Katya Klinova is the Head of Data and AI at United Nations Global Pulse, the Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab. In this role, she oversees UN-led coalition efforts advancing broad access to socially beneficial AI uses globally.
Prior to that, Katya served as Acting Director of Research and Programs and the Head of Labor and Economy portfolio of programs at the Partnership on AI (PAI). In this role, Katya founded and led a number of PAI flagship programs, including the AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative and Responsible Data Enrichment.
Katya’s graduate research at Harvard focused on examining the impact of AI advancement on the economic growth prospects of low- and middle-income countries. Prior to that she worked at Google on the design and execution of growth strategies for Google’s early AI-enabled products.
Katya holds a Master’s in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University, and a Master’s of Science in Networks and Data Science jointly awarded by the University of Reading, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Carlos III University Madrid, where she was an Erasmus Mundus Scholar.
Katya’s work and commentary have been published by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Al Jazeera, Brookings, Business Insider, MIT Technology Review, New Scientist, Oxford University Press, WIRED, and others.
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