
Jennie Phillips is an academic-practitioner specialized in digitally-enabled human behaviour during crisis, and risk measurement and resilience development in complex virtual online networks. Building on her work in Digital Response Networks — the complex human networks that form online during crisis — Jennie's current research focuses on digital ethics and governance of health data in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Jennie holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is a Doctoral Scholar with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In addition to her role as the Digital Ethics & Global Health Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, Jennie is also a Doctoral Fellow with Citizen Lab, University of Toronto. She teaches part-time at 91ÑÇÉ« in Disaster & Emergency Management.
Jennie's practitioner experience focuses on education, innovation, training and research. Clients span private, public, academic and non-profit sectors to include the Privy Council Office/Prime Minister’s Office of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and 91ÑÇÉ«. Jennie has worked locally and overseas in Switzerland, Swaziland, and India; holds a decade of experience working in and researching Emergency Management; and has over 12 years experience working in education and Information Communications and Technology (ICT). Jennie founded and leads ELLIPS Design + Consulting.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Global Health Foresighting |
Status | Alum |
Related Work |
Beyond contact tracing: The opportunities and challenges of digital responses to COVID-19 | Library, Research
Addressing structural racism and violence within global health | Library, Research Digital Global Health and Humanitarianism Lab | Project, Research |
Updates |
Why is Uptake of Digital Contact Tracings Apps Low? The Digital Global Health and Humanitarianism Lab has Evidence-based Answers and Recommendations | March 8, 2021
New Volunteers join Dahdaleh Institute Trainee Program | August 24, 2020 Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Digital Response Ethics in Humanitarian Emergencies | July 22, 2020 Jennie Phillips & A.M. Viens Awarded COVID-19 Funds by 91ÑÇÉ«U | May 7, 2020 Eighteen Established and Emerging Scholars Joined Dahdaleh Institute in Six Months | January 31, 2020 |
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