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Francesca Fanucci joins the Commission as an Associate

25.11.2024

We are delighted to announce that Francesca Fanucci has recently joined our Associates Programme. This initiative aims to build a collaborative community of individuals and organisations engaged in the intersection of AI, Faith, and Civil Society. This programme offers members the opportunity to actively participate in Commission events, contribute to meaningful discussions, and showcase their AI-related work on our platform. We are excited to have her expertise and insights as we continue to explore the role of AI in shaping society, faith, and civil society.

Francesca Fanucci is a Senior Legal Advisor at the European Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ECNL), where she works on projects addressing the impact of new and emerging technologies on civic space and advising the United Nations, Council of Europe and EU on regulatory frameworks and standards.

She represents the Conference of International NGOs of the Council of Europe (CINGO) at the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), the Committee of Experts on the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Freedom of Expression and the Steering Committee for Human Rights – Drafting Group on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence (CDDH – AI) at the Council of Europe.

She was also a member of the group of experts assisting the Organisation of American States (OAS) Jurists’ Committee to develop their first Declaration on Neuroscience, Neurotechnology and Human Rights, approved in August 2021.

Francesca also serves as a member of the Community of Experts at Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC), an independent media research and policy think tank continuing the work of the Center for Media, Data & Society (CMDS), which until October 2022 operated as a unit of the Central European University (CEU).

Francesca is an enthusiastic explorer of multiculturalism and speaks five languages (Italian, English, French, Spanish and basic Portuguese).

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Francesca Fanucci joins the Commission as an Associate

The Commission is proud to announce that Francesca Fanucci has recently joined our Associates Programme. The programme aims to create a collaborative community of individuals and organisations interested in the intersection of AI, faith, and civil society.

The Commission is proud to announce three new members of our Associates Programme, that aims to create a collaborative community of individuals and organisations interested in the intersection of AI, faith, and civil society. They will have the opportunity to participate in Commission events, contribute to discussions, and showcase their AI-related work on the Commission's platform.

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Dr Chinmay Pandya is the Editor of the Dev Sanskriti, an Interdisciplinary International Journal that addresses a abroad range of Indian intellectual interests and religious pedagogies. He is responsible to guide the ethos, academic rigour and policy implementation at DSVV. Dr Pandya is also the Chairperson of the International Festival of Yoga, Culture and Spirituality and has convened more than two hundred national and international colloquia at DSVV; and is the Co-founder of the First Centre for Baltic Culture and Studies of Asia, Founder of the South Asian Institute for Peace & Reconciliation and a Member of the ICCR Governing Council

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Dr Nathan Mladin is a Senior Researcher at the think tank Theos in London. His research, speaking and writing focus on technology ethics and theology of culture. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from Queen’s University Belfast and is the author of several publications, including Data and Dignity: Why Privacy Matters in the Digital Age (Theos, 2023) and AI and the Afterlife: From Digital Mourning to Mind Uploading (Theos, 2024). He is also author of ‘The Question of Surveillance Capitalism’ (with Stephen N Williams), a chapter in The Robot Will See You Now: Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith (SPCK, 2021).

Prof Dr Beth Singler is the Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s) and co-lead of the Media Existential Encounters and Evolving Technology Lab at the University of Zurich where she leads projects on religion and AI. As an anthropologist, her research focusses on the human, and considers the religious, cultural, social, and ethical implications of developments in AI and robotics. Her research has been recognised with awards, including the 2021 Digital Religion Research Award from the Network for New Media, Religion, and Digital Culture Studies. Her popular science communication work includes a series of award-winning short documentaries on AI, writing and presenting a BBC Radio 4 documentary on the cultural impact of The Terminator forty years on, popular publications, science festival talks, press interviews, and international media appearances. Beth has spoken about her research at Greenbelt, at the Hay Festival as one of the Hay 30 to watch, as well as at New Scientist Live, Ars Electronica, the Edinburgh Science Festival, the Cheltenham Science Festival, and has appeared several times on BBC Click and BBC Click Live, and on BBC Radio 3 for the Year of Blade Runner. She is co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Religion and AI (2024) and author of Religion and AI: An Introduction (2024). Her publications, interviews, and talks are all available at bvlsingler.com.