Âri de Fauconberg
Director of Research
Leading GDI’s research agenda
Gates Cambridge Scholar and PhD Candidate in Organisational Theory & Information Systems, University of Cambridge
Member of GDI’s Environmental Risk research cluster
Biography
Ari de Fauconberg is the Co-founder and Director of Research for the Good Data Initiative. As a Gates Scholar and PhD Candidate in the University of Cambridge’s Organisational Theory & Information Systems (OTIS) Group, Ari studies “grand challenges” and specifically, how organisations transition towards long-term social, environmental, and economic sustainability. She has taught at the University of Oxford and Harvard Extension School, and worked for the Smith School for Enterprise and National Geographic.
Ari is an advocate for both responsible data science and diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership. She is a One Young World Ambassador and was a nominated finalist on the #ThinkListNext 2021 list of the "next generation of thinkers" advancing understanding and moving the dial on issues of responsible business. In her current role, Ari is responsible for stewarding the development, growth, and execution of research projects and knowledge resources created by the GDI team.
GDI Publications:
Author & Editor, GDI Review 01: Digital Finance in Africa: At a Crossroads (Spring 2021)
The Data Economy is here. Now what? (GDI Blog, Nov 2020)