Ethan Zuckerman

research fellow at the Berkman Center

Ethan Zuckerman is a research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. His research in the field of information and communication technology for development includes work on telecommunications policy, free and open source software, and citizen media. With Rebecca MacKinnon, he is the cofounder of Global Voices (www.globalvoicesonine.org), an international community of webloggers and citizen journalists. Prior to his work with Berkman and Global Voices, Zuckerman founded Geekcorps, a volunteer organization that sent technology experts to work with ICT companies in the developing world. He is the former CTO of Tripod.com, a pioneering web site hosting company based in western Massachusetts, where he lives and works. He serves on the board of several nonprofit projects that focus on technology and social change. His personal blog, “My Heart’s in Accra” is located at http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog.