Description
Krisstina Rao is a digital policy specialist working across research, policy design and strategy for digital governance. She has led the DPI Map at UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, steering a global research and policy team and co-developing measurement frameworks that translate principles of inclusion, privacy, competition and accountability into practical metrics for governments, funders and implementers. She furthered this work as a Working Group member of the Universal Safeguards for Inclusive DPI (2025-26). Her leadership builds on hands-on work with public agencies, development partners and civil society in India and Germany, where she worked across public health, inclusive education and technology adoption in developing contexts.
Krisstina holds a Master's in Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin (where she is based), specialising in digital governance. She is an Amani x Global Good Fund Social Innovation Fellow and has a background in sociology and psychology. In her spare time, Krisstina trains at improv comedy and tries to learn German.
