Roberta Fischli

Roberta Fischli

Research Affiliate

Roberta Fischli, PhD, is a visiting faculty researcher at Google and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of St. Gallen. In her work, she investigates the social, ethical, and political implications of digital technology and AI systems, with a particular focus on how AI can be leveraged for the common good.

Roberta has also published work on digital public infrastructure, algorithmic power, and decentralized participatory democracy. Previously, she was a Visiting Researcher at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society (CSLS), and at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC. Her work has been published in Perspectives on Politics, European Journal of Political Theory, and others.

Roberta holds an MA in Political Science (Political Economy and Philosophy), and a BA in Political Science and Modern History from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She lives in Zurich and San Francisco.