Bio

Jonathan is the Senior Director of Research at Caribou Digital. He has over two decades of experience researching mobile telephony and the internet, with a focus on their impact on global development and inclusion in the digital age. His work covers areas such as platform economies, digital financial services, mobile health, digital identity, and youth media. His latest edited volume, Platform Livelihoods Project: Working, Trading, Renting and Creating in a Digital Age, is freely available online. Jonathan previously worked at Microsoft Research and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and consulted for the Monitor Group. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication Research from Stanford University.