AI and Digital
for Social Purpose
We conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, and public policy to address pressing social challenges.
By combining advanced analytical methods with real-world policy questions, we explore how data and AI can improve outcomes across areas such as health, education, inequality, public services, sustainability, and digital governance.
Our mission is to harness the power of data and AI for the public good — transforming evidence into meaningful social impact.
About our Working Group
Co-Chairs
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Paul is a serial entrepreneur in the legal, cybersecurity, talent and biosecurity sectors. Paul is a Fellow and Core Theme Leader for “managing information and technology in the public interest” at the Global Solutions Initiative. He is also a Distinguished Fellow, at the Center for International Governance Innovation and a Commissioner of the Global Commission for Internet Governance. Paul is a founding figure and former CEO of ICANN, the global coordination body of the Internet, a role in which he was described by the New York Times as "the Chief Operating Officer of the Internet.". Paul was CEO of the Australian Government's National Office for the Information Economy and Deputy at the Australian Trade Commission. Formerly with McKinsey& Company, he was a special advisor to several Australian Ministers in the Keating and Howard Governments. He is a member of the SAP Artificial Intelligence Ethics Advisory Panel. He received his PhD from Cambridge University.
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Nikolay is a Principal Research Fellow at IGP, where he is also Departmental Graduate Tutor (PhD).
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Gabriela Ramos, Co-Chair of the Task Force on Inequalities and Social-Related Financial Disclosures, is a former assistant director-general for social and human sciences at UNESCO, where she oversaw the development of the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, and a former OECD chief of staff and sherpa to the G20, G7, and APEC.
Latest work
WORKING PAPER
Coalition-Based Digital Governance in an Era of Autonomous AI
This working paper argues that coalition-based digital governance among jurisdictions promoting digital consumer empowerment and rule of law offers a feasible, impactful pathway for safeguarding digital human rights while sustaining innovation. It identifies three structural transformations required in response to autonomous AI.
POLICY BRIEF
Rethinking G20 Digital Policy
This policy brief proposes a new approach to G20 digital policymaking, grounded in the multilevel paradigm of economics and operationalized through coalition-based digital governance. The approach emphasizes coordination across levels of governance, combining digital human rights, well-functioning digital markets, and rule-of-law institutions.
POLICY BRIEF
Digital Empowerment: The “Big Picture” IDEA
This policy brief proposes the Innovation in the Digital Economy Architecture (IDEA) framework to address the structural imbalance of control over personal data between consumers and data aggregators in digital markets.