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1 The Citizen Lab  





2 Massey Lectures  





3 Other work  





4 Awards and Nominations  





5 Publications  



5.1  Co-edited by Deibert  





5.2  Authored by Deibert  







6 References  





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Ronald Deibert
Ronald Deibert
Deibert at re:publica conference, 2014
Alma materThe University of British Columbia (BA, PhD)
Queen's University (MA)
Occupations
  • Founding Director
  • Citizen Lab
  • EmployerUniversity of Toronto

    Ronald James Deibert OC OOnt[1] (born 1964)[2] is a Canadian professorofpolitical 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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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 Policy's 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 Magazine's 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[edit]

    Co-edited by Deibert[edit]

    Authored by Deibert[edit]

    References[edit]

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