Dr Inga Ulnicane PhD

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email: i.ulnicane@bham.ac.uk
Twitter: @IngaUlnicane

Dr. Inga Ulnicane is an interdisciplinary social scientist working at the intersection of policy research, political science and social studies of science and technology. She has published extensively on topics such as politics and policy of Artificial Intelligence, governance of emerging technologies, Grand societal challenges and Responsible Research and Innovation.

Biography

Dr. Inga Ulnicane has more than 20 years of interdisciplinary and international experience of teaching, research and leadership. She has conducted research in the field of science, technology and innovation policy and governance. Her research has appeared in journals such as Policy and Society, Journal of Responsible Innovation, Review of Policy Research and Science and Public Policy. In addition to academic research, she has prepared commissioned reports for the European Parliament and European Commission and collaborated with stakeholders such as the European Trade Union Institute.

She has developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses on policy analysis, research and innovation governance, and regulatory policies and provided training on Responsible Research and Innovation, ethics, and dual use.

Her international leadership experience includes chairing a project-wide Dual Use Working Group in the EU-funded Human Brain Project, one of the biggest international research collaborations ever. In this role, Dr. Ulnicane led innovative work on applying the Responsible Research and Innovation approach to identifying and tackling potential dual use of concern and misuse issues. This work has attracted interest from a range of global stakeholders and been featured in the OECD Neurotechnology Toolkit.

She has previously worked at De Montfort University (UK), University of Vienna (Austria), University of Twente (Netherlands), University of Latvia and Latvian Academy of Sciences and has been visiting researcher at the University of Melbourne (Australia), University of Manchester (UK) and Georgia Tech (US).

Research

Dr. Inga Ulnicane is an interdisciplinary social scientist working at the intersection of policy research, political science and social studies of science and technology. She has published extensively on topics such as politics and policy of Artificial Intelligence, governance of emerging techologies, Grand societal challenges and Responsible Research and Innovation.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ulnicane, I 2024, 'Governance fix? Power and politics in controversies about governing generative AI', Policy and Society, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puae022

Geminiani, A, Kathrein, J, Yegenoglu, A, Vogel, F, Armendariz, M, Ben-Zion, Z, Bogdan, PA, Covelo, J, Diaz Pier, M, Grasenick, K, Karasenko, V, Klijn, W, Kokan, T, Lupascu, CA, Lührs, A, Mahfoud, T, Özden, T, Pedersen, JE, Peres, L, Reiten, I, Simidjievski, N, Ulnicane, I, van der Vlag, M, Zehl, L, Saria, A, Diaz-Pier, S & Passecker, J 2024, 'Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Training in Neuroscience: Insights from the Human Brain Project Education Programme', Neuroinformatics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 657-678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-024-09682-6

Ulnicane, I 2024, 'Intersectionality in Artificial Intelligence: Framing Concerns and Recommendations for Action', Social Inclusion, vol. 12, 7543. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.7543

Ulnicane, I 2023, 'Against the new space race: global AI competition and cooperation for people', AI & Society, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 681–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01423-0

Stahl, BC, Aicardi, C, Brooks, L, Craigon, PJ, Cunden, M, Burton, SD, Heaver, MD, Saille, SD, Dolby, S, Dowthwaite, L, Eke, D, Hughes, S, Keene, P, Kuh, V, Portillo, V, Shanley, D, Smallman, M, Smith, M, Stilgoe, J, Ulnicane, I, Wagner, C & Webb, H 2023, 'Assessing responsible innovation training', Journal of Responsible Technology, vol. 16, 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100063

Ogoh, G, Akintoye, S, Eke, D, Farisco, M, Fernow, J, Grasenick, K, Guerrero, M, Rosemann, A, Salles, A & Ulnicane, I 2023, 'Developing capabilities for responsible research and innovation (RRI)', Journal of Responsible Technology, vol. 15, 100065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2023.100065

Ulnicane, I, Mahfoud, T & Salles, A 2023, 'Experimentation, learning, and dialogue: an RRI-inspired approach to dual-use of concern', Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol. 10, no. 1, 2094071. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2094071

Ulnicane, I & Aden, A 2023, 'Power and politics in framing bias in Artificial Intelligence policy', Review of Policy Research, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 665-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12567

Ulnicane, I 2022, 'Emerging technology for economic competitiveness or societal challenges? Framing purpose in Artificial Intelligence policy', Global Public Policy and Governance, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 326-345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-022-00049-8

Ulnicane, I, Knight, W, Leach, T, Stahl, BC & Wanjiku, WG 2021, 'Framing governance for a contested emerging technology: insights from AI policy', Policy and Society, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 158-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2020.1855800

Chapter

Ulnicane, I 2023, Politics of public research funding: The case of the European Union. in B Lepori, B Jongbloed & D Hicks (eds), Handbook of Public Funding of Research. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 55–71. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883086

Ulnicane, I 2022, Artificial intelligence in the European Union: Policy, ethics and regulation. in T Hoerber, G Weber & I Cabras (eds), The Routledge Handbook of European Integrations. 1st edn, Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, pp. 254-269. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429262081-19

Ulnicane, I, Knight, W, Leach, T, Stahl, BC & Wanjiku, WG 2022, Governance of artificial intelligence: Emerging international trends and policy frames. in M Tinnirello (ed.), The Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence. 1st edn, Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series, CRC Press, pp. 29-55. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446726-2

Ulnicane, I 2022, Introduction - technologies and European integrations. in T Hoerber, G Weber & I Cabras (eds), The Routledge Handbook of European Integrations. 1st edn, Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, pp. 199-207. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429262081-15

Editorial

Ulnicane, I & Erkkilä, T 2023, 'Politics and policy of Artificial Intelligence', Review of Policy Research, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 612-625. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12574

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