Anja Kovacs (PhD) is an independent researcher and consultant, whose work has focused on understanding, developing, and realizing feminist visions of the digital society in and for the Global South for more than 15 years. Her research includes ground-breaking work on online abuse, the intersections of gender and surveillance in the digital society, and the linkages between bodies and data. Her current work also addresses democracy and digitization and the political economy of knowledge production. Anja is currently a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada, a senior fellow at Research ICT Africa, South Africa, and a non-resident CyberBRICS fellow at FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas), Brazil. Previously, she directed the Internet Democracy Project, India, which she founded in 2011, for a decade. As a consultant, she has worked for a wide range of organizations, including the Independent Commission on Multilateralism, the United Nations Development Programme Asia Pacific, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression. Prior to focusing her work on the information society, Anja researched and consulted on a wide range of development-related issues. She has lectured at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and Ambedkar University, Delhi, India, has guest lectured in India and Brazil, and has conducted extensive fieldwork throughout South Asia, from South India to Afghanistan. Anja obtained her Ph.D. in development studies from the University of East Anglia.