Roadmap for AI Policy Research

As AI rapidly reshapes our world, the need for rigorous, evidence-based research to inform ethical and forward-thinking policy has never been greater.

Published on 2025-05-27
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This Roadmap for AI Policy Research, a collaborative effort by participants of the AI Policy Summit, led by the AI Policy Lab and MILA, outlines key priorities for advancing research that strengthens AI governance and human-centered AI.

This roadmap outlines key priorities and guiding actions for AI policy research, emphasizing:

  • Transparency, accountability, and responsible governance
  • Inclusive and equitable AI development
  • AI’s impact on human and planetary well-being
  • Foresight-driven regulation and transboundary governance

AI Policy Summit

Delft, November 14-15, 2025

The Global AI Policy Research Summit convenes a growing international network of research institutes and policymakers. Summit participants work to uncover the mechanisms of – and potential pathways for – effectively framing the future of responsible AI, drawing on evidence-based policy and good governance practices. Together they analyze how current dominant narratives serve to frame the global AI policy landscape, as well as jointly identify effective strategies and collaborations for the future of responsible AI governance.

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The roadmap calls for unity among stakeholders to strengthen AI policy research efforts. We invite your feedback to help refine these strategies, ensuring they effectively support meaningful contributions to the global dialogue on AI policy and governance, and shaping the role of AI policy research in addressing the challenges and opportunities in this evolving field.
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    Authors

    1. Virginia Dignum, Director AI Policy Lab, Umeå University
    2. Catherine Régis, Professor of Law, University of Montreal, Canada – CIFAR AIChair, Mila
    3. Kerstin Bach, Director NorwAI Research Center
    4. Ysaline Bourgine de Meder, Head of Strategy, Effective Altruism Sweden
    5. Stefan Buijsman, Associate Professor of Ethics of Technology, Delft University ofTechnology
    6. André P. L. F. de Carvalho, Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CIAAM) and Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (ICMC),University of São Paulo, Brazil
    7. Ginevra Castellano, Professor, Director of the Uppsala Social Robotics Lab, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University
    8. Frank Dignum, Director of the Center for Transdisciplinary AI Research for Good (TAIGA), Umeå University
    9. Elizabeth Farries, Director, Centre for Digital Policy, University College Dublin
    10. Fosca Giannotti, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
    11. The Anh Han, Professor of Computer Science, Lead of Center for Digital Innovation, Teesside University
    12. Natali Helberger, Distinguished University Professor Law & Digital Technology,University of Amsterdam
    13. Isadora Hellegren, Senior Project Manager, Research, Mila – Quebec AI Institute
    14. Geert-Jan Houben, TU Delft
    15. Anna Jahn, Senior Director, Public Policy and Inclusion, Mila – Quebec AIInstitute
    16. Somya Joshi, Associate Professor Stockholm University & Head of Division: Global Agendas, Climate & Systems, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden.
    17. Mamadou Lamine Sarr, ALIVE Lab, Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University(UNCHK), Senegal
    18. Dave Lewis, Professor in Computer Science, ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
    19. Anna-Sara Lind, Uppsala University and WASP-HS
    20. Neema Lugangira, Chair of African Parliamentary Network on InternetGovernance (APNIG) and Member of Parliament Tanzania
    21. Alex Moltzau, European AI Office of the European Commission, University of Cambridge. The contribution to this document as well as signature was undertaken in his personal capacity and does not represent the official position of the European Commission.
    22. Helena Gorete Silva Moniz, University of Lisbon, Center for Responsible AI
    23. Laurens Naudts, AI, Media & Democracy Lab – Institute for Information Law,University of Amsterdam
    24. Seydina Moussa Ndiaye, Director AI Living Lab ALIVE, Cheikh Hamidou Kane University, Senegal
    25. Julia Palma, CeADAR – Ireland’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence, University College Dublin
    26. Dino Pedreschi, Università di Pisa, Italy
    27. Nitin Sawhney, Professor of Practice, Aalto University and Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI)
    28. Sara Spaargaren, Manager AI, Media & Democracy Lab, University of Amsterdam
    29. Nicole Tong, Stanford University
    30. Edward Tsoi, Co-Founder, AI Safety Asia
    31. Jason Tucker, Researcher at The Institute for Futures Studies. Visiting Research Fellow, AI & Society, Lund University and Affiliate, AI Policy Lab, Umeå University

