Ronald Deibert Explained

Ronald Deibert
Alma Mater:The University of British Columbia (BA, PhD)
Queen's University (MA)
Employer:University of Toronto

Ronald James Deibert [1] (born 1964)[2] is a Canadian professor of political science, philosopher, founder and director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.[3]

He was a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor projects.[4] Deibert was one of the founders and former VP of global policy and outreach for Psiphon.

The Citizen Lab

See main article: Citizen Lab. As founder and director of the Citizen Lab, Deibert has overseen and been a contributing author to more than 170 reports[5] covering research on cyber espionage, commercial spyware, Internet censorship, and human rights. The Citizen Lab has been remarkably effective in holding governments and private-sector firms accountable for using information technology to endanger people. Researchers from the Citizen Lab contribute to the global understanding of spyware abuse through their expertise. Writing for the Guardian in 2021, John Naughton said "Deibert has built a formidable team that functions as a kind of National Security Agency for civil society."[6]

Massey Lectures

In 2020, he gave the annual Massey Lectures for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and they were published in book form under the title Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society.[7] The book won the 2021 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[8] [9] [10]

Other work

Deibert presently serves on the editorial boards of the journals International Political Sociology,[11] Explorations in Media Ecology,[12] Review of Policy Research,[13] Journal of Global Security Studies,[14] and Astropolitics.[15] He has served on the advisory boards of Access Now, Privacy International, the technical advisory groups of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and is currently on the advisory boards of PEN Canada[16] and the Design 4 Democracy Coalition, the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy, the advisory board for the Citizen Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-chair of the University of Toronto's Information Security Council.

Awards and Nominations

Deibert's work has been widely recognised and respected.He has been awarded the University of Toronto's President's Impact Award[17] (2017), Foreign Policys Global Thinker Award[18] (2017), the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer award[19] (2015), the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity[20] (2014), the Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada Award from the Canadian Library Association[21] (2014), the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Vox Libera Award[22] (2010), the Carolyn Tuohy Award for Public Policy[23] (2010), the Northrop Frye Distinguished Teaching and Research Award (2003), and the University of Toronto Outstanding Teaching Award (2002).[24] He was a Ford Foundation research scholar of information and communication technologies (2002–2004).[25] In 2019, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Guelph.[26]

He was named a Global Thinker by Foreign Policy (2017), one of Motherboard website's "Humans of the Year"[27] (2017), listed among SC Magazines top "IT Security Luminaries"[28] (2010), and Esquire magazine's Best and Brightest List of 2007.[29]

In 2013, he was made a Member of the Order of Ontario[30] and awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, for being "among the first to recognize and take measures to mitigate growing threats to communications rights, openness and security worldwide."[30] He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022, with the rank of Officer.[31]

Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society won the 2021 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[8]

Publications

Co-edited by Deibert

Authored by Deibert

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Order of Canada appointees – December 2022 . The Governor General of Canada . 29 December 2022 . 29 December 2022 .
  2. Web site: Scott Anderson says. 2019-03-16. The Troublemaker. University of Toronto.
  3. Web site: 2021-12-21. Controversial Pegasus spyware faces its day of reckoning. 27 November 2021. The Guardian.
  4. News: A new breed of hackers tracks online acts of war. The Washington Post. 2011-09-06. 2008-08-27. Kim. Hart.
  5. Web site: Publications. The Citizen Lab. 15 October 2009 . en-US. 2020-01-13.
  6. News: Naughton . John . 2021-11-27 . Notorious Pegasus spyware faces its day of reckoning . en-GB . The Observer . 2023-12-06 . 0029-7712.
  7. News: Reset by Ronald J Deibert, review — taking back control of the internet. Bryan. Appleyard. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  8. https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/the-mix/citizen-labs-ronald-deibert-wins-25k-shaughnessy-cohen-prize-for-political-writing-4358059 "Citizen Lab's Ronald Deibert wins $25K Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing"
  9. Web site: Ronald J. Deibert's Massey Lectures on technology wins $25K prize for best Canadian political writing CBC Books.
  10. News: Citizen Lab's Ronald Deibert wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The Globe and Mail . September 22, 2021. www.theglobeandmail.com.
  11. Web site: Editorial Board . 2022-06-16 . Oxford Academic . en.
  12. Web site: Explorations in Media Ecology, Editor Ernest A. Hakanen . 2022-06-16 . Intellect Books . en-GB.
  13. Web site: June 16, 2022 . Editorial Board .
  14. Web site: Editorial Board . 2022-06-16 . Oxford Academic . en.
  15. Web site: Astropolitics . 2022-06-16 . Taylor & Francis . en.
  16. Web site: 2011-10-01 . Biographies of Board Members . 2022-06-16 . PEN Canada . en-US.
  17. Web site: U of T honours seven researchers whose impact reaches beyond academia. University of Toronto News. en. 2019-01-08.
  18. Web site: Ronald Deibert named 2017 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. munkschool.utoronto.ca. 2019-01-08.
  19. Web site: EFF Announces 2015 Pioneer Award Winners: Caspar Bowden, Citizen Lab, Anriette Esterhuysen and the Association for Progressive Communications, and Kathy Sierra. Release. Press. 2015-08-26. Electronic Frontier Foundation. en. 2019-01-08.
  20. Web site: Confronting Technology. www.media-ecology.org. 2019-01-08.
  21. Web site: Canadian Library Association CLA Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada Award. en-US. 2019-01-08.
  22. Web site: Media Room & Blue Book – University of Toronto. media.utoronto.ca. 2019-01-08.
  23. Web site: Ron Deibert receives Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award. 2010-04-05. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. 2010-09-06.
  24. Web site: U of T Teaching Awards. 5 June 2012.
  25. Web site: Profile of U of T Citizen Lab Professor Ron Deibert. 5 June 2012.
  26. Web site: Ronald Deibert receives honorary degree from University of Guelph Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. munkschool.utoronto.ca. 2020-01-13.
  27. Web site: Ron Deibert's Lab Is the 'Robin Hood' of Cybersecurity. Franceschi-Bicchierai. Lorenzo. 2017-02-06. Motherboard. en-US. 2019-01-08.
  28. Web site: Top of the heap: 2010's IT security luminaries. 2010-12-01. SC Media. en-US. 2019-01-08.
  29. Web site: The Best and Brightest 2007. 21 November 2007 . 2 May 2013.
  30. Web site: 25 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour. Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
  31. Web site: 29 December 2022 . Order of Canada appointees – December 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229155748/https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-december-2022 . 29 December 2022 . 29 December 2022 . Governor General of Canada.

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