Rosamund Powell

Rosamund works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS). Prior to joining CETaS, Rosamund worked as an Ethics Research Assistant within The Alan Turing Institute, contributing to the public policy programme research agenda. While at the Turing, she has co-authored research reports exploring topics at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and policy.

Rosamund also has direct experience engaging with international policymakers. In 2020, she was seconded to UNESCO, providing AI ethics expertise with a view to assisting the Secretariat in the implementation of the ‘Recommendation on the Ethics of AI’. Previously, she has also engaged international legislators on AI policy through her work with the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies.

She has a BA in Natural Sciences and MSc in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (first class) from the University of Cambridge. During her Masters, Rosamund’s work focused on the social history of AI. Her graduate dissertation uncovered details of the first known conference dedicated to the social implications of machine intelligence.