Alexandre Costa Barbosa
Alexandre is currently an expert advisor to the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee – CGI.br, where he works on the agendas of platform regulation, educational platforms, internet and democracy, digital inclusion, and digital literacy, and is a member of the Nucleum of Technology of the Movement of Homeless Workers (MTST). He is an engineer, with a master’s degree in sustainable territorial development at Sorbonne Paris 1. He has also acted as a senior innovation researcher at the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro.
At Weizenbaum Institute Alexandre integrates the RG “Design, Diversity and New Commons”. He contributes to developing the sustainable digital sovereignty concept, mainly by focusing on educational platforms and by bringing perspectives from the South.
Positions at Weizenbaum Institut
Former Research Fellow
Research Group „Design, Diversity and New Commons“
Mid April to Mid July 2023
Committees and functions
Vale dos Inconfidentes - Innovation and Digital Culture ecosystem of the historic cities of Minas Gerais state - Head of Institutional Relations
India Foundation - Kautilya Fellow: Public Policy Module, New Delhi. February 2019
Seed: Startups and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development - Government of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Advisor
MTST Núcleo de Tecnologia - Movement of the Homeless Workers technology sector, Brazil. Member
RITA- Interdisciplinary Network of Technologies and the Environment, Brazil. Co-founder
Fields of research
Digital Sovereignty; Platform Regulation; Internet Policy; Digital Geographies; Digital Inequalities
Projects
- Education in a scenario of platformization and data economy in Brazil
- Digital identification for Development in Latin America
- Blockchain for the Public Interest
- Complementary currencies for smart territories
Publications
Relevante Publikationen
Barbosa, A. (2022). Sustainable Digital Sovereignty as the basis for the Future of the Internet. Dossiê ComCiencia. No. 240. Available at <https://bit.ly/3Buv83l>
CGI.br (2022). Education in a scenario of platformization and data economy: partnerships and asymmetries. Working Group of Educational Platforms of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. Org. Barbosa, A; Cappi, J; Carlos, J; Evangelista, R; Gonsales; P. Available at <https://bit.ly/3uNgbW6>
CGI.br (2022). Community Networks in Brazil: experiences of implementation and challenges for digital inclusion. Sectoral Studies of the Brazilian Network Information Center - NIC.br. Org. Barbosa, A; Cappi. J; Mesquita, L; Nardy; G; Senne, F; Storino; S. Available at <https://bit.ly/3Wbmw9A>
CGI.br (2022). Education in a scenario of platformization and data economy: concepts and problems. Working Group of Educational Platforms of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. Org. Barbosa, A; Cappi, J; Carlos, J; Evangelista, R; Gonsales; P. Available at <https://bit.ly/3CBwKJt>
CGI.br (2021). Contributions to the tackle Disinformation during Electoral Periods. Working Group of Internet and Democracy of the Brazilian Internet Steering Commitee. Org. Barbosa, A; Cappi, J; Mesquita, L; Tresca, L. Available at <https://bit.ly/3V4FWgy>
Barbosa, A.; Costa, J.; Carvalho, C.; Machado, C (2020) Strengthening the appropriate uses of digital identities in Latin America. Report on Digital Identity - Good ID - of the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro and supported by the Omidyar Network. Available at <http://somos.itsrio.org/report_good_id>
Barbosa, A,; Costa, J; Pontes, R (2020). Smart Cities in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Caderno Adenauer - Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Fourth Industrial Revolution: innovations, challenges and opportunities. Available at <bit.ly/3drFl2s>
Barbosa, A.; Moraes, T.; Tesima, D.; Pontes, R.; Lima.; A; Zambelli, B (2019). Smart Planning: Tools, Concepts, and Approaches for a Sustainable Digital Transformation. Smart anad Digital Cities. Springer International Publishing. Available at <https://bit.ly/2sUM2bj>
Barbosa, A. (2022). Book review: Bit Tyrants - The Political Economy of Silicon Valley by Rob Larson. Dossê ComCiencia. No. 240. Available at <https://bit.ly/3Wf6Im9>
Miscellaneous
Alumni from the first batch of the Oscar Sala Chair’s course on Political, Economic, and Cultural aspects of the Internet- Institute of Advanced Studies - University of São Paulo
Member of the Research Group of Smart Cities and Blockchain for Public Interest. Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro. 2017
Finalist in the Mission Billion Challenge - Digital Identification. World Bank ID4D and MIT Solve. April 2019
Member of the Working Group of Governance that elaborated the Brazilian Charter on Smart Cities - Ministry of Regional Development and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Independent lecturer and consultant