Jennifer Shkabatur
S.J.D. 2012
Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovations, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011-2013)
Fellow, Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University (2011-2012)
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University (2011-2012)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Law (2010-2011)
jshkabatur at sjd.law.harvard.edu
Dissertation
Transparency, Accountability, and Citizen Participation in Regulatory Institutions: Toward the Digital Era
My dissertation examines the effects of information technologies on transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in three regulatory institutions: administrative agencies, international organizations, and local governments. It explores emerging national and international policies, including online open data and freedom of information, spending and budget transparency, citizen participation in policymaking, and collaborative monitoring of international regimes. The research relies on field studies of online platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Internet Law and Policy with Professor Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- Administrative Law and Theories of Regulation with Dean Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
- Theories of Democracy with Professor Archon Fung, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- International Law and Organizations with Professor Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law School
Additional Research Interests
- Intellectual Property
- Theories of Information and Communications
- Open Government
- New Media, Movements, and Campaigns
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. 2012
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. Program 2006-2007
- Tel Aviv University, Department of Political Sciences, M.A. 2007
- Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, LL.B. 2004
Academic Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2011-2013, Democracy Fellow
- Harvard University, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, 2011-2012, Fellow at the Research Lab on Institutional Corruption
- Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, 2011-2012, Fellow
- Boston University School of Law, 2010-2011, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Harvard Law School, 2009-2010, Byse Teaching Fellow
- Cambridge University, Lauterpacht Center for International Law, 2009, Visiting Fellow
- Harvard Law School, 2007-2009, Graduate Program Fellow, Teaching Assistant in International & Administrative Law and LL.M. Advisor
- Harvard College, Government Department, 2008, Teaching Fellow
- Fulbright Scholar, 2006-2008
- Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Hamburg, Germany, 2004, Visiting Researcher
Representative Publications
- Transparency with(out) Accountability: Open Government in the United States, 31 YALE LAW & POLICY REVIEW (forthcoming 2013).
- Viral Engagement: Broad, Thin, and Powerful, but Good for Democracy? (co-authored with Archon Fung), in YOUTH, NEW MEDIA, AND CITIZENSHIP (Danielle Allen ed., forthcoming 2013).
- Six Models for Internet & Politics (co-authored with Archon Fung et al.), INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REVIEW (forthcoming 2012).
- Check My School: A Case Study on Citizen Monitoring of the Education Sector in the Philippines, Washington, DC: World Bank Institute (2012).
- A Global Panopticon? The Changing Role of International Organizations in the Information Age, 33 MICH. J. INT’L L. 159 (forthcoming 2011).
- Cities @ Crossroads: Digital Technology and Local Democracy in America, 76 BROOK. L. REV. 1413 (forthcoming 2011).
- Technologies of Transparency for Accountability: An Examination of Several Experiences from Developing Countries (report co-authored with Archon Fung et al., October 2010).
- Local Participatory Democracy in Israel: Toward a Digital Era, 33 TEL AVIV U. L. REV. 665 (2010) [Hebrew]
- The Constitution of the Internet, in TECHNOLOGIES OF JUSTICE 441 (Shai Lavi ed., 2003) (book review) [Hebrew]
Additional Information
- Languages: English, Hebrew, Russian, French (intermediate), Spanish (beginner)
Last Updated: November 9, 2012