Zeynep Tufekci PhD,MA
Zeynep Tufekci, PhD, is an internationally renowned techno-sociologist whose work analyzes the intersections of science, technology, politics, and society. She is a New York Times opinion columnist and the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She is the author of Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.
Billed as someone who has “quietly made a habit of being right on the big things,” she asks hard questions about challenges including AI, privacy and surveillance, social movements, and public health, and answers them in ways that defy disciplinary boundaries.
Aided by her background as a computer programmer, her current work as a sociologist, a penchant for complex systems-based thinking, and an international perspective as a Turkish-born American, Dr. Zeynep offers unique and often controversial insights on the topics you’re already thinking about—and the ones you should be.
Billed as someone who has “quietly made a habit of being right on the big things,” she asks hard questions about challenges including AI, privacy and surveillance, social movements, and public health, and answers them in ways that defy disciplinary boundaries.
Aided by her background as a computer programmer, her current work as a sociologist, a penchant for complex systems-based thinking, and an international perspective as a Turkish-born American, Dr. Zeynep offers unique and often controversial insights on the topics you’re already thinking about—and the ones you should be.