Antonella Napolitano

Antonella is an independent researcher, tech policy expert and impact advisor with over 20 years experience, currently working with human rights organisations and public interest journalism newsrooms. Her work largely focuses on the impact of technology on society and human rights, in particular on issues related to migration, welfare, and reproductive rights.

Previously, she was Senior Policy Officer and Network Coordinator at Privacy International (PI), a global civil liberties organisation that challenges surveillance practices by governments and companies, where she developed and led PI’s work on migration and tech threats, and coordinated the global network of partner organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Prior to that, she served as Communications Manager at CILD, the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights, where she also ran the Civil Liberties in the Digital Age Programme.

In the past, she was also Europe Editor at Personal Democracy Media, covering civic technology and political participation in Europe. She is the author of several research reports at the intersection of migration and technology.

Antonella is a Forum Member at the European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM), Europe’s largest and longest-standing philanthropic collaborative working on issues of migration and inclusion.