Simona Tiribelli

Simona Tiribelli is Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Ethics of AI and Global Justice & Technology at the University of Macerata, Italy, and Director for AI Ethics at the Public Innovation Institute, an AI policy research and innovation center founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. She currently serves as AI Ethics Expert at UNESCO and as expert for regulatory considerations within the WHO Global Initiative on AI for Health. She holds a European Ph.D. in AI Ethics (cum laude) and has been a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab and the New York University Center for Bioethics. Her research has received awards including a Fulbright scholarship and recognition from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society on Social Implications of Technology. Since 2017, she has delivered invited talks internationally and published more than 50 journal articles, along with two books: Moral Freedom in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2022) and Personal Identity and Algorithms (2023). She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Responsible Technology, advises European Union projects on AI ethics, and has contributed to World Health Organization and International Telecommunication Union programs on AI for health.