Aaron Gluck-Thaler

Aaron Gluck-Thaler is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, holding the Professorship in Data Sciences. He is a Faculty Affiliate at The Citizen Lab. His research focuses on the history of surveillance, artificial intelligence, and Cold War science/technology.

Education:

• BEng in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
• MSc in Social Science of the Internet, Oxford Internet Institute
• MSc in History of Science, Medicine & Technology, University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
• PhD in History of Science, Harvard University

Research Interests: Investigates scientists' roles in 20th-century data-intensive surveillance. Current book project examines surveillance's historical roots in scientific practice. Explores intersections of technology, power, and epistemology.

Grants & Awards:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship
• Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (Harvard)
• Charles Babbage Institute
• American Philosophical Society

Labs & Collaborations: Affiliated with The Citizen Lab, a world-leading interdisciplinary initiative studying digital media & rights in the information age.