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Laura Forlano

Female

Interests: Access to knowledge, Telephony, Mobile Telephony / Computing, Spectrum, Software, Free / Open Source, Peer Production / P2P, Community/municipal broadband, Networks, Community Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Networks, Comparative research (international)
Role(s): Researcher, Activist/Advocate
Location(s) of Work: USA, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan

Current Institutional Affiliation(s)

School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University

New York, New York, United States
NYCwireless
Department of Design and Management
Parsons School of Design

The New School
New York City Computer Human Interaction Association (NYCCHI)
New York City, United States
Information Society Project
Yale University

New Haven, CT, United States

Visiting Fellow

Discipline(s)

Communications
Public Policy
Science and Technology

Biography

Laura Forlano is a Visiting Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and a Ph.D. Candidate in Communications at Columbia University. Her research interests include organizations, technology (in particular, mobile and wireless technology) and the role of place in communication, collaboration and innovation. Forlano is an Adjunct Faculty member in the Design and Management department at Parsons and the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School. She serves as a board member of NYCwireless and the New York City Computer Human Interaction Association. Forlano received a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University, a Diploma in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor's in Asian Studies from Skidmore College.

Publications and Resources

Journal Articles

Laura Forlano. Activist Infrastructures: The Role of Community Wireless Organizations in Authenticating the City. Eastbound.eu. http://eastbound.eu/journal/2006-1/0601forlano/attachment_download/file

Reports

Laura Forlano, Becky Lentz. Conversations on Media, Technology, Society & Culture: Convening Report: Media and Communications at a Crossroads ~ The Role of Scholarship for Media Reform and Justice . 2006.

Linked from lists:: SSRC Large Grants Winners - 2nd Round, Summer 2008

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