Divina Meigs SOI (Old)

Divina Meigs - NCUC

1. Current vocation, employer and position:

I am currently a full professor of information and communication studies at the University Sorbonne nouvelle in Paris, with a special focus on English-speaking media.

2. Type of work performed in 1 above:

I teach at the master’s level courses in media content, media production, regulation and audiences. I am also the director of the master’s programme of “e-learning and media education engineering”. I conduct research on cultural diversity, media governance and media uses by young people.

3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other arrangement:

I have none.

4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy development outcomes. Are you representing other parties?

No. I am a member of civil society, active in a number of international NGOs, especially IAMCR and ECREA.

5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as a work team member.

I have come to be proposed as a team member because of my participation in WSIS, where I was the focal point for the taskforce on education, academia and research and as such a member of the civil society bureau, defending the interests of civil society and academia. Since then i have been part of the internet governance caucus and of Giganet, as well as promoting post-wsis activities within IAMCR and ECREA.

Teams:

• Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery PDP Working Group (PEDNR)