Bio
Berhan Taye is a researcher, analyst, and facilitator who studies how technology shapes society and social justice. At One Project, she works on the policies, governance models, and funding practices that can help communities build democratic alternatives to Big Tech, including an AI commons. She co-authored AI Commons: Nourishing Alternatives to Big Tech Monoculture and Solidarity, Not Charity, a guide to transformative grantmaking. Before joining One Project, she was Africa Policy Manager at Access Now, where she led #KeepItOn, a global coalition of more than 220 organizations fighting internet shutdowns. She has also been a Senior Advisor to Internews’ Global Internet Freedom Project and a Practitioner Fellow at Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab.