Ido Sivan-Sevilla holds a joint position as an Assistant Professor at the Hebrew University School of Public Policy & Governance and The School of Computer Science and Engineering. 

He brings together the fields of computer science and public policy by studying governance structures across a range of cybersecurity, privacy, information integrity, and machine learning problems. 

Dr. Sivan-Sevilla develops computational tools to advance evidence-based tech policy. His work was published in the Journal of Cybersecurity, Big Data & Society, New Media & Society, Journal of European Public Policy, Policy & Internet, Journal of Risk Research, ACM Symposium on Computer Science & Law, Internet Policy Review and more respected venues. Dr. Sivan-Sevilla's background includes years of working on network and information security, holding technical cybersecurity positions in the private sector, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, and the Israeli Air-Force [Captain]. 

Academically, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell Tech’s Digital Life Initiative (DLI), completed his Ph.D. in Public Policy & Governance from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was a Fulbright Scholar during his MA in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota. His B.A. in Computer Science is from the Technion – Israel’s Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the Hebrew University, Ido was on the faculty of the University of Maryland.