Technology | Ethics | Social Justice
Dr. Gina Helfrich is Manager of the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh.
She leads on operations and strategy, working to deliver the Centre’s mission and activities, which are focused on the ethical implications of present and future advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other data-driven technologies. She also serves as Deputy Chair of the University’s AI and Data Ethics Advisory Board.
Prior to joining University of Edinburgh, Dr. Helfrich held several programme management and operations roles in the non-profit technology sector, including managing multi-million dollar global technology programs at Internews to promote and protect Internet Freedom and digital rights. She formerly served as Director of the Harvard College Women’s Center at Harvard University, and she holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia with a graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Dr. Helfrich has been a contributing columnist to The Scotsman newspaper and an invited speaker at South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW) and Columbia University’s Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation.
Originally from Texas, she now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.