Sandra Wachter

Dr. Sandra Wachter is a lawyer and Research Fellow (Asst. Prof.) in Data Ethics, AI, robotics and Internet Regulation/cyber-security at the Oxford Internet Institute where she also teaches the course Internet Technologies and Regulation. Sandra is also a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London and a member of the Law Committee of the IEEE.
Sandra serves as a policy advisor for governments, companies, and NGO’s around the world on regulatory and ethical questions concerning emerging technologies. Her work has been featured in (among others) The Telegraph, Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Economist, Science, BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, New Scientist, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Engadget and, WIRED. In 2018 she won the ‘O2RB Excellence in Impact Award’ and in 2017 the CognitionX ‘AI superhero Award’ for her contributions in AI governance.