Brenden Kuerbis
IGP Operations Director
Syracuse, NY USA
bnkuerbi[at]syr.edu
Brenden Kuerbis, a regular contributor to and co-editor of IGP Blog, does research on the political economy of global Internet policy, particularly with regard to Internet infrastructure security and its governance, using the theoretical tools of institutional analysis and standardization, and both historical and quantitative social science methods. I'm currently looking at the development and deployment of DNS and routing technical standards pertaining to securing critical Internet resources (e.g., DNSSEC, RPKI). Other notable projects I've worked on include the governance of global identity systems (e.g., service provider identity (SPID)), and social network analysis of transnational policy advocates involved in the area of Internet governance.
As part of IGP, I actively follow and analyze work occurring in global forums such as ICANN, Regional Internet Registries, IETF, ITU-T, the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), as well as domestic venues like NTIA and the US Congress. I also participate in the Noncommercial Users Constituency within ICANN's policy making body the GNSO, serve as IGP's liaison to the OECD's Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council, and have organized several workshops at the IGF and other venues.
My work has been presented at TPRC, International Communications Association, International Telecommunications Society, the International Studies Association and appeared in Telecommunications Policy, The Information Society, the International Journal of Communication, Circle ID, and info: The journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media.
I am completing my dissertation at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, and hold a BA in International Affairs from the University of Colorado and a MBA/MS in Information Technology from the University of Denver. Previously, I held product development positions with a civic communications startup and Level(3) Communications.
