DANAIDES - Key Persons
Stephanie Lamy met co-founder Dr. Félix Blanc in 2013 at Internet Without Borders. Dr. Blanc's previous research in French citizen engagement and military operations led him to represent Internet Without Borders on a four-year project sponsored by the U. S. State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Headed by Pr. Richard Brooks of Clemson University, the joint project successfully promoted online freedom of expression for West African activists through training sessions on counter Internet censorship and surveillance and the implementation of a ‘distributed proxy network'.
After the project's completion, Dr. Blanc and Stephanie founded Danaides, in 2017, with the intention of using their expertise (in information warfare and civilian mobilisation during modern conflicts) to create a new methodological and technological framework to deliver resources to civil society in conflict zones.