Kersti R. Wissenbach is an activist researcher and senior consultant working on the crossroads of communication, governance, responsible data, and civic tech. She is specialised in participatory methods and has worked with activist groups, NGOs, and government institutions in over 15 countries. Since 2011 Kersti runs her own consulting firm providing strategy and policy advice and facilitating co-creation processes. Kersti lives in Italy, lectures in the Communication for Development Master of Malmö University and is a  researcher with the Amsterdam based DATACTIVE research collective where she merges social movement and communication for social change scholarship for her study of power dynamics within transnational civic tech activism.