Bio
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the professor of Internet governance and regulation at University of Oxford.
A native of Austria, Mayer-Schönberger founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product.
In 1998, he joined the faculty of Harvard Kennedy School, where he worked for 10 years. Mayer-Schönberger then spent three years at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore before moving to Oxford.
Mayer-Schönberger has published over 100 articles and book chapters and seven books, including Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age.
Featured Work
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OCT 31, 2014 • Podcast
The Bright Side to Big Data: Good Intentions and Ethical Questions
We wrap up our three-part series on data and privacy with a look at some ways big data can improve our communities. Technology and big ...
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SEP 5, 2014 • Podcast
Big Data, Virginia Woolf, and the Right to be Forgotten
As a society, we're still developing vocabulary to talk about data technology and the moral questions it raises. In this first of a series of ...