Karen Yeung is a leading scholar in the governance of emerging technologies. She is recognised worldwide for her work in the regulation and governance of AI, urging scholars from computer science, engineering, law, the humanities and the social sciences to engage in the interdisciplinary work needed to address the novel social challenges which these increasingly powerful technologies generate.
She currently holds an Interdisciplinary Chair in Law, Ethics and Informatics at the University of Birmingham, based in the Birmingham Law School and the School of Computer Science.