Ron Deibert is professor of political science and the founder and director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory focusing on research, development, policy, and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

As director of the Citizen Lab, Deibert has overseen and contributed to more than 160 reports on cyber espionage, commercial spyware, internet censorship, and human rights. He was a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor projects. He was also a founder and VP of Psiphon, a leading digital censorship circumvention service.

Deibert is a co-editor of three major volumes and the author of four books. He is on the editorial board of five journals and is on the advisory boards of PEN Canada and the Spyware Accountability Initiative.