Merve Hickok

Merve Hickok is the President and Research Director at Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), advising governments and international organizations on AI policy and regulation. She is a globally renowned expert on AI policy, ethics and governance. Her contributions and perspective have featured in The New York Times, Guardian, CNN, Forbes, Bloomberg, Wired, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and Politico. Her work focuses on impact of AI systems on individuals, society, public and private organizations – with a particular focus on fundamental rights, democratic values, and social justice. Merve is also the founder of AIethicist.org. She is the Data Ethics lecturer at University of Michigan School of Information, and the Responsible Data and AI Advisor at Michigan Institute for Data Science.