About Us
The CyberBRICS project has a triple aim: to map existing regulations; to identify good practices and develop policy suggestions in the areas of i) cybersecurity and personal data regulations; ii) connectivity and digital transformation; and iii) artificial intelligence governance and industrial policy in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
The project is hosted by the CTS-FGV, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, and developed in partnership with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow; Jindal Global Law School and the Centre for Internet and Society, India; the Fudan University, Shanghai, and the Hong Kong University; and the Nelson Mandela University and Research ICT Africa, South Africa.
The project stems from the consideration that, over the next decade, projected Internet growth is expected to occur predominantly in Asia, Latin America and Africa and, particularly, in BRICS countries. The next billion users, together with the innovation and data they will produce and the policy they will need, will likely come from the BRICS. In light of this consideration, BRICS countries are increasing their cooperation in the fields of science and technology and promoting synergies with regard to digital policies.
As stressed by the BRICS leaders themselves: “Information and communications technologies provide citizens with new tools for the effective functioning of economy, society and state […] and the use and development of ICTs through international cooperation and universally accepted norms and principles of international law is of paramount importance in order to ensure a peaceful, secure and open digital and Internet space.”
While the expansion of connectivity and the rise of new information and communications technologies (ICTs) have generated opportunities for individuals and businesses, they also pose a number of challenges, with particular regard to the regulation of personal data and cybersecurity governance.
CyberBRICS aims at offering answers to such challenges, providing valuable – and so far inexistent – insights on BRICS digital policies, based on rigorously collected evidence that can be used by researchers, regulators and businesses alike.
The members of the CyberBRICS Advisory Board offer advice and guidance regarding the development of the CyberBRICS research and suggest stakeholders to be included in the CyberBRICS network.
CyberBRICS Advisory Board
Alison Gillwald
Director, Research ICT Africa and Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance University of Cape Town
Benedicto Fonseca Filho
Ambassador, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nikhil Pahwa
Founder and Editor, MediaNama
Shen Yi
Director, Center for BRICS Studies, and Professor, Fudan University
Alexey Ivanov
Director, BRICS Competition Policy Center, and Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Elonnai Hickok
Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Internet and Society
Sergio Suchodolski
President, Minas Gerais Development Bank, former Director of Strategy, New Development Bank (BRICS Bank)
Victoria Panova
Vice-President for International Relations, FEFU; Scientific Supervisor, BRICS Russia Organizing Committee Expert Counsel
Bruno ramos
Director for the Americas Regional Office, International Telecommunication Union
Evandro Carvalho
Co-director, Academy of BRICS Laws at Southwest University, Chongqing and Professor, FGV Law School
Sizwe Snail
Admitted and Practicing Attorney, Nelson Mandela University – Adjunct Prof, Fort Hare University – Adjunct Research Fellow
CyberBRICS Associated Scholars
Aashish Srivastava
Monash Business School
Alexandre Veronese
University of Brasilia (UnB)
Anja Kovacs
Director, Internet Democracy Project
Anri van der Spuy
Research ICT Africa
Barrie Sander
FGV School of International Relations
Cláudio Lucena
Paraíba State University
Dara Hallinan
FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institute for Information Infrastructure
Edison Lanza
Organization of American States
Ioannis Lianos
University College London
John Selby
Macquarie University
Marcelo Thompson
University of Hong Kong
Nicolo Zingales
University of Leeds
Pranav M Bidare
Center for Internet and Society
Sohini Chatterjee
Research Department of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Torsha Sarkar
Center for Internet and Society
Yong Liu
Hebei Academy of Social Sciences
Abhik Chaudhuri
Tata Consultancy Services
Amba Kak
Mozilla & Asian Privacy Scholars Network
Arindrajit Basu
Center for Internet and Society
Bhavna Sarma
RML National Law University, India
Charley Lewis
Wits University/ICASA
Danilo Doneda
Brazilian Institute of Public Law (IDP)
Francesca Musiani
Centre for Internet and Society, CNRS
Ivar Hartmann
Insper
Julien Nocetti
Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)
Niels ten Oever
University of Amsterdam
Renato Leite Monteiro
University of Sao Paulo
Sunil Abraham
Center for Internet and Society
Yasmin Curzi
GETULIO VARGAS FOUNDATION
Varsha Sewlal
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Aditya Singh Chawla
Center for Internet and Society
Angela Daly
Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Bruno Bioni
University of São Paulo
Carlos Afonso
Executive director, Nupef Institute
Christopher Marsden
University of Sussex
Diego Machado
Rio de Janeiro State University
Hong Xue
Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law
Jess Reia
McGill University
Lucienne Abrahams
Wits University
Nicholas Martin
FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institute for Information Infrastructure
Sagwadi Mabunda
PhD Candidate at the University of the Western Cape
Tatiana Indina
Center for New Media and Society
Yasodara Córdova
World Bank Group
Wei Wang
University of Hong Kong
If you conduct research on data protection or cybersecurity in at least one of the BRICS countries and would like to join the CyberBRICS Associated Scholars, please send a request including your CV via email.