Biography

I am an AI ethics and critical design researcher interested in reimagining AI from Majority World perspectives. I blend decolonial approaches with ethnographic and computational methods to analyse the implications of digital technologies on the historically marginalised populations in the Global South. I have recently completed my MPhil in Ethics of AI, Data, and Algorithms at the Leverhulme Centre for Future of Intelligence (LCFI), University of Cambridge, funded by Trinity Hall Postgraduate Research Studentship. Previously, as a Research Assistant at LCFI, I contributed to organising the Many Worlds of AI conference and co-edited its digital proceedings. I also co-designed a toolkit helping journalists worldwide in responsibly communicating AI’s harms and potentials. I completed my MA at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), University of Warwick with Commonwealth Scholarship, achieved distinctions, and was awarded for my academic excellence. Prior, as a Senior Research Associate at BRAC University, I co-developed a Digital Strategy Primer for Bangladesh launched by the State Minister of the ICT Division in collaboration with the University of Oxford.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Ethics in AI,Data&Algorithms 2024
University of Warwick Digital Media and Culture 2022
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology Civil Engineering 2018

Links

https://www.abdullahsafir.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdullah-safir-07944122b