Emrys Schoemaker is a researcher, strategist, and fellow at Cornell Tech and the London School of Economics with expertise in the interaction between digital technologies and social, political, and economic change. With a PhD in the relationship between social media and identity, Emrys has conducted extensive ethnographic research on the interaction of religious identity and Facebook use in Pakistan. He has advised governments, donors, multilateral organizations including the World Bank and United Nations, NGOs, and international development sectors, with a background in community development, mediation, conflict resolution, communications, and research. Emrys has lived and worked across South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and is currently based in Amman, Jordan.