Dr. Hans Klein
Scientific Committee Member
Atlanta, GA USA
hans.klein[at]pubpolicy.gatech.edu
Hans K. Klein is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research on Internet governance is grounded in democratic and institutional theory. He has published articles on Internet governance, Internet and democracy, social movements, U.S. technology policy, and community media. Klein directs Georgia Tech's Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3). He formerly chaired the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and has led its activities in Internet governance.
Klein received a Ph.D. in 1996 in political science at MIT, an M.S. in 1993 in Technology and Policy at MIT, and a B.S.E. in 1983 from Princeton University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has also studied at the Technical University of Munich and been a visiting researcher at the Ecole des Mines in Paris. Klein worked in the European software industry for Siemens (Munich), Schlumberger (Paris), and Olivetti (Milan). He has consulted for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Academy of Engineering.
Some recent publications include:
- "The Right to Political Participation" in Rikke Frank Joergensen and William Drake, eds., Human Rights in the Global Information Society (MIT Press, 2006).
- "Understanding WSIS: An Institutional Analysis of the UN World Summit on the Information Society," Information Technology and International Development, "Special Issue on WSIS." MIT Press, Vol.1, No. 3-4, Spring-Summer 2005, pp. 3-13.
