Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain is an internationally-known cyberlaw scholar. On completing a first degree from Yale University in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, he went on to gain a JD from Harvard Law School and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. His recent research includes the study of Internet filtering by national governments, the role of intermediaries as points of control in Internet architecture, and the taxation of Internet commerce. He is the founder of the H2O Project, which produces simple, unobtrusive but novel tools for use in classrooms, and is co-founder of the Chilling Effects web site, where Google and others report requests that information be censored. He comes to the OII from Harvard Law School where he was the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies. At Harvard Law School he co-founded the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He will coordinate a significant research and teaching relationship between the Berkman Centre and the OII, and is the Berkman Visiting Professor at Harvard. Professor Zittrain is a Professorial Fellow of Keble College, which has developed particular interest in computer science and public policy

Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Director of Graduate Studies,
Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University