Salah Hamdoun is a doctoral student in the Innovation in Global Development (IGD) Program at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society in the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University. His research interests lie in the area of financial inclusion, technology, and human development. Specifically, Salah’s work focuses on the power dynamics and relationships within societies and the impact of financialization on human economies.

He has over ten years of professional experience in money markets, financial derivatives, and in alternative investments. He started his career at ABN Amro Bank and has worked for institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and Mashreqbank. 

Salah is currently the administrator of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society and was a guest co-editor for the special Public Interest Technology issue in the Technology and Society Magazine (09/2021) in an effort to highlight scientific work that focuses on value-sensitive design and the co-production of socio-technical solutions. Salah’s publications are informed by equity, diversity, and inclusion