Gabriel Brito

Gabriel Brito is a digital anthropologist with extensive experience in social media analytics across the private and public sectors. He is a professor at Casa Grande University in Guayaquil, Ecuador, founder of the Ayawana Foundation, and a Research Fellow at the ESRC Digital Good Network. He has advised politicians and policymakers on navigating online ecosystems responsibly and ethically. His research focuses on the sociocultural implications of social media algorithms in the Latin American context, particularly how they influence public discourse and social inequality. Gabriel holds a BA (Hons) in Anthropology and in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Melbourne.