David Banisar is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics in the Department of Government. His work focuses on transparency and access to information of public and private bodies, including freedom of information, freedom of expression, whistleblowing, and privacy and data protection. He is also a fellow at the Government Accountability Project and the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future. He has served as an advisor and consultant to numerous organizations, including the Council of Europe, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UN Development Programme, and Transparency International.
David was previously Senior Legal Counsel at ARTICLE 19 where he led the organization’s work on transparency and information rights, including the right to information, anti-corruption, environmental protection and sustainable development. At ARTICLE 19, he was a member of the CCC between 2011 and 2020, serving as vice-chair twice, and chair in 2019-2020. He has also been a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society and the University of Leeds Law School.