PhD Candidate at Cambridge University
Streaming Services Program Manager at Cisco
Executive Producer at Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast
Tom
Kissock-Mamede
Digital Video and
Human Rights Specialist
Tom is a Sociology PhD Candidate at Cambridge University researching video as evidence and a tool for advocacy within the context of human rights. He's also the Streaming Services Program Manager at Cisco where he looks after Cisco TV EMEARs programming, and as of November 2021 is also serving as the Executive Producer for Season 6 of Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast. He has over a decade of international experience in Broadcasting and Digital Video and holds an MSc in Globalization and Latin American Development from University College London.
Recent Media
Tom was fortune enough to be invited onto the LatAm Dialogues podcast to discuss Bolsonaro's anti-democratic proposals and the dangers he poses to Brazil and the outside world.
If you would like to know more I also wrote an Op Ed about the recent #forabolsonaro demonstrations in Brazil
RESEARCH
Toms research is multifaceted and focuses on Social Movements, Narrowcasting, NGO Journalism, Video as Evidence, and Livestreaming. Tom wrote his MSc Thesis on Populist communication strategies in Brazil, which can be read in full below.
