Giselle Lopez

Giselle is a Senior Specialist at the PeaceTech Lab, a nonprofit organization based at the U.S. Institute of Peace that works to accelerate and scale peacebuilding efforts using technology, media, and data. Giselle’s work with PeaceTech Lab focuses on providing support for the Lab’s data programs, including the Open Situation Room Exchange (OSRx), a platform designed to make data more accessible to the peacebuilding community. As part of this work, she has led efforts to apply social media analytics to monitor and counter hate speech online in order to anticipate and prevent outbreaks of violence in South Sudan. At PeaceTech Lab, Giselle has also organized and served as a trainer for exchanges in India, Myanmar, Turkey, and Egypt to build capacity for peacebuilding organizations to incorporate low-cost, easy-to-use technology solutions to support their efforts.

Giselle joined PeaceTech Lab after completing a master’s degree in international peace and conflict resolution at American University’s School of International Service. Previously, Giselle worked for the National Democratic Institute’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) program and Crimson Hexagon, a social media analytics company in Boston, where she managed the Social Research Grant Program to extend access to the technology for nonprofits. Giselle is also a Senior Fellow with Humanity in Action.