Dr. Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Adjunct Professor, Software and Societal Systems
Bio
Atoosa is a philosopher of science and technology and an AI researcherwith a track record of publications on ethics and governance of AI and
computing. She is a 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow,
a Steering Committee Member for the ACM FAccT conference, and a Fellow
at the Centre for the Governance of AI. During 2025-2027, she is the
council member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on
Artificial General Intelligence. Previously, she was a visiting
faculty at Google Research, a Chancellor’s Fellow and Research Lead at
the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Technomoral Futures, a Group
Research Lead at the Alan Turing Institute, a DCMS/UKRI Senior Policy
Fellow, and a Governance of AI Fellow at Oxford.
Atoosa holds two doctoral degrees: a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science
and Technology from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in
Mathematics (Operations Research) from the École Polytechnique de
Montréal. She holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Systems Engineering. Her
research combines quantitative, qualitative, and philosophical methods
to explore questions about the societal impacts, governance, and
future of AI and humanity. Atoosa’s publications can be found here.
Her work has been featured in major media outlets including The Wall
Street Journal, The Atlantic, and TechCrunch. Atoosa frequently
advises public and private institutions on responsible AI development
and AI governance.