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Khadija Sharife

Khadija Sharife

Board Member
Data and Research Center (DARC)

About

Khadija Sharife (LL.M.) is an investigative journalist and writer focused on behavioral finance, natural resources, and political economy. She previously served as a global journalist with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and is currently a board member of the Data and Research Center (DARC) and Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism. A Global Justice Fellow at Yale University, her reporting has exposed complex financial networks and abuses of power. She has helped to build and sustain a number of legal and journalistic initiatives providing investigative support to journalists. Most recently, she led an OCCRP investigation into a US-based medical company. Produced in collaboration with The Boston Globe, the project was a 2025 Pulitzer Prize finalist and received multiple awards.

Speaking at 2 sessions

Journalistic Collaborations in Challenging Environments

General
2:00pm on Friday, November 21
KLCC Level 4 - Room 404

Investigating Biometric Technology and the Identity Business

Tech
4:30pm on Saturday, November 22
KLCC Level 3 - Room 305