People

Abeba Birhane founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) at Trinity College Dublin. She received her PhD in 2022 from University College Dublin and is currently a Research Fellow at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in Trinity College Dublin.

Maribeth Rauh researches sociotechnical evaluation of AI systems, with particular attention to how they exacerbate structural inequality. Her current work focuses on evaluations of AI "companionship" and advancing the science of AI evaluation itself, to bring greater rigour and accountability to the field.

Harsh works on understanding the implications of regulations on technology and how these solve or hinder real-world challenges associated with privacy, legal and regulatory compliance, and consent. His PhD (Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin) explored the application of linked data and semantic web technologies towards GDPR compliance, with a particular focus on consent and provenance.

Hellina is a postdoctoral researcher at the AI Accountability Lab in Trinity College Dublin. Her research broadly lies in the intersection of Natural Language Processing, Human-Computer Interaction and AI Ethics with a focus on low-resourced languages and the Global South. Her postdoc project focuses on co-desiging for the Bamanakan language including setting up data infrastructure and policy framework as well as building language technologies such as speech recognition and machine translation by closely collaborating with community members.

Sananda is a Research Fellow at the AI Accountability Lab in Trinity College Dublin. Her research sits at the intersection of critical data studies, automated distribution systems, algorithmic registers, and government accountability. Her postdoc project focuses on documenting, mapping, and evaluating uses of generative AI technologies in the public services. One line of her research looks at government’s accounting systems of residents. Another analyses public service delivery strategies to residents.

Riccardo is a mixed-method doctorand with a decade-long experience in interdisciplinary teams investigating social dynamics, overtrust in decision support systems, and sociotechnical auditing of predictive and generative stochastic systems.

Nana Nwachukwu is a PhD Candidate at the AI Accountability Lab, Trinity College Dublin, under the supervision of Dr. Abeba Birhane. Her research focuses on AI ecosystem accountability, algorithmic governance, and justice-oriented frameworks for evaluating socio-technical systems,especially within Global South contexts. She is also an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Shane Gilligan is currently a Master's student in Trinity College Dublin at the School of Computer Science and Statistics, where he also recently completed an undergraduate degree in computer science. He is undertaking research at the AI Accountability Lab under the supervision of Dr. Abeba Birhane. His work focuses on platform accountability, particularly audits of large platform recommender systems.

Adel is a Research Assistant at the AI Accountability Lab.

Rym Badran is a law and political science graduate and is currently an MA candidate in the European Master in Law, Data and AI (EMILDAI), specializing in data governance. She also works as a consultant researcher at SMEX, a leading digital rights organization in the SWANA region, where she researches AI ethics and regulation, as well as telecommunications and technology governance across the region. She is passionate about the intersection of gender and technology, the regulation of cyberwarfare, digital sovereignty, and advancing human rights-based approaches to technology policy and governance in the Global South.

Jessica is a data-driven professional with over eight years of corporate experience in global operations, currently specializing herself in the intersection of Law, Data and Artificial intelligence with focus on Cybersecurity at Dublin City University in Ireland and Leon University in Spain. She holds an MSc in Digital Innovation from University College Dublin and received her BSc from National University of Engineering in Peru.

Syrine Enneifer is a PhD candidate in Engineering in Computer Science at Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on algorithmic auditing and the development of transparent frameworks designed to expose the inherent discrimination of existing data ecosystems.

Dick Blankvoort is a Master's student at the Radboud University Nijmegen and a researcher at the European Open Source AI Index. His primary interest lies in exploring the applications of generative AI and its mathematical underpinnings. His current work consists of delineating and scrutinizing current practices in open-source AI, as well as on exploring the auditing of various more advanced AI systems.

Monique Munarini (she/her) is a PhD candidate in AI for society at the University of Pisa- Italy. Qualified lawyer, researcher, and policy analyst, her PhD explores how equity can be a more inclusive approach to auditing AI systems than traditional fairness metrics by developing an equity-based framework rooted in feminist theory, participatory action research, and design justice principles, aiming to create AI audits that genuinely account for the needs and voices of all communities affected by AI. She also contributes to global policy debates through her work with the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) and Digihumanism.

Giovanni is an AI researcher in progress, studying language technology at the University of Bologna and is currently interested in LLM evaluation and alignment.

Mauricio is a legal professional specializing in the intersection of law and technology, with over six years of experience in Civil, Consumer, Property, and Contract Law. Mauricio's career has been shaped by a commitment to providing expert legal counsel, managing complex litigation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.