PhD Research Student

Naira López Cañellas

Social and Ethical Implications of the Use of AI-powered and/or Data-gathering Devices in the Workplace

Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aphra Kerr & Dr. Brian Vaughan

She graduated with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics offered jointly by the universities Pompeu Fabra, Carlos III and Autónoma de Madrid. Right after, she got an MA in Transnational Governance from the European University Institute (Florence). 

She is now part of a team of Early Stage Researchers working in a HORIZON 2020-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (ITN) project called Collaborative Intelligence for Safety Critical Systems (CISC). While she is pursuing her PhD, she also works at the European DIGITAL SME Alliance (Brussels) supporting the Focus Group on AI and the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, as well as other relevant policy work on upcoming European legislation in the realm of digital and tech. 

Conference Presentations

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR, 2023, Lyon) and European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL, 2023 & 2024)