Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem

Emma Bernet Ruttkamp-Bloem is a philosopher with an interest in the philosophy of science and technology. She was one of 24 independent experts appointed by UNESCO to draft the first global normative recommendation on the ethics of AI. She was also interviewed for Deutsche Welle's Techtopia series.
Career
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem is a professor and head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. She serves as the coordinator of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Research Group at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) in South Africa and as the co-chair of the Steering Committee for the Southern African Conference on AI Research (SACAIR).
She is part of the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain (GC REAIM)'s experts.
Ruttkamp-Bloem is a Collaborating Fellow at International Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2021. Ruttkamp-Bloem was also a Visiting fellow at the TINT Philosophy of the Social Sciences Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland during July 2015.
Ruttkamp-Bloem chaired the UNESCO working group that published a 2021 recommendation on ethics surrounding artificial intelligence. and has shared guidance on the use of data collected by governments in South Africa.
Philosophical work
In the philosophy of science, she explores scientific realism, the structure of scientific theories, and the role of machine learning methodologies in scientific discovery and justification. She also applies non-classical logic to problems in AI ethics and the philosophy of science.
Awards and recognition
* Included in the 2022 "Hundred Brilliant Women in AI Ethics" list.

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