Jess Reia

Jess Reia is an Assistant Professor of Data Science at the University of Virginia and a 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, D.C. Before joining UVA, they were appointed Mellon Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University and BMO Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal in Canada. Reia held a two-year mandate as a member of MTL 24/24's first Night Council in Montreal, providing guidance on data collection and open data practices for the night-time economy ecosystem. From 2011 to 2019, Reia worked at the Center for Technology & Society at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leading projects on access to knowledge, privacy and smart cities in Latin America and BRICS. They work primarily on data justice, urban governance, and technology policy transnationally. For the past decade, their research and advocacy agenda has focused on fostering collaborations with government and civil society, resulting in publications in four languages.