Core Team
Miroslav Vacura
Miroslav Vacura is an associate professor affiliated with the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business. He specializes in the political philosophy and intersection of philosophy and computer science, which involves areas such as applied ontology, artificial intelligence, or the philosophy of technology.
Eugenia Stamboliev
Eugenia Stamboliev is a postdoctoral media philosopher and critical technology scholar in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna and at the Prague University of Economics and Business. Her work explores issues and concerns with so-called “AI” applications, like bias, trustworthiness, discrimination, or explainability (XAI). She is keen to foster a post-critical AI literacy that moves beyond explaining but towards empowering. She read communication and media studies, law, and philosophy of technology in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. Recently, she held a visiting research fellowship at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. She is an experienced speaker, engaging widely with public and lay audiences on the topic of AI ethics and democracy. More about her work can be found at eugeniastamboliev.com.
Petr Špecián
Petr Špecián is an assistant professor affiliated with the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business, and a vice-dean for digitalization at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. He also leads the AI Institutional Transformation Research Group. Petr is a theorist, focusing on epistemic democratization and growing increasingly fascinated by the potential of large language models to revolutionize democratic institutions. You can find more about Petr on his website.
Collaborators
Tomáš Sigmund
Tomáš Sigmund is an associate professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics at the Prague University of Economics and Business. He explores the impacts of technologies on society, particularly from the perspective of information ethics. Utilizing a philosophical approach enriched by technological insights, his interests span information ethics, phenomenology, semiotics, and systems science. Additionally, he serves as the vice president of the Data Ethics Lab.
Petr Večeř
Petr Večeř is currently a third-year Economics bachelor’s student at the Faculty of Economics at the Prague University of Economics and Business, he also pursues Mathematics at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. With a genuine passion for both mathematics and the humanities, Petr is keen to apply mathematical methods to social sciences. Additionally, he serves as a secretary at the non-profit organization Model amerického kongresu z.s.