Government intentions stand at the heart of debates about how big data can and should be used in the Global South. Laura will present three government visions for big data, discuss each vision's implications for the changing relationship between citizen and state, and conclude by considering the implications of Brazil's, India's and China's use of big data for changing global power relations. 

Bio:

Laura Mahrenbach is a research fellow and lecturer at the Technical University of Munich School of Governance. Laura's research focuses on the intersection of global power shifts, global governance and technological innovation, particularly big data. She is currently the principal investigator on a three-year German Research Foundation-funded project on conceptualizing emerging powers.