Doaa Abu-Elyounes

Consultant & Affiliated Researcher
(Ethics of AI)
UNESCO & Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society (Harvard University)

Dr. Doaa Abu-Elyounes is currently working at UNESCO on the ethics of artificial intelligence, she was involved in the work on the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI and now in its implementation. Doaa  is also an Affiliated Researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and an adjunct lecturer at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Doaa obtained her PhD from Harvard Law School. She researches the topic of algorithmic governance and the different ways to regulate artificial intelligence. 

Doaa has extensive experience working on public policy at the national and international level. Prior to her work at UNESCO, she worked in the OECD on AI regulation and was involved in shaping their work on the matter. Previously, Doaa also worked at the Supreme Court of Israel as a law clerk; and at the Israeli Ministry of Justice as an advisor to the Director General of the Ministry.