Start Small but Think Big: Establishing an International Organization for Artificial Intelligence

In this seminar, Rishi Gulati presents his paper titled Start Small but Think Big: Establishing an International Organization for Artificial Intelligence (SSRN version here). The presentation will include comments on the governance challenges AI poses globally, the inadequacies of current efforts to govern AI internationally, and whether a new international organisation on AI could address those inadequacies? The seminar seeks to promote an inter and intra-disciplinary discussion amongst lawyers, IR scholars, as well as computer and data scientists.

Dr Rishi Gulati is Associate Professor in International Law at UEA Law School and a Barrister, researching, teaching, and practicing in public and private international law. His focus is on international and transnational dispute resolution, the law of international organisations, and technology and international law, especially on AI. Rishi has a PhD from King’s College London which he undertook as a Dickson Poon Scholar of Law, Advanced Masters in Public International Law from Leiden University, and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University. He has previously worked at Dublin City University, London School of Economics and Political Science, the  Berlin Potsdam Research Group ‘The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?”, and has been a Laureate Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Rishi is the author or co-editor of several books and articles, including Access to Justice and International Organisations (CUP, 2022), Elgar Companion on the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Edward Elgar, 2020), Elgar Companion on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Edward Elgar, 2023), and The Elgar Companion on the Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Edward Elgar, 2024). Rishi has also worked as an international lawyer for the Australian Government, as a Judge’s Associate at the Federal Court of Australia, regularly appears as counsel before international and national courts, and has consulted for several UN agencies.

This event will be on a first-come, first-served basis.