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Anja Kaspersen

Also known as Anja T. Kaspersen

Anja Kaspersen works on AI policy across international security, humanitarian technology, and standards. After serving on the World Economic Forum's Executive Committee, she led strategic engagement and new technologies at the ICRC in 2016. She delivered UN Geneva's director-general's AI policy remarks as a UNODA Geneva Branch director in 2018, and the 2019 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics list included her. In 2021, she co-led Carnegie Council's Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative, which ran from 2019 to 2024, and co-chaired IEEE SA's program on responsible innovation in AI and life sciences. She co-authored an international AI governance framework in 2023 and, as of October 2026, directs IEEE's Global Markets Development for Frontier and Critical Technologies.

Now at
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and Conference on Disarmament

Timeline

  1. 2016

    Head of strategic engagement

    In 2016, she heads strategic engagement and new technologies at the ICRC after serving on the World Economic Forum's Executive Committee. Her wider career spans Norwegian government and UN roles, diplomacy, research, academia, and business.

  2. 2018

    AI policy at the UN

    In 2018, she delivers the UN Geneva director-general's remarks on AI policy as director of UNODA's Geneva Branch and deputy secretary-general of the Conference on Disarmament. At the AI for Good Global Summit 2018, she describes disarmament as an issue at the intersection of technology and security.

  3. 2019

    Included in an AI ethics list

    The 2019 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics list includes her.

  4. 2021

    Leading two AI initiatives

    In 2021, she co-leads Carnegie Council's Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative with Wendell Wallach, which studies AI's effects on equality and vulnerable communities. The initiative runs from 2019 to 2024. She also co-chairs IEEE SA's Responsible Innovation of AI and the Life Sciences program, which brings together people across sectors to address biological threats and coordinate action.

  5. 2023

    An international AI framework

    In 2023, she and Wendell Wallach publish A Framework for the International Governance of AI and propose a global AI observatory with mechanisms to share best practices and standards for international AI governance.

  6. As of October 2026

    Directing IEEE frontier work

    As of October 2026, she is IEEE's director for Global Markets Development, Frontier and Critical Technologies.

Career

  1. 2019–2024Carnegie Council for Ethics in International AffairsCo-lead, Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative
  2. From 2018United Nations Office for Disarmament AffairsDirector
  3. From 2018Conference on DisarmamentDeputy Secretary-General
  4. From 2016International Committee of the Red CrossHead of strategic engagement and new technologies
  5. World Economic ForumExecutive Committee member

From the biography.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 46% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Anja Kaspersen itu.int. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. The digital transformation of the humanitarian sector blogs.icrc.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Artificial Intelligence: Current Policy Reflections and Future Strategies ungeneva.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Why disarmament sits at the intersection between technology and security (VIDEO) itu.int. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. 2019 | Women in AI Ethics™ womeninaiethics.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Announces 2021 Impact Initiatives carnegiecouncil.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative carnegiecouncil.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Driving Responsible Innovation of AI, Life Sciences and Next Generation Biotech standards.ieee.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  9. A Framework for the International Governance of AI carnegiecouncil.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  10. Anja Kaspersen - Å Energi-konferansen 2026 aenergi.no. Checked 18 October 2026.