Joan Lopez Solano

Bio

I am a Research and policy officer at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) in the Global Data Justice project. I am a historian from the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) with an M. A. in Sociology from Bielefeld University (Germany). Before joining Tilburg University, I worked for four years at Fundación Karisma, a Colombian civil society organization working on human rights in digital mediated technologies. My work was to research the impacts of data-intensive systems on the fundamental rights of vulnerable communities. My areas of expertise include the data systems used for social security, international development and identification systems. 

Recent publications

1. Data for dignity - Requirements for the implementation of data system…

   Lopez, J. (2022). Data for dignity: Requirements for the implementation of data systems for social programs in Colombia. Fundacion Karisma.

2. Digital disruption or crisis capitalism? - Technology, power and the …

   Lopez Solano, J., Martin, A., Ohai, F., de Souza, S., & Taylor, L. (2022). Digital disruption or crisis capitalism? Technology, power and the pandemic.

3. The case of the Solidarity Income in Colombia - The experimentation w…

   Lopez, J. (2021). The case of the Solidarity Income in Colombia: The experimentation with data on social policy during the pandemic. In S. Milan, E. Trere, & S. Masiero (Eds.), COVID-19 from the margins: Pandemic invisibilities, policies and resistance in the datafied society (pp. 126-129). Institute of Networked Cultures.

4. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán y las políticas públicas: una interpretación de …

   Lopez Solano, J. (2021). Jorge Eliécer Gaitán y las políticas públicas: una interpretación de la eugenesia italiana (1936-1941). Historia y Espacio, 17(57), 217-252.

5. Useless and dangerous - A critical exploration of Covid applications …

   Lopez Solano, J., Castaneda, J. D., & Valdes, J. (2021). Useless and dangerous: A critical exploration of Covid applications and their human rights impacts in Colombia. Fundacion Karisma.