Rodrigo is a Research Assistant at MIT’s Center for Civic Media and a masters student in Comparative Media Studies. His research focuses on crowdfunding for civic projects and telephone-based ICT4D. He is is a policy advisor to the UK-based civic crowdfunding platform Spacehive and a technical consultant to the United Nations Development Program. Before joining the Center Rodrigo was based in Mumbai, where he was a co-founding editor of Conde Nast India’s digital editorial business. Previously he worked with the BBC and Bloomberg News in London.