Susan Perry

Professor Susan H. Perry is a specialist in international human rights law and digital technology. She holds the U.S.–UNESCO Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at the American University of Paris, where she is a tenured professor and directs several graduate programs. She also serves on the French National Council for Human Rights, where she is Vice President of the Sub-Commission on International Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Aid. As a member of the European Union’s advisory panel for the SHERPA project, she contributed to the legal framework for the Artificial Intelligence Act. Professor Perry has published more than twenty articles and monographs in three languages and appears frequently in European media. Her research focuses on vulnerable populations—particularly women and children—whose rights are violated by the state or industry, often in breach of international conventions. She received her Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University, an M.A. in Chinese Studies from Yale University, and a B.A. in Semiotics from Brown University.