Meet the Judges

Peer-to-Peer Review

During Peer-to-Peer review, each applicant will score and comment on five other applications using the four criteria included in the scoring rubric: transformative, equitable, feasible, and innovative. This is the same scoring rubric that the Evaluation Panel will use in their review.

Scores will be calculated using an algorithm that ensures a level playing field for all applicants. In addition to scoring each application on the four criteria in the scoring rubric, Peer-to-Peer reviewers will also provide a final numerical score, ranging between 0-100, representing an overall impression of the entire application. We ask that each Peer-to-Peer reviewer carefully read the applications given to them and provide meaningful feedback. The Peer-to-Peer review will result in a rank order of all valid submissions. Based on the rank order of scores, a subset of top-scoring applications will move forward to the Evaluation Panel.

Evaluation Panel

Evaluation Panel judges will score and provide feedback on the applications assigned to them using the scoring rubric, and each valid application will receive five sets of reviews with scores that have been statistically normalized to ensure a level playing field. Applicants are encouraged to use this valuable feedback to strengthen and refine their solutions as they implement projects and secure other funding sources.

Meet the judges featured here, and more Evaluation Panel members will be added in the next few months.

J. Bob

J. Bob Alotta

VP, Global Programs, Mozilla Data Futures Lab

J. Bob

J. Bob Alotta

VP, Global Programs, Mozilla Data Futures Lab

Dirk

Dirk Bergemann

Professor, Yale University

Dirk

Dirk Bergemann

Professor, Yale University

Bertrand

Bertrand de la Chapelle

Co-Founder & Chief Vision Officer, Datasphere Initiative; Executive Director & Co-founder, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network

Bertrand

Bertrand de la Chapelle

Co-Founder & Chief Vision Officer, Datasphere Initiative; Executive Director & Co-founder, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network

Sylvie

Sylvie Delacroix

Professor in Law and Ethics , University of Birmingham

Sylvie

Sylvie Delacroix

Professor in Law and Ethics , University of Birmingham

David

David Eaves

Associate Professor in Digital Government, UCL

David

David Eaves

Associate Professor in Digital Government, UCL

Lili

Lili Gangas

Chief Technology Community Officer, Kapor Center

Lili

Lili Gangas

Chief Technology Community Officer, Kapor Center

Parminder

Parminder Jeet Singh

Executive Director, IT for Change

Parminder

Parminder Jeet Singh

Executive Director, IT for Change

Astha

Astha Kapoor

Co-Founder, Aapti Institute

Astha

Astha Kapoor

Co-Founder, Aapti Institute

Rainer

Rainer Kattel

Professor & Deputy Director, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London

Rainer

Rainer Kattel

Professor & Deputy Director, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London

Benjamin

Benjamin Moskowitz

Vice President, Innovation Lab, Consumer Reports

Benjamin

Benjamin Moskowitz

Vice President, Innovation Lab, Consumer Reports

Safiya

Safiya Noble

Co-founder & Faculty Director, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

Safiya

Safiya Noble

Co-founder & Faculty Director, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry

Paromita

Paromita Shah

Executive Director, Just Futures Law

Paromita

Paromita Shah

Executive Director, Just Futures Law

Jeni

Jeni Tennison

Founder & Executive Director, Connected by Data; ex-ODI CEO

Jeni

Jeni Tennison

Founder & Executive Director, Connected by Data; ex-ODI CEO

Salome

Salome Viljoen

Fellow, Columbia Law School

Salome

Salome Viljoen

Fellow, Columbia Law School

Richard

Richard Whitt

President, GLIA Foundation

Richard

Richard Whitt

President, GLIA Foundation

Mahlet (Milly)

Mahlet Zimeta

Head of Public Policy, The Open Data Institute

Mahlet (Milly)

Mahlet Zimeta

Head of Public Policy, The Open Data Institute

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee will review the top-scoring submissions and select up to ten winners based on considerations that may include, but are not limited to, Evaluation Panel resulting rank order, organizational capacity, geographic diversity, and feasibility. The Selection Committee will make the final recommendation to Omidyar Network for the winners who will each receive $100,000 awards, as well as up to five additional promising solutions that will each receive $20,000 awards.
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