About Me

Bhargavi

Bhargavi Ganesh

Postdoctoral Scholar in AI Governance

Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department

Biography

I recently joined the Wharton Accountable AI Lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar, focusing on a range of topics related to AI ethics, law and policy. Prior to that, I was a PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh. My PhD research explored the tradeoffs of pursuing different top-down and bottom-up AI governance approaches, given the emerging challenges and complexities of assigning responsibility for the impacts of AI systems.

My work aims to fill the gap between governance frameworks within public policy/public administration, and the normative dimensions of AI ethics research on responsibility/accountability. To that end, my interdisciplinary approach is primarily at the intersection of public policy and AI ethics, while integrating approaches from fields like computer science, philosophy, organisational behaviour and management, law, and sociology.

Research Interests

AI Governance Applied Ethics Technology Policy Responsible AI Digital Sociology Computational Social Science

Education

PhD in Informatics

University of Edinburgh

2021 - 2026

Research examining tradeoffs between different governance approaches for assigning responsibility for AI's outcomes

MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy

University of Chicago

2018 - 2020

Taught Masters program focused on the intersection of computer science and public policy

BA in Economics with Honors, Minor in Mathematics and Environmental Science

New York University

2012 - 2016

Focused on economic policy