MICHELE LOI

AI ETHICS EXPERT
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
RESEARCH LEADER

industry, governament and civil society collaborations

RESEARCH & consultancy AREAS

TRANSPARENCY IN ALGORITHMIC APPLICATIONS

What makes an inscrutable algorithm defensible — and when does it just need to be opened up? My work on transparency focuses on making AI systems legible to the people they affect, and on the conditions for genuine trust rather than mere acceptance.

ETHICS IN DIGITALIZATION & eHEALTH

Digital health raises hard questions: whose interests get optimized, who bears the risks, and whether accountability survives automation. My work in this space treats patient welfare and data privacy as design constraints — not compliance checkboxes — and examines how digital health systems hold up against ethical and fairness requirements. I have argued that the data streams powering precision medicine create obligations that extend well beyond individual consent, that meaningful data privacy requires structural reform through data cooperatives — like MIDATA — not just rules, and that the classic principles of biomedical ethics map onto the security trade-offs that digital health infrastructure actually faces.

ALGORITHMIC ACCOUNTABILITY


Automated systems in public administration affect real decisions. My work focuses on what accountability actually requires in practice: the impact assessment tool I developed with AlgorithmWatch helps public authorities structure this — from triage to transparency reporting — for use across public services and companies.

FAIRNESS IN
MACHINE
LEARNING

Fairness in ML sounds precise but conceals contested normative choices. My research takes these seriously — especially in insurance and health settings where predictions directly shape access to care and coverage. The work exposes the tradeoffs hidden inside algorithmic decisions about healthcare and insurance policies.

PLATFORMS' SYSTEMIC RISKS TO
DEMOCRACY

Large platforms don’t just carry content — they shape what is visible, amplified, or suppressed. My work with AlgorithmWatch studied the systemic risks these platforms pose to democratic discourse and developed methodologies for identifying them — going beyond individual violations to structural effects on society.

AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

With AlgorithmWatch and Canton Zurich, I developed practical guidelines for evaluating automated decision systems in public administration — what questions authorities need to ask, what documentation is required, and how to build in meaningful oversight. The goal: transparency and accountability that holds up in practice, not just on paper.

Dr Michele Loi - AI expert, business consultant and research leader

ABOUT ME

I help organizations figure out what changes when the work is done with AI — and what should stay the same.

Most companies adopting AI focus on what it can do. Few are asking who is accountable for what it produces, how decisions get documented, or what happens when something goes wrong. These are not compliance questions. They are operational design questions.

I bring 10 years of academic research on trust, transparency, and bias in AI — and practical experience building assessment tools, fairness methodologies, and governance frameworks with institutions like AlgorithmWatch, Politecnico di Milano, and the University of Zurich. Now I work with organizations directly, designing governance layers that let professionals use AI without losing control over their output.

If you’re thinking about how to structure human oversight in your AI workflows — not in theory, but in practice — I’d like to hear about it.

RegIA

A governance layer for professionals who use AI — and need to remain responsible for the results.

Working Papers

The complete collection of not-yet-peer-reviewed ideas

Industry Reports - Dr Michele Loi - AI ETHICS EXPERT BUSINESS CONSULTANT RESEARCH LEADER
Dr Michele Loi - AI expert, business consultant and research leader

ABOUT ME

AI ethicist, business consultant and research leader

I am a seasoned professional in data ethics, AI fairness, and data protection. Contributions to businesses, public entities, and authoritative publications. Noteworthy academic experiences at esteemed institutions like Politecnico di Milano and University of Zurich. Adaptability in research and business contexts. Expertise in stakeholder engagement, AI, data privacy. Strengths: training, team empowerment, enduring stakeholder relationships. 

PUBLICATIONS

The complete collection of my publications by categories: journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters

PUBLICATIONS

The complete collection of my publications by categories: journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters