Alexander Martin

Alexander Martin is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and a Youth Fellow at the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy. He is a Ph.D. candidate in science and technology studies at York University, where his research focuses on information integrity, digital governance, and digital communication infrastructure in Canada.

He is a deputy editor at Open Canada, part of the Canadian International Council (CIC), where he works with authors on Canadian foreign policy and technology policy issues. He previously held policy and strategic communications roles at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Office of the Chief Scientist and the United Nations Information Integrity Unit, focusing on mis- and disinformation and hate speech in peace operations, and was also a Junior Research Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada in its Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats Program. His work examines how public-interest digital infrastructure and governance can strengthen democratic resilience and digital sovereignty in Canada.