Shaila Baran
Publications
Avoiding the Kitchen Sink
A Guide to Mixed Methods Approaches Within Digital Rights Governance
Citizen Lab’s Gabrielle Lim, Noura Aljizawi, Shaila Baran, and Nicola Lawford recently published an article in Internet Policy Review on the methodology of digital rights governance research. Through a scoping review of 141 articles, the authors assess the relationship between interdisciplinary scholarship and single-, multi-, and mixed methods research. They find that interdisciplinary work is […]
November 28, 2025
No Escape
The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression
Drawing on the lived experiences of 85 women human rights defenders originating from 24 countries of origin and residing in 23 host countries, we examine how gender and sexuality play a central role in digital transnational repression.
December 2, 2024