Stefania Milan

Stefania Milan is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. She is the Principal Investigator of the DATACTIVE project, funded by the European Research Council and exploring the implication of data, technology and artificial intelligence for democracy and political participation (https://data-activism.net).

Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”

COVID-19 lays bare the nuances of a society undergoing digital data transformation in nearly every field of human activity, from its most beneficial to its most disturbing aspects

By Stefania Milan and Philip Di Salvo

/ 8 Jun 2020

Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”

Making migrants visible to COVID-19 counting: the dilemma

While most forms of data management of populations are problematic, the COVID-19 pandemic requires reconsidering the relationship between data and invisible populations.

By Stefania Milan, Annalisa Pelizza and Yoren Lausberg

/ 28 Apr 2020

Making migrants visible to COVID-19 counting: the dilemma

A widening data divide: COVID-19 and the Global South

COVID-19 shows the need for a global alliance of experts who can fast-track the capacity building of developing countries in the business of counting.

By Stefania Milan and Emiliano Treré

/ 3 Apr 2020

A widening data divide: COVID-19 and the Global South