Carolina Caeiro

Academy Associate, US and the Americas Programme

Carolina Caeiro

Biography

Carolina was the Richard and Susan Hayden Academy Fellow at Chatham House, hosted by the US and the Americas Programme, in 2021. After completing her fellowship, she took up the position of senior policy and governance specialist at Oxford Information Labs. Carolina specializes in internet and technology policy with a focus on regional perspectives from the Global South.

Prior to joining Chatham House, Carolina worked in the internet and media industry, including the Regional Internet Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACNIC) and Argentina’s first fact-checking organization, Chequeado. At LACNIC she coordinated a range of initiatives aimed at promoting internet freedom, stability and access in Latin America and the Caribbean. At Chequeado, she worked on forging partnerships to fight misinformation and innovate in how readers interact with news through the use of technology.


Carolina holds a BA in Political Science and Sociology from Middlebury College in the US, and an MA in International Development from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Past experience

2015-2020 Coordinator of Development Projects, LACNIC, Uruguay
2013-2015 Institutional Development Coordinator, Chequeado, Argentina
2012-2013 International Affairs Coordinator, Agricultural Foundation for the Development of Argentina, Argentina
2010-2012 MA in Development Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
2008-2009 Legal Assistant, Drohan Lee LLP, US
2004-2008 BA in Political Science and Sociology, Middlebury College, US