Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is the associate professor and director of the Information & Innovation rnPolicy Research Center at the LKY School of Public Policy, National rnUniversity of Singapore. His research focuses on the role of informationrn in a networked economy, especially as it pertains organizations and rnsociety's ability to innovate. He is also an expert on the European rnUnion. He has also published seven books and over a hundred rnarticles and book chapters.