Marianne Ryan

Marianne RyanGSP-09 Student, Singularity University

ePlanet Ventures Scholarship Recipient

Ms. Ryan’s research explores the legal, ethical, and policy implications of emerging information technologies. Current projects include “Ethical Guidance for Research and Application of Pervasive and Autonomous Information Technology,” sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Her dissertation is entitled “Civic Informatics & Public Integrity: Information Resources as Infrastructure for Ethical Governance.” She will discuss “Accelerating Technologies & the Singularity” at the Society for Utopian Studies’ annual conference in October.

Education:

Ph.D. candidate in Information; Certificate of Graduate Studies in Science, Technology & Society; and M.S. in Information, University of Michigan School of Information
J.D., Yale Law School

Home Country/Town: Ann Arbor, MI

SU Track: Policy, Law & Ethics

Expertise/Interest:

Information technology law, policy & ethics; Civic informatics; Community informatics; Futures studies; Internet research ethics; Cyberinfrastructure; Virtual worlds; AmeriCorps; Intellectual property

Links:

Email: marianne.ryan at singularityu.org