Nicole Starosielski

Nicole Starosielski is an American author, researcher, and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She conducts research on global internet and media distribution, communications infrastructures ranging from data centers to undersea cables, and media’s environmental and elemental dimensions.

She is a Principal Investigator for the [https://www.sustainablesubseanetworks.com/ Sustainable Subsea Networks] research project, an academic-industry partnership by the [https://suboptic.org/ SubOptic Foundation] and funded by the Internet Society Foundation. As part of this engagement, Starosielski and her team of doctoral students and collaborators developed a catalog of best practices for sustainability in the subsea cable industry. This includes the first comprehensive study on the carbon footprint of subsea cable networks and the main factors influencing cable sustainability. In December 2023, the project was featured at the COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, becoming the first time sustainability surrounding submarine cables was addressed in the history of the conference.

Her first book, [https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-undersea-network ''The Undersea Network''](2015), and her online project [https://surfacing.in/ ''Surfacing''] are widely cited by journalists around the world covering issues of internet infrastructures, especially in relation to geopolitics, including Russia-US relations, US-China Relations, and growing debates over cybersecurity. Provided by Wikipedia