Dr. Philip Di Salvo is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) Switzerland. Philip’s main research interests are investigative journalism, Internet surveillance, the relationship between journalism and hacking, and black box technologies. At HSG, Philip is involved in the Human Error Project, dealing with the fallacies of algorithms in reading humans. Previously, he was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)’s Department of Media and Communications (2021-2022) and he held different research and teaching positions at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)’s Institute of Media and Journalism (2012-2021). Philip received his PhD in Communication Sciences from USI with a dissertation about the adoption of encrypted whistleblowing platforms in journalism in the summer of 2018. Philip has also worked as a Lecturer at NABA - New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy (2018-2020). As a freelance journalist, Philip has written for Wired, Motherboard/Vice, Esquire and other publications covering the social impacts of technology and hosts a weekly radio show on technology on Milan-based Radio Raheem. Philip has authored two books: "Leaks. Whistleblowing e hacking nell’età senza segreti" (LUISS University Press, Rome, 2019) and "Digital Whistleblowing Platforms in Journalism. Encrypting Leaks" (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2020). He’s also a member of the board of DIG Festival, an international investigative journalism event based in Italy.
