Dr. Angela Müller (she/her)

Executive Board Member AlgorithmWatch | Executive Director AlgorithmWatch CH

Angela Müller
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Angela is Executive Director of AlgorithmWatch CH in Zurich and Executive Board Member of AlgorithmWatch in Berlin. She is responsible for the strategy of the organization and especially for its work in the fields of policy and investigations. Angela focuses on the intersection of AI with fundamental rights, society, and democracy – and on their governance. She has served as an expert witness in hearings before the Swiss Parliament, the Council of Europe, and the German Bundestag; she is a member of expert groups within the Swiss Federal Administration; and in 2024, she was recognized as one of the “100 Women in AI Ethics” worldwide. In addition to her work at AlgorithmWatch, she is a member of the Federal Media Commission (EMEK) and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich. Angela studied political philosophy and ethics (MA) and holds a PhD in Law (Dr.iur.) from the University of Zurich, where her research focused on international human rights law. She was a visiting researcher at Columbia University in New York and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Before joining AlgorithmWatch, Angela worked at universities, for an innovation platform, a civil society think tank, and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Articles for AlgorithmWatch

AI Action Summit in Paris – a missed opportunity?

Our Executive Directors, Angela Müller and Matthias Spielkamp, were in Paris last week representing us at the international AI Action Summit in Paris hosted by the French Government. So, what to make of the summit, the billion-dollar promises made at it, and the Big Tech party beats that never stop pounding? These are their main observations.

Press release

AI Act deal: Key safeguards and dangerous loopholes

After a negotiation marathon in the global spotlight, EU lawmakers closed a deal late Friday night on the AI Act, the EU’s law on regulating the development and use of Artificial Intelligence systems. The EU Parliament managed to introduce a number of key safeguards to improve the original draft text, but Member States still decided to leave people without protection in situations where they would need it most.

EU rules for AI have some distance to go

The AI Act and Directive on AI Liability aim to protect fundamental rights, health and safety, but fall short in the current form. An op-ed, published first at Context.

Policy Brief: Our recommendations for strengthening data access for public interest research