Ned Cooper

Hi! I'm a PhD candidate at the College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics, Australian National University. My research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Responsible AI. I'm interested in how people and communities at the margins of systems—legal systems, systems of government, and socio-technical systems—can influence those systems. My PhD research critically examines existing approaches to participatory machine learning and proposes new methodologies grounded in HCI principles.

Previously, I worked at Google Research, researching ways to make AI inclusive of diverse languages and dialects. I have experience as a human rights lawyer with the Aboriginal Legal Service in Australia (criminal defence) and Transparency International in Guatemala (anti-corruption and election monitoring). I also worked in strategy and policy roles for five years, with NBN Co on broadband networks and with Nous Group in various projects in Australia and the UK.