Mariana Canto Sobral

Short bio

Mariana Canto Sobral is a guest researcher from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife (Brazil), having studied in both Brazil and at the University of Hamburg (Germany). She holds a Master in Science and Technology Studies from the University of Edinburgh, UK. In her thesis, she investigated oversight mechanisms for emerging technologies used by Police Scotland. Her bachelor’s thesis explored the rise of the digital platform economy and its impacts on the right to privacy and data protection regulations around the world. Mariana stays at the WZB for one year, having been selected by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as a potential future leader. She received a German Chancellor Fellowship from the same foundation.

Mariana is working on a project investigating what reforms are necessary to improve the trade control and oversight of government hacking technologies in order to safeguard human rights and secure public trust.