Lydia Laurenson Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: Current Strategies 17 The Author Lydia Laurenson has spent her career working on media, technology, community-building, and social good. She has done in-depth research and digital product development at both social media and digital journalism companies. She has also written extensively about tech, media, and culture: about digital pseudonyms for The Atlantic; about digital media business models for Harvard Business Review; about San Francisco’s very own secret society startup for Vice’s tech publication Motherboard; and more. Find her on Twitter @lydialaurenson. Toda Peace Institute The Toda Peace Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute committed to advancing a more just and peaceful world through policy-oriented peace research and practice. The Institute commissions evidence-based research, convenes multi-track and multi-disciplinary problem-solving workshops and seminars, and promotes dialogue across ethnic, cultural, religious and political divides. It catalyses practical, policy-oriented conversations between theoretical experts, practitioners, policymakers and civil society leaders in order to discern innovative and creative solutions to the major problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century (see www.toda.org for more information). Contact Us Toda Peace Institute Samon Eleven Bldg. 5th Floor 3-1 Samon-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0017, Japan Email: contact@toda.org