Mike Ananny

Mike Ananny is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. He researchers social uses of digital technologies, concentrating on how technological, institutional and normative forces both shape and reflect the networked press and a public right to hear.

He earned his PhD from Stanford University (Communication), his Masters from MIT (Media Laboratory) and his Bachelors from the University of Toronto (Computer Science & Human Biology).  He was also a founding member of the research staff at Media Lab Europe as part of the Everyday Learning group.  He has held fellowships and scholarships with Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, the Trudeau Foundation, LEGO Corporation, Interval Research Corporation, and has worked or consulted with LEGO, Mattel and Nortel Networks, helping to translate research concepts and prototypes into new product lines and services.