The Team

Sandra Cortesi

Sandra Cortesi

Dr. Sandra Cortesi is a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, a Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the IKMZ at the University of Zurich, and an Adjunct Researcher in Communication at the Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian Business School. At Youth and Media she collaborates closely with talented young people (ages 12-18) and engages with researchers in the field who share an interest in exploring innovative ways to understand, evaluate, and shape current and future social challenges emerging in the digital world.

Annabel Jones

Annabel Jones

Annabel Jones is a Masters student at the University of Zurich in Internet & Society and was previously at the University of Virginia. She grew up in Switzerland and the United States. Her interests include digital privacy, generative AI, and journalism, with seven years as a student-journalist. She wants to make the Internet more of the utopic space that everyone hoped it would be. Outside of academia, you can find her running, bouldering, playing chess, or volunteering for Amnesty International and Sportegration in Zurich.

Kirsten Mueller-Daubermann

Kirsten Mueller-Daubermann

Kirsten Mueller-Daubermann is a Master’s Candidate at the University of Zürich studying Internet & Society in the school of Media & Communications. She works as a research assistant with the University and Sandra Cortesi of Berkman Klein, conducting research in the areas of youth, mental health and wellbeing and digital technologies. Her interests are in the intersection of how developing technologies effect youth well-being, differing cultural contexts, and how policymakers and international organizations can protect but also enhance opportunities for young people in the digital realm. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in Political Science.
Outside of academia, Kirsten works as a digital media and communications consultant for clients in the mental healthcare field and non-profit sector, and also formerly worked as a political analyst and journalist in television and radio in New York City.

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University of Zurich

Department of Communications and Media Research

Andreasstrasse 15

8050 Zürich, Switzerland

Address United states

Harvard University

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

1557 Massachusetts Avenue, 5th Floor

Cambridge, MA 02138, USA