Isabel Linzer

Isabel Linzer (@isabelalinzer) has research and advocacy experience in human rights, democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, and technology. In her current role at the Center for Democracy and Technology, Isabel focuses on issues at the intersection of elections and technology, including the role of generative AI, mis- and disinformation, and election security. Isabel was previously a researcher at Freedom House, where she led Election Watch for the Digital Age, a project tracking the interplay of elections, the internet, and human rights around the world. She played a key role in establishing transnational repression as a new research and public policy field, and coordinated research for the Freedom in the World and Freedom on the Net reports. Isabel has also worked with the technology and human rights team at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and supported the National Democratic Institute’s 2017 election observation mission in Liberia. Her writing has been published in outlets including The Washington Post, Slate, and Foreign Affairs. Isabel holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and Bachelor of Arts in Government and French from Wesleyan University. She is also on LinkedIn.