As governments and international organizations push for digital identity (ID) systems, critical questions emerge about their impact on democratic rights. This webinar explores the political stakes of digital ID initiatives, from the World Bank’s ID4D campaign to the European Digital Identity Wallet to India's Aadhaar system, examining how they intersect with claims to citizenship, participation, exclusion, and accountability.
Join us for an in-depth conversation on the risks, opportunities, and democratic challenges of digital identity in a data-driven world!
Speakers: Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo, Norway) and Stephan Scheel (Leuphana University, Germany)
Moderator: Stefania Milan, European University Institute and University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Silvia Masiero is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is a long-term researcher of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D). She has authored over 80 peer-reviewed research papers on topics including digital social protection, platform-mediated surveillance and decolonial approaches to information systems research.
Stefania Milan collaborates with the Chair in AI & Democracy at the Florence School of Transnational Governance (European University Institute). She is Professor of Critical Data Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University).
Stephan Scheel works as a Professor for Political Sociology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg where he currently leading the ERC-funded project DigID – Doing Digital Identities . Stephan is best known for his work on biometric border controls and the use of migrant struggles as an epistemic starting for the study of borders and regimes of citizenship.