Fadi Salem has over fifteen years of multidisciplinary working experience in the policy research fields, policy think tanks and media organizations, including contributing to numerous projects with the UN, OECD and the World Bank. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Future Government Group at the MBR School of Government (formerly Dubai School of Government) and founder of the Governance and Innovation Program. He also was a Research Associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and a Fellow with the I+I Policy Research Centre, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY SPP), National University of Singapore. Fadi is currently a PhD in Public Policy candidate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His areas of expertise extends to technology policy, digital government and transformation, Internet governance and smart cities development; specifically, policy implications of IoT, open and big data. He is the author of numerous policy publications on social implications of social media, e-participation, digital transformation and digital governance. Previously, Fadi has worked in The Executive Office in Dubai, advising senior government leaders on technology policy and digital economy as well as an Editor in two regional media publications. Fadi is currently a PhD in Public Policy candidate at the University of Oxford, and hold a Master in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from Aleppo University. He co-founded several international research projects, development initiatives and NGOs such as Jusoor and Project Encounter, and authored numerous policy publications and reports, including the influential ‘Arab Social Media Report’ series and the ‘Arab World Online’ series. He is frequently invited as an expert and public speaker in international conferences and policy forums. His work and interviews have been featured (among others) in The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Foreign Affairs, BBC, CNN and numerous other media outlets.

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