Laura Hernández Martin

Laura Hernández Martin is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Macerata. Within the JustHealth project, she is working on the ethical considerations with regards to the development of a decolonised ethical and governance framework for just and trustworthy AI in healthcare.

Laura studied an integrated Master of Physics in Physics with Philosophy at the University of Manchester (UK) and a Master of Science in Logic at the University of Amsterdam (NL). Within her interdisciplinary background, she combines experience studying the technical aspects of technology and AI, as well as its ethical and social implications. During her time in the UK, she worked with IBM for 3 months and became a volunteer with the not-for-profit organisation We and AI.

Laura is an advocate for respecting privacy and fundamental rights amidst the increased societal implementation of AI and other disruptive technologies. She has studied privacy analytically during her studies and through a policy lens during her time at the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). At the EDPS, she researched and co-drafted a TechDispatch article on the 'Human Oversight of Automated Decision-Making', and wrote a TechSonar report on 'Coding Assistants'.