Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist, a TEDx speaker, and an author of award-winning books, including ‘The Next Billion Users’ with Harvard Press.

Her expertise lies in user experience in the Global South and inclusive design. Several international media outlets have covered her work including the BBC, The Economist, Quartz, Tech Crunch, The Boston Globe, F.A.Z, The Nation and CBC. Forbes named her the “next billion champion” and the “right kind of person to reform tech.” She has consulted for numerous organizations including Adobe, UNHCR, GE, HP, and many others. She is a Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Co-Founder of FemLab, a feminist future of work initiative. She is Indian, American, and Irish, and calls Amsterdam her home.

An Indian anthropologist, full Professor and Chair in Technology, Values, and Global Media Cultures at Erasmus University Rotterdam, author and consultant. She is also the founder of CatalystLab, an organization that connects academia, business and the public on social issues.

Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist, a TEDx speaker, and an author of award-winning books, including ‘The Next Billion Users’ with Harvard Press. Her expertise lies in user experience in the Global South and inclusive design. Several international media outlets have covered her work including the BBC, The Economist, Quartz, Tech Crunch, The Boston Globe, F.A.Z, The Nation and CBC. Forbes named her the “next billion champion” and the “right kind of person to reform tech.” She has consulted for numerous organizations including Adobe, UNHCR, GE, HP, Interpol, UNDP, Spotify, and many others. She is a Professor at Erasmus University, Academic Director in UX and Inclusive Design at the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, and Co-Founder of FemLab, a feminist future of work initiative.