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'''Asma Mhalla''' is a French-Tunisian political scientist.
She is an associate researcher with the Laboratory of political anthropology, a joint project of the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]] and the [[School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences|EHESS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lap.ehess.fr/membres/asma-mhalla|title=Asma Mhalla |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=LABORATOIRE D'ANTHROPOLOGIE POLITIQUE|access-date=4 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
She is a lecturer at [[Sciences Po]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/asma-mhalla-616081|title=Asma Mhalla|last= |first= |date= |website=THE CONVERSATION |publisher= |access-date=4 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> and [[École polytechnique (France)|École Polytechnique]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Meige|first=Albert|date= |title=Will AI take us into Orwell‘s 1984? |url=https://www.adlittle.com/en/insights/viewpoints/will-ai-take-us-orwell‘s-1984|work=Arthur D. Little |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
=== Early life ===
Mhalla was born in Tunisia. As the eldest of three siblings. Her mother was from a very poor background. Her father was a senior public official who transitioned into entrepreneurship, with mixed success.
When Mhalla was 12, her parents divorced after her mother abruptly left the household.
Thereafter Mhalla was raised by her father in relative isolation from the Tunisian society and with no access to digital screens. Her father encouraged her studying.<ref name ="RTL"/>
=== Education and career ===
After graduating from the [[Lycée Pierre-Mendès-France]] in Tunis, she was awarded a scholarship to study in France at a [[Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles|classe prépa]].
She was subsequently admitted to [[ESCP Business School]], where she studied on a tight budget from more scholarships. Due to an administrative concern Mhalla found herself without a place to stay right before the start of her studies at ESCP. She had to sleep two nights on a public bench, an experience that galvanized her resolve. She did not take any interest in the business studies at ESCP. After graduation, Mhalla worked in investment banking at [[BNP Paribas]], an experience that she praised for structuring her approach to work.
She left her job in investment banking in 2016<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=16 June 2023 |title= Asma Mhalla : "Le système ne valorise pas les pensées nouvelles"|url= https://www.decideurs-magazine.com/...me-ne-valorise-pas-les-pensees-nouvelles.html |work=DECIDEURS MAGAZINE|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> due to a stay in hospital and illness. During her covalence Mhalla took an interest in digital policy reading the work of [[Bernard Harcourt]].<ref name ="RTL"/>
Following a publication of her first essay on digital policy in the [[Huffington Post]], Harcourt and Mhalla establish a collaboration.
She did not feel discriminated against in her work in investment banking, rather she was valued for her intellect. However, in her academic work, Mhalla experienced strongly gendered attitudes and even racism.<ref name ="RTL"/>
=== Digital policy and cybersecurity expert ===
Mhalla is a renown digital policy expert. Her writing deals with geopolitical challenges of our times, such as cybersecurity and disinformation.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 March 2022 |title= Asma Mhalla : "L'Ukraine a gagné la guerre de l'information"|url=https://information.tv5monde.com/in...kraine-gagne-la-guerre-de-linformation-140264 |work= TV5 Monde|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
She was called upon to comment on issues ranging from the war in Ukraine to the political power of the [[Big Tech]],<ref>{{cite podcast|url= https://www.radiofrance.fr/francein...-va-bien-du-mardi-26-mars-2024-2588614|title= Au cœur des Big Tech avec Asma Mhalla : "Les écrans, ça ne veut rien dire, tout dépend de l'usage"| website=France Inter|publisher=Radio France|host=|date=24 March 2024| time=|access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> generative AI and the personality of [[Elon Musk]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Durand|first= Jean-Marie |date=19 February 2024 |title= Asma Mhalla, spécialiste de la Big Tech : «Il faut prendre Musk au sérieux, ce n'est pas un clown, mais un acteur géopolitique de premier plan»|url= https://madame.lefigaro.fr/societe/...r-geopolitique-de-premier-plan-20240219|work= Madame Le Figaro |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Brunfaut |first= Simon|date= 2 March 2024|title=Asma Mhalla: "La Tech militarise nos démocraties" |url=https://www.lecho.be/opinions/general/asma-mhalla-la-tech-militarise-nos-democraties/10530632.html |work= L'Echo|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, Mhalla published the book ''Technopolitique.'' Mhalla argued in her book that technology is ultimately structuring our relationship to democracy.<ref>{{cite news |last= Laporte |first= Natacha|date= 3 April 2024|title=Asma Mhalla : « De simple consommateur et producteur de données, l'individu devient potentiellement une cible »|url=https://www.latribune.fr/technos-me...devient-potentiellement-une-cible-994435.html |work= La Tribune|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
She warned against the political power wielded by [[Big Tech]], which seems illegitimate in the absence of a democratic mandate.<ref>{{cite news |last= Strauch-Bonart |first= Laetitia|date=3 April 2024 |title=Asma Mhalla : "Les Gafam ne sont plus des entreprises privées mais des acteurs politiques"|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-de...es-6C2RJVWYRVG7HEOQLVR6VCVK7I/|work=L'Express |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
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{{Short description|French author}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Asma Mhalla
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
|work=
| birth_place = Tunis, Tunisia<ref name ="RTL">{{cite podcast|url= https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/a...ediocre-devenue-politologue-7900372228|title= Asma Mhalla : le parcours inspirant d'une "élève médiocre" devenue politologue| website=|publisher=RTL|host=|date=10 April 2024| time=|access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
| education = [[ESCP Business School]]
| occupation = political scientist, author
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Asma Mhalla''' is a French-Tunisian political scientist.
