Dmitry Epstein

Dmitry Epstein is currently a research fellow at the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he is looking into questions of internet governance, telecommunication policy, and socioeconomic development. He is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at Cornell University and he holds a BA in Economics from Tel-Aviv University and an MA in Comparative Media Studies from Ben-Gurion University. In addition, Dmitry has worked as a Research Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and he has also graduated from the Internet Governance Capacity Training of the Diplo Foundation. To his academic activity, Dmitry brings a record of work in the venture capital and consulting industries, as well as a record of social activism and leadership. He is an active blogger and a participant in the academic community of researchers of new media and society as well as in the community of practitioners who focus on youth entrepreneurship and ICT for development.