- Office Address
- Littauer-204
- Mailing Address
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Profile
Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger is Associate Professor
of Public Policy. His research focuses on information and
communication technology policy. He is also an expert on the
European Union. In 1986, he founded Ikarus Software, a company
focusing on data security, and developed _Virus Utilities,_ which
became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted
Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and
Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He co-chairs
the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy, the faculty group
on information technology policy, and the governance of information
seminar series. He is the cofounder of the SubTech conference, and
a member of the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and
Scientists. He advises businesses, governments, and international
organizations on regulatory and policy issues of information and
telecommunication technologies, including e-government. He holds a
number of law degrees, including one from Harvard and an MS(Econ)
from the London School of Economics. In his spare time, he likes to
travel, go to the movies, and learn about architecture.
Courses
Not Offered
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BGP-405
On the "Balcony of History?" The European Union in the 21st Century
Media Expertise
Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:
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Research
Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.
Selected Publication Citations:
- Academic Journals
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and Malte Ziewitz. "Jefferson Rebuffed:
The United States and the Future of Internet Governance."
Columbia Science and Technology Law Review 8 (2007):
188-228.
- Book Chapters
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "From Electronic
Government to Information Government." Governance and
Information Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David
Lazer. MIT Press, 2007, 1-14.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "Case Illustration:
'E-Government Is an Outcome:' Michael Armstrong and the
Transformation of Des Moines." Governance and Information
Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. MIT
Press, 2007, 59-62.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "Case Illustration:
Dubai's Electronic Government." Governance and Information
Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. MIT
Press, 2007, 97-98.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "Case Illustration:
Protecting Privacy by Requesting Access: Marc Rotenberg and EPIC."
Governance and Information Technology. Ed. Viktor
Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. MIT Press, 2007, 142-144.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "Case Illustration: The
Swiss E-Government Barometer: Kuno Schedler Feels the Temperature
of E-Government Services." Governance and Information
Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. MIT
Press, 2007, 239-240.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "Case Illustration:
TeleCities: Sharing Knowledge Among European Cities." Governance
and Information Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and
David Lazer. MIT Press, 2007, 279-280.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer. "The Governing of
Government Information." Governance and Information
Technology. Ed. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. MIT
Press, 2007, 281-292.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "In Search of the Story." Who Owns
Knowledge? Knowledge and the Law. Ed. Nico Stehr and Bernd
Weiler. Transaction Publishers, 2007.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "On the Future of Law in the Information
Society." Ars Electronica 2007: Goodbye Privacy. Ed.
Gerfried Stocker and Christine Schöpf. Hatje Cantz (also published
in German), 2007.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Nützliches Vergessen." Goodbye
Privacy – Grundrechte in der digitalen Welt. Ed. Michael Reiter
& Maria Wittmann-Tiwald. Manz, 2008, 9-19.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Proxy
Battles over Peer-to-Peer Movie Sharing." Peer-to-Peer
Video. Ed. E.M.Noam and L.M. Pupillo. Springer, 2008, 253-265.
- Edited Volumes
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor, and David Lazer, eds. Governance and
Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information
Government. MIT Press, 2007.
- Op-Eds
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Geisterfahrer in der Marktwirtschaft."
brand eins Wirtschaftsmagazin, 2008.May, April 30, 2008,
12-14.
- Research Papers/Reports
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Schumpeterian Policy Makers: Pro-Active
Policies for Innovative Entrepreneurship." Hudson Institute
Research Paper No. 07-04, November 2007.
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Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Entrepreneurial Law." KSG Faculty
Research Working Paper Series RWP07-023, May 2007.
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Cukier, Kenneth Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor. "Information Governance
in a Globalized Economy – Governance as Gardening." 2007
Rueschlikon Conference Report, 2007.
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Cukier, Kenneth, Branscomb, Lewis M., and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.
"Innovative Entrepreneurship and Public Policy - A Hero with a
Thousand Faces." 2006 Rueschlikon Conference Report, 2006.