She is an associate researcher with the Laboratory of political anthropology, a joint project of the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]] and the [[School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences|EHESS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lap.ehess.fr/membres/asma-mhalla|title=Asma Mhalla |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=LABORATOIRE D'ANTHROPOLOGIE POLITIQUE|access-date=4 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
She is a lecturer at [[Sciences Po]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/asma-mhalla-616081|title=Asma Mhalla|last= |first= |date= |website=THE CONVERSATION |publisher= |access-date=4 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> and [[École polytechnique (France)|École Polytechnique]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Meige|first=Albert|date= |title=Will AI take us into Orwell‘s 1984? |url=https://www.adlittle.com/en/insights/viewpoints/will-ai-take-us-orwell‘s-1984|work=Arthur D. Little |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
=== Early life ===
Mhalla was born in Tunisia. As the eldest of three siblings. Her mother was from a very poor background. Her father was a senior public official who transitioned into entrepreneurship, with mixed success.
When Mhalla was 12, her parents divorced after her mother abruptly left the household.
Thereafter Mhalla was raised by her father in relative isolation from the Tunisian society and with no access to digital screens. Her father encouraged her studying.<ref name ="RTL"/>
=== Education and career ===
After graduating from the [[Lycée Pierre-Mendès-France]] in Tunis, she was awarded a scholarship to study in France at a [[Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles|classe prépa]].
She was subsequently admitted to [[ESCP Business School]], where she studied on a tight budget from more scholarships. Due to an administrative concern Mhalla found herself without a place to stay right before the start of her studies at ESCP. She had to sleep two nights on a public bench, an experience that galvanized her resolve. She did not take any interest in the business studies at ESCP. After graduation, Mhalla worked in investment banking at [[BNP Paribas]], an experience that she praised for structuring her approach to work.
She left her job in investment banking in 2016<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=16 June 2023 |title= Asma Mhalla : "Le système ne valorise pas les pensées nouvelles"|url= https://www.decideurs-magazine.com/...me-ne-valorise-pas-les-pensees-nouvelles.html |work=DECIDEURS MAGAZINE|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> due to a stay in hospital and illness. During her covalence Mhalla took an interest in digital policy reading the work of [[Bernard Harcourt]].<ref name ="RTL"/>
Following a publication of her first essay on digital policy in the [[Huffington Post]], Harcourt and Mhalla establish a collaboration.
She did not feel discriminated against in her work in investment banking, rather she was valued for her intellect. However, in her academic work, Mhalla experienced strongly gendered attitudes and even racism.<ref name ="RTL"/>
=== Digital policy and cybersecurity expert ===
Mhalla is a renown digital policy expert. Her writing deals with geopolitical challenges of our times, such as cybersecurity and disinformation.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 March 2022 |title= Asma Mhalla : "L'Ukraine a gagné la guerre de l'information"|url=https://information.tv5monde.com/in...kraine-gagne-la-guerre-de-linformation-140264 |work= TV5 Monde|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
She was called upon to comment on issues ranging from the war in Ukraine to the political power of the [[Big Tech]],<ref>{{cite podcast|url= https://www.radiofrance.fr/francein...-va-bien-du-mardi-26-mars-2024-2588614|title= Au cœur des Big Tech avec Asma Mhalla : "Les écrans, ça ne veut rien dire, tout dépend de l'usage"| website=France Inter|publisher=Radio France|host=|date=24 March 2024| time=|access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> generative AI and the personality of [[Elon Musk]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Durand|first= Jean-Marie |date=19 February 2024 |title= Asma Mhalla, spécialiste de la Big Tech : «Il faut prendre Musk au sérieux, ce n'est pas un clown, mais un acteur géopolitique de premier plan»|url= https://madame.lefigaro.fr/societe/...r-geopolitique-de-premier-plan-20240219|work= Madame Le Figaro |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Brunfaut |first= Simon|date= 2 March 2024|title=Asma Mhalla: "La Tech militarise nos démocraties" |url=https://www.lecho.be/opinions/general/asma-mhalla-la-tech-militarise-nos-democraties/10530632.html |work= L'Echo|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, Mhalla published the book ''Technopolitique.'' Mhalla argued in her book that technology is ultimately structuring our relationship to democracy.<ref>{{cite news |last= Laporte |first= Natacha|date= 3 April 2024|title=Asma Mhalla : « De simple consommateur et producteur de données, l'individu devient potentiellement une cible »|url=https://www.latribune.fr/technos-me...devient-potentiellement-une-cible-994435.html |work= La Tribune|location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
She warned against the political power wielded by [[Big Tech]], which seems illegitimate in the absence of a democratic mandate.<ref>{{cite news |last= Strauch-Bonart |first= Laetitia|date=3 April 2024 |title=Asma Mhalla : "Les Gafam ne sont plus des entreprises privées mais des acteurs politiques"|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-de...es-6C2RJVWYRVG7HEOQLVR6VCVK7I/|work=L'Express |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT: Mhalla, Asma}}
[[Category: Living people]]
[[Category: Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category: Tunisian women]]
[[Category: French women sociologists]]
[[Category: French sociologists]]
[[Category: ESCP Business School alumni]]
Okumaya devam et...