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Aris Ham door Jimena Gauna, Waag Futurelab

Aris HamProject Manager

Aris Ham is a project manager at Waag Futurelab, focusing on Future Internet Lab and Commons Lab projects.

Previously, Aris worked at film-oriented organisations, including a film distributor and an association for new image makers. Aris is trained as a marketer and media scientist. In 2022, he completed a master's degree in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Aris is specifically interested in the role of ethics and design as tools within a rapidly changing digital environment. How do we ensure that public values and private interests can co-exist?

Labs

Current projects

Man op zijn telefoon in de metro
Future Internet Lab

Mobifree

Mobifree aims to bring about change in the development and use of mobile software in Europe by citizens, businesses, non-profit organisations and governments.
Metro traffic data
Future Internet Lab

Grip on Own Data

Waag Futurelab investigates how citizens can get 'grip on their own data'. We will analyse existing tools that the government currently makes available to give citizens insight into data that the government processes about them.
Mensen die aan een tafel met een workshop bezig zijn. Ze praten met elkaar en op tafel ligt een vel papier met stiften ernaast.
Future Internet Lab

Responsible Business Models

In this project, Waag and HvA investigate the conditions for digital public spaces and the fundamental aspects of a responsible business model.
CATRIN project, Waaag, 2022
Future Internet Lab

CATRIN

Controllable, Accountable, Transparent: the Responsible Internet. Waag is working on a foundation for a new internet to increase trust in the digital world.
PublicSpaces Conference 2024
Future Internet Lab

PublicSpaces

Waag is a co-initiator of the PublicSpaces Foundation, a coalition of now 70 public organisations working together on a digital ecosystem based on public values.