Joan Lopez Solano

Bio

I am a PhD student at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) in the AlgoSoc project working on the EU's use of Automated Decision-Making Systems (ADS) in migration management. I am a historian from the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) with an M. A. in Sociology from Bielefeld University (Germany). Previously, I worked as a Research and Policy Officer at the Global Data Justice project led by Prof. Linnet Taylor, and as a Researcher at Fundación Karisma, a Colombian civil society organization working on human rights in digital technologies. My research analyzes the impacts of data-intensive systems on the fundamental rights of vulnerable communities. My expertise includes data systems used for social security, migration management, and national identification systems. 

Recent publications

1. ‘A promising playground’ - IDEMIA and the digital ID infrastructuring…

   Lopez-Solano, J., & Castañeda, J. D. (2024). ‘A promising playground’: IDEMIA and the digital ID infrastructuring in Colombia. Information, communication & society, 1-17. Advance online publication.

2. Why are sector transgressions so hard to govern? - Reflections from E…

   Taylor, L., Martin, A., de Souza, S. P., & Lopez-Solano, J. (2023). Why are sector transgressions so hard to govern? Reflections from Europe's pandemic experience. Information, communication & society, 1-5. Advance online publication.

3. Vigilando a las "buenas madres" - Aportes desde una perspectiva femin…

   Castro, L., & Lopez, J. (2022). Vigilando a las "buenas madres": Aportes desde una perspectiva feminista para la investigación sobre la datificación en la política social desde Familias En Acción. In P. Ricaurte, & M. Zasso (Eds.), Inteligencia artificial feminista: Hacia una agenda de investigación para América Latina y el Caribe (pp. 99-116). Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica. https://archive.org/details/inteligencia-artificial-feminista/page/n2/mode/1up

4. 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.

5. 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.