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Sandra Wachter

Sandra Wachter

Oxford Internet Institute; AI law and ethics

Oxford Internet Institute professor whose work on the 'right to explanation' has shaped EU AI law. Frequent contributor to UK and EU AI policy debates.

current Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute

Strategy positions

Governance firstendorses

Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimes

Argues meaningful AI accountability requires individual rights to explanation; helped shape GDPR Article 22 interpretation.

Without the right to explanation, automated decision-making becomes a black box. The black box becomes the law.
§ paperWhy a Right to Explanation of Automated Decision-Making Does Not Exist in the General Data Protection Regulation· International Data Privacy Law· 2017· faithful paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Other people whose strategy tags overlap with Sandra Wachter's. Overlap is on tag identity, not stance; opposites can show up if they reference the same tags.

  • Abeba Birhane

    Abeba Birhane

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    Mozilla Foundation senior advisor; AI ethics researcher

  • Adam Tooze

    Adam Tooze

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    Columbia historian; Chartbook newsletter

  • Adrian Weller

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    Cambridge professor; Alan Turing Institute fellow

  • Adrienne LaFrance

    Adrienne LaFrance

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    The Atlantic executive editor; technology critic

  • Adrienne Williams

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    Former Amazon warehouse worker; AI labour activist

  • Akash Wasil

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    Encode Justice; AI policy advocate

Record last updated 2026-04-25.