John is a digital consultant whose work combines qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and strategic communications, primarily for the purposes of political and commercial campaigns. He has provided research, digital marketing strategies, and lobbying services to political parties, NGOs, governments, and the private sector across the US, UK, and Turkey. Additionally, having received training from Bellingcat in 2024, he has provided OSINT services for businesses and private individuals.
He completed his Bachelor’s at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Mercury, a lobbying, consulting, and strategic communications firm in Washington DC. He then received his Master’s degree in Social Science of the Internet at the University of Oxford, within the Oxford Internet Institute. His thesis was a survey study examining the relationship between certain psychological traits and fake news vulnerability, as well as which interventions were most effective in reducing fake news vulnerability.
John works at a start-up where he leads user research, UI-testing, and user acquisition initiatives, and has incorporated the use of AI across a wide range of functions. At New Imagination Lab, John researches and writes about how AI will impact the human experience, particularly in relation to politics, international affairs, psychology, and society.
