Friederike Schüür
Head Of EU And Global AI Governance at Ada Lovelace Institute
New York, New York, Belgium
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Top SchoolFriederike Schüür is an AI governance and data strategy leader with a decade of experience translating machine learning and data policy into practice across global institutions. Currently Head of EU and Global AI Governance at the Ada Lovelace Institute, she previously led UNICEF’s global data strategy and governance, shaping policies and workforce development across 190+ country offices. Trained as a cognitive neuroscientist with PhD-level expertise, she combines rigorous research instincts with product-minded ML experience from roles at Fast Forward Labs, Cloudera and health-tech startup Cityblock. Friederike has bridged academic, non-profit and industry contexts—designing fair data access initiatives at UN Global Pulse and advising refugee-focused data governance—bringing a rare blend of technical depth, ethical rigor, and operational leadership. Notably, her background in human decision-making research informs a pragmatic approach to aligning AI systems with child and human rights.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA), Philosophy / Logic, Master of Arts (MA), Philosophy / Logic at Radboud UniversityStudium Generale, Studium Generale at Leibniz KollegUniversity College London
English, German, Dutch, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
jekyll7
slack-bot6
sublime-text5
sublime3
slack3
textmate2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
USA4UNHCR/USA-for-UNHCR-Challenge
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:9 pushes in 8 days
fastforwardlabs/couples-lime
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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