Julie Ricard

Julie Ricard is a researcher and technologist, with background in disinformation, public administration and gender studies. As “Technology and Democracy” Director at DPA, she have led the organization’s work about disinformation in Global Majority countries. She is the founder of the Eureka platform, which she developed during her time as a “Tech & Society” fellow at the Mozilla Foundation. Julie is also a PhD Candidate in Public Policy at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (São Paulo), where her research focuses on establishing the constitutive relationship between disinformation and its impacts and implications for policy and democracy. As an independent consultant for UNESCO, she contributes to Brazil’s National Strategy to Combat Public Policy Disinformation. She has led research on political disinformation in West Africa, disinformation affecting migrants in Latin-America and health-related disinformation — particularly anti-vaxx and relationship with vaccine hesitancy. She has extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative research, instrument design, interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders, and analysis for public policy reports and recommendations. Julie holds master’s degrees in International Relations (Sciences Po, France) and Gender Studies (Université Paris 7, France).

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On October 16th, Data-Pop Alliance in partnership with the University of Manchester hosted the first EmpoderaData workshop in the United Kingdom. This project aims to promote a virtuous cycle of social transformation in the global south by fostering data literacy...

On May 16-17 in São Paulo, Data-Pop Alliance, University of Manchester, and FGV EAESP jointly organized a workshop on Data Literacy and SDGs in Latin America. The workshop followed an open seminar on “Big Data for Social Good” which gathered...

Big Data para o Bem Comum 16-17 de Maio 2019 São Paulo SP Durante a última década, vivemos uma “revolução de dados”. A maioria de nossas ações e interações como seres humanos e sociedades são mediadas ou capturadas por dispositivos...

On October 15-17, Data-Pop Alliance and UNSSC conducted our third training workshop of 2018 in Cambridge, MA. The workshop is part of a broader training program tailored towards development practitioners, policymakers, and researchers interested in strengthening their knowledge and skills...

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