Angela Okune, PhD

Angela Okune brings 14 years of experience in community engagement in open data and scholarship ecosystems to CS&S. Keen to address global inequities in science and technology, at CS&S, Angela leads the programs team to run community-centered grant-making, cohort training programs, and research initiatives that support communities leveraging science and tech to creatively build power at the grassroots.

A social scientist of science, Angela received her doctorate in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine and was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation and UC Berkeley Center for Technology, Society and Policy Fellowship.

Formative experiences include establishing a research and data science team at the first African tech hub (2010-2015); co-running the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network, and co-editing the open-access book Contextualizing Openness: Situating Open Science (University of Ottawa Press).

Learn more about Angela’s work here.