Peter Chow-White

Peter Chow-White is an affiliate at the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy.

Peter is a Professor in the Schools of Communication and Computing Science at Simon Fraser University and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

He is Director of the Gena Lab where they research the design, adoption, and impacts of communication technologies such as blockchain, social media, sports analytics, and clinical genomics.

He also conducts applied research where his teams design and develop big data analytics platforms in blockchain, sports, and health.

He advises and consults for industry and policy makers about innovative digital and human solutions to improve their organizations and society.

He received his Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and also has degrees in sociology from SFU and history from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.