Bio
Eleonore Pauwels is an international expert in the security, societal and governance implications generated by the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) with other dual-use technologies, including cybersecurity, genomics and neurotechnologies. Eleonore provides expertise to the World Bank, the United Nations and the Global Center on Cooperative Security in New York. She also works closely with governments and private sector actors on AI-Cyberthreats Prevention, the changing nature of conflict, foresight and global security. In 2018 and 2019, she served as research fellow on emerging cybertechnologies for the United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research. At the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, she spent 10 years within the Science and Technology Innovation Program, leading the Anticipatory Intelligence Lab. She is also part of the Scientific Committee of the International Association for Responsible Research and Innovation in Genome-Editing. Eleonore regularly testifies before US and European authorities, including the US Department of State, the National Intelligence Council, the US Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the United Nations. She writes for Nature, The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific American, Le Monde, Slate, UN News, The UN Chronicle and the World Economic Forum.