Virginia Dignum is a professor in Responsible Artificial Intelligence and the Director of the AI Policy Lab. She is a member of the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI and a Senior Advisor to the Wallenberg Foundations.

Her research focuses on the complex interconnections and interdependencies between people, organizations, and technology. Her work ranges from the engineering of practical applications and simulations to the development of formal theories that integrate agency and organization, and includes a strong methodological design component.