Jessica Zucker is Director of Online Safety Policy at Ofcom where she leads the United Kingdom's implementation of the Online Safety Act, overseeing work to ensure online platforms manage risks effectively, keep people safe, and operate with greater transparency, accountability, and public trust. She previously held senior policy roles at Meta, including Head of the EMEA Misinformation Policy team and global lead for health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and at Microsoft, focusing on cybersecurity and election interference. Jessica is a former Fulbright Scholar, holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Science from University of Miami. She is also on the advisory board of Digital Trust Council, a non-profit organisation dedicated to inspiring leading AI companies to provide more transparency and accountability.
Questions
- 1. How does transparency drive behaviour and systemic change in complex systems, and what can we learn from other regulated sectors about when it works and when it doesn’t?
- 2. How should access to platform online safety data be designed to support meaningful research while earning public trust and protecting safety and privacy?
- 3. What does effective transparency and accountability look like for large online platforms, and how can we better measure whether it changes behaviour, trust or safety outcomes?
- 4. What lessons from online safety regulation could inform the design of future AI governance, particularly in understanding which interventions genuinely change behaviour?
- 5. How can researchers and policymakers build sustainable, long-term knowledge partnerships (not just one-off exchanges) that shape regulation as technologies evolve?
- 6. How can we best evaluate whether regulatory interventions genuinely improve safety outcomes, and what methods or indicators offer the most reliable picture of real-world impact?
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9 Feb 2026 14:00 – 23:59
Check into accommodation
You have been booked 2 night's accommodation at Westminster College for the 9th and 10th of February.
Reception is staffed 7am to 7pm Monday to Sunday and can be reached on 01223 33 06 30. Emails to accommodation@westminster.cam.ac.uk are monitored during office hours.
If you require parking but have not booked this, our charge is £20 per 24 hours.
Check in is from 2pm onwards on the day of arrival. You are welcome to collect your room keys from Reception between 2pm to Midnight. If you arrive before 2pm, the room may not be ready, though you are welcome to use the car park subject to parking charges and availability. Arrivals after midnight can be accommodated by prior arrangement.
Check out is by 10am on the day of departure. On your departure, please leave windows open and return the key back to the Reception or the Key Deposit Box outside Reception.
If you need any urgent assistance with anything during your time here with us, whilst Reception is closed, the Duty Manager can be contacted on 07514 958 481.
Westminster College, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0AA
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10 Feb 2026 09:00 – 09:25
Meeting with Isaac Lally, Policy Fellowships Coordinator, Centre for Science and Policy
Please meet Isaac in the Michaelhouse cafe, this is a chance to hand over a printed version of your schedule and talk about the visit.
Michaelhouse Café, St Michael's Church, Trinity St, Cambridge CB2 1SU
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 2 minute walk.
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10 Feb 2026 09:30 – 10:30
Meeting with Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Please ask at Trinity College's Porters' Lodge to be directed to Catherine's room - "F3 Great Court".
Trinity College, Great Gate, Cambridge CB2 1TQ
View on mapDirections to next meeting: CSaP to arrange taxi to pick up at 10:40.
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10 Feb 2026 11:00 – 12:00
Meeting with Dr Advait Sarkar , Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Please ask for Advait Sarkar in the reception of the Microsoft Research building, and he will come and meet you.
21 Station Rd, Cambridge CB1 2FB
View on mapDirections to next meeting: CSaP to arrange taxi to pick up at 12:05.
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10 Feb 2026 12:10 – 13:00
Meeting with Dr Charlotte Sausman, Associate Director for Policy Fellowships, Centre for Science and Policy
Charlotte will meet you after your taxi drops you off near King's College and will take you to a near by cafe.
58 Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1RH
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10 Feb 2026 13:00 – 14:00
Meeting with Professor Alice Hutchings, Professor of Emergent Harms in the Security Group, Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
Please meet Alice in the King's College Porters' Lodge.
King's College, King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 5 minute walk.
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10 Feb 2026 15:10 – 15:45
Meeting with Professor Jennifer Gabrys, Professor of Media, Culture and Environment, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
Please meet Jennifer in the courtyard by the Old Cavendish Laboratory.
Free School Ln, Cambridge CB2 3RF
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 10 minute walk.
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10 Feb 2026 16:00 – 17:00
Meeting with Dr Julian Huppert, Director of the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge
Plesae meet Julian in his office inside Jesus College's West Court. He has passed along the following to help you find it, but there is also a reception you can ask for directions.
"Best is to come in the West Court entrance off Jesus Lane, up the main staircase to the 1st floor, and my office is straight in front of you to the right of the plaque".
22 Jesus Ln, Cambridge CB5 8BQ
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11 Feb 2026 09:00 – 10:00
Meeting with Dr Hayane Dahmen, Assistant Professor at Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Please ask at the Alison Richard Building reception to be directed to Hayene's office on the 3rd floor.
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 18 minute walk.
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11 Feb 2026 11:30 – 12:30
Meeting with Magda Osman, Principal Research Associate at the Judge Business School, and Professor of Policy Impact, Leeds Business School.
This meeting will be held over Teams, please use the link below to do so.
You can take this call from the CSaP office, please call/message Isaac on 07539 857518 or use the intercom to access the building.
Microsoft Teams meetingMeeting ID: 395 755 170 342 80Passcode: HS73Gt6zDial in by phone+44 20 7660 8327,,576723881# United Kingdom, City of LondonPhone conference ID: 576 723 881#10 Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1QA
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 15 minute walk.
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11 Feb 2026 13:00 – 14:00
Meeting with Dr Rob Doubleday, Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy and Alex Jones
rvld2@cam.ac.uk Alex.Jones@dsit.gov.uk
Please meet CSaP's Rob at Christ's College's Porters' Lodge for lunch with another Policy Fellow, Alex Jones.
Christ's College, St Andrew's St, Cambridge CB2 3BU
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 10 minute walk.
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11 Feb 2026 14:30 – 15:15
Meeting with Professor Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Professor in International and European Intellectual Property Law, and Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Please meet Henning in King's College's Porters' Lodge.
King's College, King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST
View on mapDirections to next meeting: 10 minute walk.
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11 Feb 2026 16:00 – 17:00
Meeting with Professor Ann Kristin Glenster, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH); Executive Director, Glenlead Centre.
Please meet Ann Kristin in Judge Business School's S3.06 meeting room. Isaac will meet you in reception and bring you to the room.
Judge Business School, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1AG
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