Blanche Daban

Blanche Daban is a cotutelle doctoral student at the University of Ottawa and Université Paris Panthéon-Assas, under the supervision of Professors Céline Castets-Renard and Anastasia Iliopoulou-Penot. She is currently based in Ottawa, where she holds the position of research assistant at the Research Chair on Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global Context, directed by Prof. Céline Castets-Renard. She also teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa's Civil Law Section. Drawing on critical feminist theories and adopting a comparative approach, her research focuses on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada and the European Union. AI has many benefits, including improved access to education, prediction of natural disasters, as well as chatbots and support systems for women victim of gender violence. However, these technologies can also perpetuate and amplify pre-existing biases in our societies. To mitigate the negative effects of these biases on marginalized groups, the gender dimension is gradually being integrated into Canadian and European policy and regulatory processes. The aim of this research is therefore to examine the role of the various Canadian and European normative proposals for framing the use of AI, in order to reduce the impact of these prejudices and promote the protection of women and other vulnerable groups.