Andre Uhl

Andre Uhl, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Instructor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, where he specializes in digital ethics and policy. His research focuses on the design of participatory governance and collaborative decision-making platforms to negotiate the social and environmental impact of disruptive technologies.

Since 2022, Dr. Uhl has led a cross-disciplinary research project at the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, examining the public sense-making processes that shape regulatory landscapes of AI. He has also taught an AI literacy curriculum serving students across six schools and divisions.

Before joining the University of Chicago, Dr. Uhl earned his PhD at Harvard University, where he was an inaugural research member of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, a founding member of the Council on Extended Intelligence, and a co-chair of the Sustainable Peace Working Group. His research has informed the development of international AI governance standards—for example, through the IEEE Standards Association—as well as AI strategies of social impact hubs across the Asia-Pacific region.

Dr. Uhl’s contributions to open AI governance have been recognized with fellowships from the Aspen Institute Tech Policy Hub; the East-West Center; the MIT Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values; the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology; and the German National Academic Foundation, among others.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, Dr. Uhl will offer courses on “The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence” and “Sustainable Development in the Digital Age.”