Alexander Martin

Alexander Martin is a Ph.D. candidate in science and technology studies at York University. A former Digital Policy Hub Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), he is also a Connected Minds Doctoral Fellow and an Action Canada Fellow (26-27). His research examines information integrity, digital governance, and Canada’s digital communication infrastructure. He is deputy editor at Open Canada, where he works with authors on Canadian foreign policy and technology policy. Alexander is also a Junior Associate Fellow with the NATO Defense College’s Next Generation Futures programme. Previously, he held roles with NATO’s Office of the Chief Scientist and the United Nations Department of Peace Operations’ Information Integrity Unit, focusing on mis- and disinformation and hate speech in peace operations. He also supported Gen(Z)AI, Canada’s youth assembly on artificial intelligence, as a Youth Fellow with McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy.