AI Ethics Navigator

Guest: Professor Yuval Shany | Accelerator Fellow, Ethics in AI Institute, University of Oxford | Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law | Former Chair, UN Human Rights Committee Professor Yuval Shany is one of the world's leading scholars of international law and human rights. He is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem an...

From Principles to Practice | Kamini Govender | AI Ethics Navigator This is the final episode in the Navigating King V: AI Governance in South Africa series on AI Ethics Navigator. Episodes 1 and 2 explored the ethical foundations and board-level accountability introduced by King V, drawing on Ubuntu, impact materiality, and the non-delegable responsibility of boards when AI systems shape organisa...

Episode 2 of the Navigating King V series This episode continues a three-part series on AI governance in South Africa. Navigating King V: AI Governance in South Africa examines what South Africa’s updated corporate governance code means for ethics, accountability, and board oversight as AI systems increasingly shape organisational decision-making. The series explores King V not as a compliance exe...

Episode 1 of the Navigating King V series This episode marks the start of a new three-part series on AI governance in South Africa. Navigating King V: AI Governance in South Africa examines what South Africa’s updated corporate governance code means for ethics, accountability, and board oversight as AI systems increasingly shape organisational decision-making. The series explores King V not as a c...

Originally published: 19 November 2025   Guest: Jasmina Byrne | Chief of Foresight and Policy, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight With over 25 years of experience in research, policy advocacy, programme management, and humanitarian action, she currently leads UNICEF's work on global foresight and anticipatory policy, covering topics such as frontier technologies, govern...

Originally published: 11 November 2025 Guest: Patrick “Paddy” Connolly | Global Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager | Fellow, World Economic Forum Paddy Connolly is a Dublin-based Responsible AI and Generative AI Research Manager and a Fellow with the World Economic Forum. An electronic engineer by training, he has built his research career around implementing Responsible AI, convers...

Originally published: 05 November 2025 Guest: Dr Simon Longstaff  | Philosopher | Officer of the Order of Australia | Adjunct Professor, UNSW Business School | Honorary Professor, Australian National University Dr. Simon Longstaff is a philosopher trained at Cambridge with over 34 years of experience in applied ethics. He works with CEOs, boards, and government leaders on questions of ethics, huma...

Originally published: 29 Oct 2025 Guest: Dr. Andrés Domínguez Hernández | Ethics Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute | Visiting Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London Dr. Andrés Domínguez Hernández is an Ethics Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute and Visiting Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London's Digital Environment Research Institute. With a PhD in Science and Technolog...

Originally published: 16 Oct 2025 Guest: Dr. Emma Schleiger | Head of AI Governance, Cadent | Lead Author, Australia's AI Ethics Principles Dr. Emma Schleiger leads AI governance at Cadent, specializing in aligning strategy, risk, and standards for responsible AI development and adoption. With a PhD in Clinical Neuroscience, she brings expertise in the human impact of digital technologies and...

Originally published: 5 Oct 2025 Guest: Michael L. Bąk | Policy and Digital Rights Professional | Board Member | Former Tech, Facebook, UN & USAID Michael L. Bąk is a policy and digital rights professional with over 25 years of international experience working at the intersection of technology, democracy, and human rights. He has served as a diplomat representing USAID, the United Nations, and...

Originally published: 8 Oct 2025 Guest: Dr Ravit Dotan | AI Ethicist | Speaker | Researcher Dr Ravit Dotan is a philosopher and AI ethicist named among the "100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics" (2023) and a "Responsible AI Leader of the Year" (2025) finalist. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and CNBC, and honored with a distinguished Paper award from FAccT. Dr Ravi...

Originally published: 1 Oct 2025 Guest: Dr Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem | AI Ethics Researcher, Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy at University of Pretoria, Chair of UNESCO's World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology, Former Member UN AI Advisory Body Topic: From UNESCO to UN – Shaping Global AI Ethics Policy Getting 193 countries to agree on anything is nearly...