Senior Lecturing Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Deputy Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Spring 2026 Courses:
PUBPOL 590.02/SCISOC 590.1--Stakeholders in Technology Policy (Wed 8:45-11:15)
To apply ethics in practice, we must first understand the complicated ecosystem of stakeholders participating in this age of AI. This course explores that ecosystem — the companies building technology, the organizations adopting it, the funders demanding it, the regulators seeking to shape it, the communicators interpreting it, and the citizens who use it and are affected by the choices industries and governments make.
While the topic of the course is artificial intelligence, the same methodology applies to understanding and aligning stakeholders across a broad set of emerging technologies. Students will examine how these dynamics adapt across multiple applied domains, including health care, education, the workforce, infrastructure, and government operations. By combining ethical reasoning, strategic insight into the complicated landscape of stakeholders, and reflection on where students see value alignment, the course prepares students to navigate and participate in the evolving relationship between technology, organizations, and society.