    Endorsers

    1. Ley Muller, Women in AI Goverance, Nordic Lead
    2. Kariema El Touny, Independent Researcher
    3. Laura Knight, Sapio Ltd, Founder / CEO
    4. Cláudia Isabel Costa, Faculty of law of Porto, Researcher
    5. Eva Thelisson, AI Transparency Institute, General Secretary
    6. David A Raho, Sheffield Hallam University, PhD Researcher
    7. Claire Farwell, Women in AI, Spain & Ethical AI, City lead Barcelona & Founder
    8. Chi kuan Chia, Universiti Malaya, PhD student
    9. Nkechi Evelyn Achudume, Efcc, Assistant director
    10. Grace Thomson, Center for AI & Digital Policy, AI Policy Clinics Director
    11. Helma Dokkum, TU Delft, AI Innovation Team – Digital Ethics
    12. Giorgio Pedrazzi, University of Brescia (Italy), Adjunct Professor
    13. Olin Thakur, Techplomacy Foundation
    14. Ebin Deni Raj, Indian institute of information Technology Kottayam, Assistant Professor
    15. Raja Chatila, Sorbonne University, Professor Emeritus
    16. Mehdi Khamassi, CNRS / Sorbonne University, Research director
    17. Ioannis, Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras, Professor Emeritus
    18. Cornelia, Brantner, University of Karlstad, Professor
    19. Jonas Gonçalves, São Paulo State University (UNESP), PhD Candidate
    20. Minna Horowitz, University of Helsinki
    21. Sergio Rampino, Università degli Studi di Padova, Assistant Professor
    22. Dr. Renata Thiébaut, Gisma University of Applied Sciences, Research Director, full professor
    23. Andrea Passerini, University of Trento, Full Professor of Machine Learning
    24. Sidney Bailin, Knowledge Evolution Inc., Principal
    25. Gabriele Gattiglia, University of Pisa, Associate Professor
    26. Jibu Elias, Mozilla Foundation, Fellow
    27. Antonio Piccinno, University of Bari, Associate Professor
    28. Tiziano Squartini, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Associate Professor
    29. Paolo Buono, University of Bari, Italy, Associate Professor
    30. Rineke Verbrugge, University of Groningen, full professor
    31. Daniela Giordano, University of Catania, Full Professor
    32. Haoyu Chen, University of Oulu, Tenure Track Assistant Professor
    33. Georg Thallinger, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Research Manager – Smart Media Solutions
    34. Liliana Arroyo Moliner, ESADE,
    35. Petter Ericson, AI Policy Lab, Umeå University, Staff Scientist
    36. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, PhD, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Pensacola, Florida, Senior Research Scientist
    37. Lucile Sassatelli, Université Cote d’Azur, Full Professor, Computer Science
    38. Antonio Curci, University of Bari & University of Pisa, Ph.D. Student
    39. Paola Inverardi, Gran Sasso Science Institute, rector
    40. Ranjith Jaganathan, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India, Adjunct Faculty
    41. Kalina Bontcheva, University of Sheffield, Professor
    42. Ramon Brena, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Invited professor
    43. Adrian Klaits, Encode, Director of International Affairs
    44. Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Full Professor
    45. Rosa Meo, University of Torino, Full Professor
    46. Eugénio Oliveira, University of Porto , AI and CS Lab. (LIACC), Emeritus
    47. Stefano Cresci, IIT-CNR
    48. Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Vienna, Professor
    49. Vinitra Swamy, EPFL, PhD
    50. Sreecharan Sankaranarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University,
    51. Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg, Associate Professor
    52. Monowar Bhuyan, Umeå University, Sweden, Associate Professor of Computer Science
    53. Diego Garlaschelli, IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy, Full Professor
    54. Babatope Adebiyi, University of Calgary, Researcher
    55. Salvatore Ruggieri, University of Pisa, Professor
    56. Natalia Andrienko, CIty University London, Professor
    57. Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer Institute IAIS, Lead Scientist
    58. Hillel Rapoport, Paris School of Economics, Professor
    59. Roberto Trasarti, CNR – ISTI, Researcher
    60. Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Distinguished Full Professor
    61. Giordano d’Aloisio, University of L’Aquila
    62. Mark Cote, King’s College London, Reader in Data and Society
    63. Francesco Greco, University of Bari, Research Fellow
    64. Inma Martinez, Global Partnership on AI (GPAI-OECD.AI), co-Chair of SAFE Project (Hiroshima Process)-Chair of Technical and Data Governance Model Validation
    65. Nina Khairova, Umeå University, visiting professor
    66. Thomas Linder, Open North, Concordia University, CAIDP G20/G7 Policy Group, Senior Coordinator
