Joel Christoph

Joël N. Christoph is a French-Japanese economist and Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Carr-Ryan Center.

He is a PhD researcher in economics at the European University Institute, supported by France, EUI, and Japan-IMF scholarships, and the founder of 10Billion.org, a movement for global public goods. His work bridges AI governance, economics, and human rights, informed by consulting roles for the World Bank and the International Energy Agency and fellowships at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and GovAI. Joël co-edited Responsibility in International Relations with the International Progress Organization and has led research networks such as Effective Thesis and the Equiano Institute. Recognised as an Atlantic Council Bretton Woods 2.0 Fellow, St Gallen Leader of Tomorrow, and World Economic Forum Global Shaper, he serves on advisory boards addressing existential and technological risks. Having lived in ten countries and working in eight languages, Joël brings a global perspective to crafting institutions that align emerging technology with democratic values and fundamental rights. As a Carr-Ryan Fellow, he develops policy frameworks that place citizens, not algorithms, at the heart of economic and political life and advance a future where technological progress serves the public good.