Island Ark Project Team

Dennis, David and Nick met in 2015 during an internship at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Blaine and Ingmar joined the team shortly thereafter, bringing additional academic and vocational skills to the table. Dennis Redeker is a graduate student of international politics at the University of Bremen, Germany with field research experience in the Middle East and the South Caucasus. His professional background combines climate change adaptation policies and digital monitoring tools. David Eichert is currently an LL.M. candidate at the Riga Graduate School of Law. While at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, he worked under Professor Jonathan Zittrain doing research on the Internet's potential to create new political identities. Nick Rubin is a student activist who recently launched a project called Greenhouse (http://allaregreen.us/) that exposes the role that money plays in US Congress (150,000 users). Blaine McGary is a student at Brigham Young University in the United States studying computer science. He is currently studying Software Design and Architecture and Computer Security. He has worked in various capacities using computer technology to resolve difficult industry problems throughout the United States. Ingmar Sturm is a graduate student of International Relations at University of Bremen. Currently with TeamFirst, everything about education and migration gets him excited. For more information, and to see our pictures, visit our website at islandarkproject.org/team !

September 2015