
Natali Helberger is a member of the Reuters Institute's Advisory Board.
Natali is University Professor of Information Law and Digital Technology at the University of Amsterdam, with a special focus on AI. She is a board member at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), one of the world's leading institutes in the field of information law. Helberger's research focuses on how AI and ADS (algorithmic decision systems) are changing democratic societies and what the implications are for law and governance. Helberger is an elected member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Social Science Council of the KNAW.
Helberger co-founded the AI, Media & Democracy Lab, a research initiative that brings together researchers, media partners, cultural institutions, civil society and regulators to develop solutions for the responsible use of AI in media and democratic processes. She is also one of the founders and scientific director of the Gravitation Consortium AlgoSoc (Public Values in the Algorithmic Society) – a national program to realise public values in algorithmic decision making and training the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers. In her capacity as information law expert, Natali regularly advices the European Commission, European Parliament, Council of Europe, OSCE, UNESCO and national governments, regulators and civil society organisations.