FPF Papers for Policymakers: Impactful Privacy and AI Scholarship for a Digital Future
FPF recently concluded its 16th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) events, hosting two dynamic virtual ceremonies on March 4 and March 11, 2026. This year’s program centered on the most pressing areas in privacy and AI governance, bringing together global awardees to discuss their research with leading discussants from industry, academia, and civil society.
The awards highlighted important work that analyzes current and emerging privacy and AI issues and proposes achievable short-term solutions or analytical approaches that could lead to real-world policy outcomes. Seven winning papers, two honorable mentions, and one student submission were selected by a select group of FPF staff members and advisors based on originality, applicability to policymaking, and overall quality of writing.
Papers were presented in two separate virtual sessions.
The first session featured awardees:
- Arvind Narayanan; Professor, Princeton University
- Matt Steinberg; Tech and Public Policy Scholar, Knight-Georgetown Institute
- Prem M. Trivedi; Director, Open Technology Institute (OTI)
- Alicia Solow-Niederman; Professor, George Washington University Law School
- Christina Lee; Visiting Associate Professor, George Washington University Law School
With discussants Ed Britan (Salesforce), Christa Laser (Cleveland State University) Gabriel Nicholas (Anthropic), and Jevan Hutson (Grindr).
The second session featured awardees:
- Matthew B. Kugler; Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Lior Strahilevitz; Sidley Austin Professor of Law, University of Chicago
- Wenlong Li; Research Professor, Zhejiang University
- Yueming Zhang; Affiliated Researcher, University of International Business and Economics
- Khaled El Emam; Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), University of Ottawa
- Christopher Parsons; Director of Research and Technology Policy, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
With discussants Janis Kestenbaum (Perkins Coie), Theodore Christakis (Université Grenoble Alpes), and Hilary Wandall (Dun & Bradstreet).