Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain (b. 1969) holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is a principal of the Oxford Internet Institute. He is also the Jack N. & Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and a founder and director of its Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

Life and work

Zittrain was educated at Yale University, Harvard Law School, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

His research includes digital property, privacy, and speech, and the role played by private "middlepeople" in Internet architecture. He is a principal investigator of the Open Net Initiative, a collaboration between researchers at the University of Toronto, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard Law School. He was co-counsel for the plaintiffs in Eldred v. Ashcroft, and filed an amicus brief of law professors in the MGM v. Grokster Case.[1]

Personal life

Zittrain is the son of Ruth and Lester Zittrain, and has two siblings. When not teaching, he resides in Oxford.

External links

• Zittrain's homepage
• Berkman Center for Internet & Society
• John F. Kennedy School of Government
• H2O Project
• Open Net Initiative
• The Secure Future of the Internet & How to Stop It - recent talk at a Cybersafety Conference held by the Oxford Internet Institute