Johnny Ryan

Current

Senior Researcher (on sabbatical for PhD) at Institute of International and European Affairs

Past

Under contract to write new book on politics and the Internet for at Reaktion Press
Project Manager at European Biometric Forum
Researcher at The Institute of European Affairs

Project coordinator at Digital Print Innovations Ltd.
Tutor at University College Dublin

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Education

University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University College Dublin

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Johnny Ryan’s Summary

My next book - on openness and the history of the Internet - is due in 2010 from Reaktion Books (http://johnnyryan.wordpress.com/books/net-history-2010/)

Johnny Ryan’s Specialties:

Internet governance, Information security, Digital convergence, innovation, digital trends, online communications, terrorism, EU justice & home affairs cooperation

Johnny Ryan’s Experience

Senior Researcher (on sabbatical for PhD)

Institute of International and European Affairs

(Think Tanks industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Principal investigator - European Commission DG FSJ, Study on non-legislative measures to prevent the distribution of violent radical content on the Internet

Principal investigator - The Next Leap: Competitive Ireland in the Digital Era (Strategic Report on the Trends of Change in the Digital Sector, and Government Opportunities for Action), 2008

Principal investigator - Online radicalisation and ISP filtering: recommendations on an alternative user-driven strategy, 2007

Also, contributor to Oxford Analytica, Open Democracy, RUSI/Janes Homeland Security Monitor, TCSDaily, and NATO Review. See http://www.iiea.com
Under contract to write new book on politics and the Internet for

Reaktion Press

(Internet industry)

April 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 6 months)

Under contract to write new book on the development of the Internet
Project Manager

European Biometric Forum

(Internet industry)

February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)
Researcher

The Institute of European Affairs

(Privately Held; Think Tanks industry)

September 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Project coordinator

Digital Print Innovations Ltd.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2004 — April 2005 (5 months)
Tutor

University College Dublin

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Johnny Ryan’s Education

University of Cambridge

PhD , Internet , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

O'Reilly Scholar examining how militant communications campaigns atomise across different audiences and media on the Internet - at Magdalene, Cambridge University
University of Cambridge

MPhil , International Studies , 2004 — 2005
University College Dublin

MA , History of International Relations , 1998 — 2003

BA, History, 1998-2002

Additional Information

Johnny Ryan’s Websites:

Johnny Ryan’s Interests:

digital policy, security policy

Johnny Ryan’s Groups:

Cambridge Intelligence Seminar,
O'Reilly Foundation Scholar,
Institute of European Affairs,

University of Cambridge
Paddytech
Biometrics Network & Forum
Digital Network IE
Cambridge University Alumni Group
The Digital Future Group
The Institute of International & European Affairs
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
Future Trends
Intellectual Property Networking Group
Present and former researchers at the Institute of International and European Affairs
Irish Technology Leadership Group
Centre for Science and Policy
TEDx Dublin