Ramesh Srinivasan, M.S., Ph.D., (born 1976) is a professor of Information Studies and Design/Media Arts[1] at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a scholar, author and thought leader who explores the intersection of technology, innovation, politics, business, and society.
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Professional life
editRamesh Srinivasan, M.S., Ph.D., has been a faculty member in the Information Studies and Design/Media Arts departments at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 2005. As an author, scholar, media personality on The Young Turks and founder/host of the Utopias Podcast, he explores how technology and innovation will make a balanced world possible for all global citizens.
Additionally, Dr. Srinivasan is the founder of the research group Digital Cultures Lab,[2] a UC-wide research group which examines the means by which new media technologies impact businesses, economics, cultures, politics, labor, and the environment through collaborations with global partners.
He is also on the board of directors for Digital Democracy, which works with land protectors in the Amazon and around the world. He also advises One Project, New Public, members of the US congress (House and Senate), and global leaders.
Dr. Srinivasan previously served as a national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign and as an Innovation policy committee member for President Biden.[3]
Academic background
editDr. Srinivasan earned his Ph.D. in design studies at Harvard University, MSc degree in media arts and science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.Sc degree in Engineering at Stanford University.[4] He has served fellowships in MIT's Media Laboratory in Cambridge and the MIT Media Lab Asia.
He has been a teaching fellow at the Graduate School of Design and Department of Visual and Environmental Design at Harvard University since 2005.
Thought Leadership
editDr. Srinivasan is the author of three books: "Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Impacts Our World" (2019 – NYU Press) and "After the Internet" with Adam Fish. His most recent book outlines how the future of the internet still hasn't been written. In Beyond the Valley, Dr. Srinivasan argues that tech can be fairer and more democratic, while still serving business interests. Beyond the Valley was named a top ten 2019 book in Tech by Forbes.
He is also a regular speaker for TEDx Talks, and makes routine media appearances on NPR, Al Jazeera, The Young Turks, MSNBC, and Public Radio International.[5][6]
Most recently, in 2024, Dr. Srinivasan launched his new Utopias Podcast which presents a new narrative, a vision of life futures based on a set of conversations that celebrate the work and perspectives of those who represent and care for the potential of human creativity, expression, and optimism. His guests include political figures, journalists, artists, scientists, environmentalists, religious practitioners, and scholars, such as American philosopher and political activist Dr. Cornel West, political commentator Ana Kasparian, American businessman and 2020 democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, Congressman Ro Khanna, and several others.
Additional projects that Srinivasan has worked on look at how new media technologies impact political revolutions, economic development and poverty reduction, and the future of cultural heritage. He has worked with bloggers who overthrew the recent authoritarian Kyrgyz regime,[7][8][9] non-literate tribal populations in India to study how literacy emerges through uses of technology,[10] and traditional Native American communities to study how non-Western understandings of the world can introduce new ways of looking at cultural heritage and the future of the internet and networked technologies.[11][12][13] His work has impacted contemporary understandings of media studies, anthropology and sociology, design, and economic and political development studies.[14]
Professional affiliations
editDr. Srinivasan is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Anthropological Association, and a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Science, Technology, & Human Values, International Journal of E-Politics, and Information Technologies and International Development. ᖶ
He serves on the board of directors for Digital Democracy, an organization that works with land protectors in the Amazon and around the world. He also advises One Project, New Public, along with numerous members of the US House & Senate and global leaders.[15]
Notes
edit- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh (2020-01-28). "Americans need a 'digital bill of rights'. Here's why | Ramesh Srinivasan". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Ramesh Srinivasan". seis.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "Democratize the Internet". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Ramesh Srinivasan | UCLA GSEIS". gseis.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ MSNBC (2017-03-13), How President Donald Trump's Team Uses Social Media To Impact The Public | Morning Joe | MSNBC, retrieved 2017-04-28
- ^ The Young Turks (2017-04-08), Data, Trump, and Our World - Conversation with Ramesh Srinivasan, retrieved 2017-04-28
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh; Fish, Adam (2009). "Internet Authorship: Social and Political Implications within Kyrgyzstan". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 14 (3): 559–580. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01453.x.
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh. (2010) "The Mail: A letter in response to Malcolm Gladwell's article" The New Yorker, 25 October 2010.
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh. (2011) "The Net Worth of Open Networks" The Huffington Post, 15 February 2011.
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh. "Reflective Media and Policy in Developing Nations" Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (blog post)
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh. (2007). "Ethnomethodological Architectures: The Convergence Between an Information System and the Cultural Landscape." Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. 58(5): 723-733
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh. (2006). "Indigenous, Ethnic, and Cultural Articulations of New Media." International Journal of Cultural Studies 9(4): 497-518.
- ^ Srinivasan, Ramesh, Katherine M. Becvar, Robin Boast, and Jim Enote. (2010). "Diverse knowledges and contact zones within the digital museum." Science, Technology, and Human Values 35(5): 735-768
- ^ Merl, Christina. (2007) "A challenging view on the future of global knowledge sharing. Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Rural Development News 1:13-16.
- ^ "Ramesh Srinivasan". Ramesh Srinivasan. 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-05-21.