Tess Skadegård Thorsen

Researcher, Educator & Consultant

Tess Skadegård Thorsen, PhD (she/her), is a researcher, educator, and consultant, specialized in representation in tech and media. Tess was an NYU Institute for Public Interest Technology summer fellow and formerly worked as Director of Product Ethics at a Fortune 50 Media/Tech Conglomerate. She serves as advisory board member to the Danish Pioneer Centre for AI and board member to multiple other organizations.

 

“Tech won’t solve all our problems, but it can amplify inequalities and waste resources if we aren’t strategic.”

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