Dr Adam Lopez is a Reader in the School of Informatics. His research for the past two decades has focused on language technology, spanning a wide range of related scientific, mathematical, and engineering problems. He is now most interested in problems related to fairness, accountability, and transparency of language technology.

Burkhard is Professor of Computational Legal Theory, with a particular interest in the use of technology in the justice system, legal responses to technological developments, and the changing vision of the just society under the rule of law.

In her research, Caterina weaves together philosophical dimensions of digital technologies and the analysis of creative practices to investigate the impact that emerging technological innovations have on the creation, consumption, and ownership of content.

Des Higham is Professor of Numerical Analysis in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh with interests that include the study of vulnerabilities in Artificial Intelligence systems.

Dr Emily Postan is a Chancellor's Fellow in Bioethics in Edinburgh Law School. Her research focuses on the ethical implications of the ways that encounters with health data and health technologies affect our identities and relationships to others. 

Dr Gavin Sullivan is a Reader in International Human Rights Law at Edinburgh Law School and Principal Investigator on the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project, Infra-Legalities: Global Security Infrastructures, Artificial Intelligence and International Law.

Dr Giulia De Togni is an experienced ethnographer and an interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in Science and Technology Studies. Her work focuses on responsible research and innovation for AI and robotics applications in the health and care sectors.

James Garforth teaches ethics, social responsibility and teamwork to undergraduate students in the School of Informatics, and supervises projects to develop tools and practices supportive of responsible development. 

Karen Gregory is a digital sociologist and ethnographer. Her work explores the nature and experience of self-employment in the platform economy with a focus on risk, precarity, and worker data rights.

Dr Marc Juarez is a Lecturer in Cyber Security and Privacy at the University of Edinburgh. His research addresses the privacy and security risks of the widespread application of machine learning techniques. He is also interested in algorithmic fairness and has collaborated with the MD4SG’s “Bias, Discrimination, and Fairness” working group.

Dr Marion Boulicault is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a Co-Director of the Harvard GenderSci Lab. Her research applies a feminist approach to questions in the philosophy of science and technology. 

Milo Phillips-Brown is a Lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology at the University of Edinburgh and a Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics and Governance at the Jain Family Institute.

Dr Morshed Mannan’s work explores the governance of digital labour and social media platforms, data infrastructures, and distributed ledger technologies, with a particular interest in cooperative and commons-based approaches.

Dr Kokciyan is a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include human-centered AI, Privacy, Argument Mining, Responsible AI and AI Ethics. She is currently teaching 'Case Studies in AI Ethics (CSAI)' course in her School. 

Nayha Sethi is Chancellor’s Fellow in Data Driven Innovation. Nayha’s research and teaching focusses on exploring blurred boundaries between, and building responsible regulatory approaches across healthcare, research and innovation.

Professor Nehal Bhuta FRSE holds the Chair of Public International Law at University of Edinburgh and is Co-Director of the Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law.

Dr Tara Capel is a Lecturer in Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh with an interest in how technology can support people’s wellbeing and empowerment. Her research combines participatory and feminist research, collaborative design (co-design), design probes and making practices to explore new areas of technology design.

Tillmann Vierkant is a Professor of Neurophilosophy of Agency and Free Will at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Tom Boylston is a senior lecturer in Social Anthropology with research/teaching interests in psychotherapy, technology, and play. His recent work has focused on selfhood and mental health at the interface between humans and technology, especially videogames and Large Language Models/AI.

Dr Vaishak Belle is Reader at the University of Edinburgh, an Alan Turing Fellow, and a Royal Society University Research Fellow. He has made a career out of doing research on the science and technology of AI.