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Shannon Vallor

The Centre is led by Director Shannon Vallor, the Baillie Gifford Professor in Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and The University of Edinburgh’s Department of Philosophy. Professor Vallor also chairs the University’s AI and Data Ethics Advisory Board.

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Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Dr Atoosa Kasirzadeh joined the Centre in 2021 as Chancellor’s Fellow and Research Lead, and is also appointed to the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Philosophy. She previously held research posts with Australian National University’s Humanising Machine Intelligence project and with DeepMind.

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Cristina Richie

Dr Cristina Richie joined the Centre in August 2023. She is Lecturer and Cohort Lead for the MSc in Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics at the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute. Her research is driven by a global vision of clean, just, and ethical health care and technology through the development of strategies and policies.

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John Zerilli

Dr John Zerilli joined the Centre in May 2023. He is the Chancellor’s Fellow (Assistant Professor) in AI, Data, and the Rule of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a Research Associate in the Oxford Institute for Ethics and AI at the University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow in the Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.

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