and financing of terrorism. In addition to this, she has also been involved in a number of freelance writing and research projects, covering topics of politics, technology and digital culture.

Jasmine combines her knowledge and experience in human rights with her interest in digital governance, the sociopolitical implications of AI and Big Data, and the role of digital transformation in sustainable development to her research with DPA.

Posts

Unnatural Disasters: The Türkiye Earthquake and Open Data to Fight Corruption

Jasmine Erkan Mar 28 2023 Blog

DISCUSSION PIECE ShutterStock In the days following the recent earthquake in Türkiye (February 6, 2023), I was glued to my phone, grieving the loss of thousands of lives and the destruction of homes and historical cities in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. I watched as the sorrow of my Turkish friends and family transformed into a potent anger, further inflamed … Read More

Disinformation and Democracy: Reimagining Data Access for Policy-Making

Jasmine Erkan Jan 19 2023 Blog

DISCUSSION PIECE Photo by visuals on Unsplash In the last ten years, the world has watched the power and influence of tech platforms grow, largely unregulated by law, while also becoming increasingly interdependent with media and politics. Along with the recent and rapid digitalization of news production, distribution, and consumption, these structural changes have created a media environment in which … Read More