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Ana Paula Gonzalez Torres
Ana Paula is a doctoral researcher working on the regulation of artificial intelligence. In specific, the European Union’s AI Act. Her research aims to bridge the gap between legal provisions and computer science practices with a view to responsible AI. In her work, Ana Paula has conducted interdisciplinary analyses of the global AI policy frameworks, AI Act, regulatory sandboxes, and efforts
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Kaarlo Liukkonen
Kaarlo Liukkonen is a doctoral researcher in the Digital Economic Security Lab (DIESL). His research focuses on digital dependence and the geopolitics of cloud computing and data centres. Before joining DIESL Kaarlo worked as a software development consultant. Kaarlo graduated with honours and holds MSc in Information Networks. He was awarded for his thesis by
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Otto Kässi
Dr Otto Kässi is Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, and Senior Researcher at Etla Economic Research Institute, Finland. He is an economist whose research examines how digital technologies reshape labour markets, firm organisation, industrial policy, and digital sovereignty. His current work focuses in particular on digital sovereignty and the role
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Zoe Hawkins
Zoe Hawkins is Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Zoe is a contributor to DIESL Lab’s Political Geography of AI Infrastructure project, and her research explores the geopolitical power of big tech companies.Zoe is currently Head of Policy Design at the Tech Policy Design Centre, Australian National University and a research
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Boxi Wu
Boxi Wu is a doctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, where they are examining the politics and environmental impacts of AI infrastructure. Boxi worked as a researcher on the Political Geography of AI Infrastructure project with Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and is currently a research consultant with the OECD’s AI Policy
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Philipp Riederle
Philipp Riederle is a doctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. His doctoral research examines instruments to distribute the power of digital platform monopolists. He analyses the effects of vertical separation and interoperability in decentralised platform ecosystems. He also works as a researcher in the DIESL Lab’s Reverse Personal Computing project. Philipp
