Soenke Ziesche

Soenke Ziesche is an author, researcher, and consultant working on AI ethics, digital minds, AI welfare, and disaster information management.

He holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from the University of Hamburg, completed within a doctoral program in artificial intelligence, and is the author of Digital Minds 1.0: AI Welfare, Ethics, and Beyond and co-author of Considerations on the AI Endgame.

He previously spent more than 25 years working with the United Nations across humanitarian response, development, and information management. Today, he works as a consultant in AI and disaster information management and is a member of UNESCO’s AI Ethics Experts Without Borders Network.