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{{short description|Indian anthropologist}}
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| alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]<br/>[[Harvard University]]
| occupation = Professor of Technology, Values, and Global Media Cultures
| employer = [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]
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| known_for = [[The Next Billion Users]]
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'''Payal Arora''' is an Indian anthropologist, full Professor and Chair in Technology, Values, and Global Media Cultures at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]], author and consultant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eur.nl/people/payal-arora-0|title=prof.dr. (Payal) P Arora|website=Erasmus University Rotterdam|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> She is the founder of CatalystLab, an organization that connects academia, business and the public on social issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catalyst-lab.org/#about|title=About|website=Catalyst Lab|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> Her work focuses on internet usage in the [[Global South]], specifically on digital cultures, inequality and data governance.

== Career ==
Arora authored and co-edited numerous books and gave dozens of talks around the world, including a TEDx talk on the future of the internet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiQa78tgbMk|title=Who is in charge of the future of the internet? {{!}} Payal Arora {{!}} TEDxErasmusUniversity|date=10 January 2017|website=YouTube|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> [[Forbes]] called her “next billion champion”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2019/08/23/10000-people-in-copenhagen-are-about-to-determine-a-better-future-for-you/#6b4e01596aeb|title=10,000 People In Copenhagen Are About To Determine A Better Future For You|last=Armstrong|first=Paul|date=23 August 2019|work=Forbes|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> in reference to her book “The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West”<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West|last=Arora|first=Payal|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2019|isbn=0674983785|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref> which examines the online behavior of citizens in India, China, South Africa, Brazil, and the Middle East. The book has been featured by publications such as [[The Economist]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/06/08/how-the-pursuit-of-leisure-drives-internet-use|title=How the pursuit of leisure drives internet use|date=8 June 2019|work=The Economist|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> [[TechCrunch]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/08/who-are-the-next-billion-users-and-what-do-they-want/|title=Who are the next billion users and what do they want|last=Crichton|first=Danny|date=8 March 2019|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> and [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/diginomics/interview-mit-der-kommunikationsforscherin-payal-arora-16107923.html|title="Jetzt gehen selbst die ärmsten Menschen online"|last=van Blazekovic|first=Jessica|date=1 April 2019|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> Arora is a member of several boards and advisory committees, including [[Facebook]]'s [[Social Science One]]. In 2017 her teaching was awarded with the [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]]'s Education Prize.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eur.nl/en/news/payal-arora-receives-education-prize|title=Payal Arora receives Education Prize|date=5 September 2017|work=Erasmus University Rotterdam|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> She holds a Master's degree in International Development Policy from [[Harvard University]] and a doctoral degree in Language, Literacy & Technology from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://payalarora.com/CV-Arora%202019.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book | last = Arora | first = Payal | title = The next billion users : digital life beyond the West | publisher = Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 2019 | isbn = 0674983785 }}
* {{cite book | last = Arora | first = Payal | title = Leisure commons | publisher = Routledge | location = Place of publication not identified | year = 2016 | isbn = 1138688045 }}
* {{cite book | last = Been | first = Wouter | title = Crossroads in new media, identity, and law : the shape of diversity to come | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York | year = 2015 | isbn = 1137491256 }}
* {{cite book | last = Arora | first = Payal | title = Dot com mantra : social computing in the Central Himalayas | publisher = Ashgate | location = Burlington, VT | year = 2010 | isbn = 1409401073 }}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{official|http://payalarora.com}}

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