Kersti Ruth Wissenbach

Master Program Development Communication, Malmö University Lecturer / Master thesis supervisor

PhD researcher DATACTIVE - The Politics of Data According to Civil Society A research project and a research collective exploring the politics of big data broadly defined. We take a critical look at massive data collection, privacy and surveillance | social movements, activism and internet activism | internet infrastructure, cybersecurity and their governance | open data and civic tech networks.

For more: www.linkedin.com/in/kersti-ruth-wissenbach Transparency & Accountability | Civic Tech | ICT4D | Open Governance Selection of clients: RNW Media CIVICUS GIZ OXfam Novib Oxfam International Solidaridad DIE German African Center Bonn World Wide Web Foundation Open Knowledge International

Developing and implementing confederation wide approach. Strategic support to local partner organisations in various countries. Tech4TA Strategy Lead - Justice Monitoring Program Rwanda (co-creation, strategy design, implementation)

Lecturer Communication & Media - Communication for Social and Behavioral Change - Visual Problem Appraisal (VPA) - Online Media

Working on open government data, civil liberties, aid transparency. Latest project: www.asktheeu.org Access Info Europe is a human rights organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the right of access to information in Europe as a tool for defending civil liberties and human rights, for facilitating public participation in decision-making and for holding governments accountable. Access Info's mission is that the right of access to information be enshrined in law and work in practice.

Focus: Citizen Advocacy , ICT4Development, Human Rights, Capacity Building - Strategy development and program design (urban / rural) - Strategic and policy advice of partner organizations - Facilitation of co-creation processes (process development and execution) - Project evaluation, Monitoring- and Evaluation, framework development, proposal writing - Project Management, project design, strategy development

key topic: resilience in development - Conference Organisation, Conference Planning, Project Management, PR

Researcher (Msc Thesis), Title: “Radio Progress – ‘Our Voice’, the benefit Community Radio can bring for development of its audience in the Ghanaian Upper West Region Independent research co-funded by UVA (Stunt Scholarship) and ISHSS (field research subsidy). Research on role of Community Media for democratization- and development processes of marginalised societies

Article writing for several newspapers

International Internship Office

Capacity Building and Public Relations Central America section

State certified Graphic Design for Digital- and Print Media (Apprenticeship). Focus: Concept Design / Corporate Identity, Brand Development, DTP

http://data-activism.net/

Media Development, ICT4Development, Inclusive Development, Community Empowerment, Capacity Building

Political Communication, International Development, Research on the consequences of neoliberal economic developments and their effects on the media sector - influences of same on the relevance for the Media Development sector.