The Foundation
The Public Discourse Foundation, which was founded in 2023, is a non-profit and independent foundation with its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The foundation grew out of the project Stop Hate Speech and was developed in close collaboration with ETH Zurich. As a bridge between science and society the foundation connects empirical research, technological innovation, and civil-societal involvement to create a public discourse that is more inclusive, freer, and more democratic.
Office
Sophie Achermann
Managing Director, Co-Founder Public Discourse Foundation
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Morgane Bonvallat
Head of Civil Society
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Simone Eymann-Pasquini
Head of Discussion Platforms
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Laura Bronner
Head of Research
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Olivia Wainwright
Project Staff
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Alena Thöni
Project Staff
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Miriam Steffen
Project Staff (Liaison Tech against Violence)
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Philip Grech
Senior Advisor (Liaison ETH Zurich)
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Nicolai Berk
Developer Public Discourse Indicator
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Killian Conyngham
Data Engineer Public Discourse Indicator
Foundation Council
Dominik Hangartner
President of the Council, Co-Founder Public Discourse Foundation, Professor of Public Policy at ETH Zurich
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Katia Murmann
Co-Founder WolfPak.ai, EqualVoice, and Edit-a-thon, former member of Executive Board at Blick
Martin Kotynek
Founding Director Media Forward Fund
Deborah Mattatia
Director and Founder KollektiveLabs
Scientific Advisory Board
- Fabrizio Gilardi (Chair, Professor of Public Policy at University of Zurich)
- Karsten Donnay (Vice Chair, Assistant Professor of Political Behaviour and Digital Media at University of Zurich)
- Anita Gohdes (Professor of International and Cyber Security at Hertie School)
- Josh Tucker (Professor of Politics at New York University)
- Gloria Gennaro (Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Data Science at University College London)