Cristobal Cobo (PhD) is a Senior Education Specialist (Technology). He served as the founding Director of the Center for Research – Ceibal Foundation in Uruguay from 2014 to 2019. He is also an associated researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, from 2009 to 2019. Cobo works at the intersection of the future of learning, a culture of innovation, and human-centered technologies.
He has served as an external evaluator for the Inter-American Development Bank, the National Science Foundation, and MIT Press (US), the International Labour Organization (UN), and the International Development Research Centre (Canada). He holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, awarded “cum laude”. His latest book, edited with Axel Rivas, is “The New Digital Education Policy Landscape: From Education Systems to Platforms” (Routledge, 2023). Previously, he wrote “I accept the terms and conditions: Uses and abuses of digital technologies” (in Spanish, Portuguese, and English) published by Santillana in 2019, “Innovación Pendiente” (Penguin Random House, 2016), and “Invisible Learning” with John Moravec (Universitat de Barcelona, 2011). He has been a speaker in more than 30 countries, including 4 TEDx events.
Currently, Cristóbal Cobo is a Senior Fellow for The Inter-American Dialogue. Member of the Brookings Institution’ Global Task Force on AI and Education [Center for Universal Education] He has been featured in CNN, Deutsche Welle, El Pais, Le Monde Diplomatique, the Wall Street Journal, and the World Economic Forum.
Cristobal has been distinguished by the British Council of Economic and Social Research (ESRC) and is an associate research fellow at the Centre on Skills, Knowledge, and Organizational Performance, University of Oxford. He was a professor and director of Communication and New Technologies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico.
Beyond the Numbers: How Can We Transform Education with Data and Technology?
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Cristóbal will be presenting on Day 1 at 15:45. Don’t miss the opportunity to join his session and gain valuable insights!