    67. Bayan Khosravi, Research Fellow, MSCA Senior Research Fellow
    68. Gustavo Aceves, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University,
    69. Alan Winfield, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Professor of Robot Ethics
    70. Andrea Esposito, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Research Fellow
    71. Sarah Anne Dunne, UCD, Lecturer
    72. Sanna Järvelä, University of Oulu, Professor
    73. Miriana Calvano, University of Bari, PhD student
    74. Catholijn Jonker, full professor, TU Delft / Leiden Univ.
    75. Maria Axente, Senior Research Associate at University of Cambridge
    76. Lorenzo Cominelli, Technologist, University of Pisa, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII)
    77. Sara Lelli, Research Fellow, CNR – ISTI
    78. Giuseppina Sgandurra, Associate Professor in Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Clinical And Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa and Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
    79. Marta Nuñez, Tenure-track professor, Research Centre on Intelligent Technologies, University of Santiago de Compostela
    80. Symeon Papadopoulos, Principal Researcher, CERTH
    81. Nava Tintarev, Full Professor, Maastricht University
    82. Carlos Castillo, ICREA Research Professor, ICREA and Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    83. Elena Martín de Diego, AI Data Strategy Lead, ZERTIA AI
    84. Alberto Bugarín Diz, Affiliated Researcher and Full Professor of AI, CiTIUS-Research Centre on Intelligent Technologies, Univ. Santiago de Compostela
    85. Senén Barro, Director of CiTIUS-Research Centre in Intelligent Technologies, University of Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN
    86. Francesco Giannini, Assistant Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore
    87. Jimmy Antonsson, Head of Innovation, SCS
    88. Antonio Piccinno, Associate Professor, University of Bari
    89. Dominique Delporte-Vermeiren, Partner, The House of Deeptech
    90. Antonio Mastropietro, , University of Pisa
    91. Grazia Ragone, Post doc, University of Bari Aldo Moro
    92. Imane Hmiddou, Responsible AI Expert, ALLAI
    93. Florbela Jorge
    94. Ysaline Bourgine de Meder, Head of Strategy, Effective Altruism Sweden
    95. Faizan Abbasi, BHL
    96. Sangeetha Shyamkumar, Associate professor, Department of Artificial intelligence and data science, Kumaraguru college of technology
    97. Giuseppe Riva, Director, Humane Technology Lab., Catholic University of Sacred Heart
    98. Catherine Charbonneau, Director, Government
    99. Lise Stork, Assistant professor, University of Amsterdam
    100. Gerhard Schimpf, Chair Subcommittee Autonomous Systems, ACM Europe TPC
    101. Kimberly Hawkins, Founder + CEO, Techodet Incorporated
    102. Mary Houle, In the “Civil Society” category (Communication Coach), Pronounced Communication
    103. Vijay Chandru, Faculty Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science
    104. Abeba Birhane, Founder & PI, AI Accountability Lab (AIAL), Trinity College Dublin
    105. Frank Dignum, Professor, Umea University
    106. Silvia Abrahão, Full Professor, Universitat Politècnica de València
    107. Mario Mirabile, PhD Researcher in Information Technologies, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
    108. Tommaso Cucinotta, Associate Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
    109. Francesco Raimondi, Associate Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
    110. André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho, Professor and Dean of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of São Paulo, University of São Paulo
    111. Piek Vossen, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    112. ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, ICE UPC
    113. Juan Pablo Carvallo, Executive Director, CEDIA
    114. Andrea Vandin, Associate Professor in Computer Science, Sant’Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa
    115. Concetto Spampinato, Full professor, University of Catania
    116. Jose Maria Alonso-Moral, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
    117. Joao Gama, Professor, INESC TEC, University of Porto
    118. Paolo Giudici, Professor of statistics and machine learning, Unuversity of Pavia
    119. Ulises Cortés, Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    120. Tomer Jordi Chaffer, Founder, DeGov Labs
    121. Alexandros Rouchitsas, postdoc, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University
    122. Alex Moltzau, European AI Office of the European Commission, University of Cambridge. The contribution to this document as well as signature was undertaken in his personal capacity and does not represent the official position of the European Commission.