Emiliano Treré is a Reader in Data Agency and Media Ecologies and the Director of International Development at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) in the UK. Previously, he served as an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro in Mexico. Treré has authored over 80 publications in seven languages, focusing on digital activism, critical data and algorithm studies, and digital disconnection, particularly within Latin America and the Global South. Treré is a co-founder of the Big Data from the South Initiative and co-directs the Data Justice Lab, a research centre dedicated to exploring the interplay between datafication and social justice, with an emphasis on the political implications and impacts of data-driven processes and AI.His scholarly contributions have earned him multiple awards. His monograph 'Hybrid Media Activism' (Routledge, 2019) won the Outstanding Book Award from the ICA Interest Group on Activism, Communication, and Social Justice. His co-authored book, 'Data Justice' (Sage, 2022), was a runner-up for the Sage Social Justice Book Award. His latest co-authored work, 'Algorithms of Resistance' (MIT Press, 2024), received a Book Award Honourable Mention from ICA's ACSJ. He has secured numerous research grants, and his work is widely recognized and published.