Bahareh Heravi
Dr Bahareh Heravi is a Reader in AI and Media at the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI and a globally leading expert in AI and Journalism. Her research is primarily focused on Data & Computational Journalism, data storytelling, responsible and inclusive AI, information design, and the use of AI in journalism and media. She is currently a BRAID Fellow with BBC R&D, working on Enhancing Responsible AI Literacy in Journalism. Bahareh is a founding co-chair of the European Data & Computational Journalism Conference and a steering committee member of the Computation + Journalism Conference. She sits on the Irish Government's Open Data Governance Board, and serves on the EDI advisory board of the Royal Statistical Society. She also acts as an expert evaluator and project monitor for the European Commission and the Research Data Alliance, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Microsoft–UCD Centre for Digital Policy. Before joining the University of Surrey in 2022, Bahareh was based at University College Dublin (UCD), where she served as the Postgraduate Director of the School of Information & Communication Studies. She was the founding director of the UCD Data Journalism Programme, a member of the Graduate School Board at the College of Social Sciences and Law, and a member of UCD's central Application Steering Group. Additionally, she sat on the Academic Oversight Committee of the UCD Professional Academy and was a member of the Race and Ethnic Equality working group at UCD EDI. She also served as a working group member for the Irish National Open Research Forum, contributing to national-level discussions on open research policy in Ireland.