Merih Angin is an Associate Professor of International Economics, based at Koç University’s College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, where she lectures at the International Relations Department, and Computational Social Sciences graduate program. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the WCFIA of Harvard University, and at the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford. Dr. Angin holds a Ph.D. in International Relations/Political Science from the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), an M.Sc. in International Relations from METU, and a B.A. in Economics from Bilkent University. Her research interests lie in the areas of international development, computational social sciences, and artificial intelligence (AI) governance. As one of the co-founders of Initiate: Digital Rights in Society, which is an initiative on algorithmic governance and digital rights incubated by the Paris peace forum, she works towards facilitating a progressive global progressive dialogue addressing the key issues raised by algorithmic governance.