Yousif Hassan is assistant professor of Public Policy in the Ford School of Public Policy and assistant professor of Information in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the social, economic, and political implications of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing, with a particular emphasis on technoscientific innovation, development, and the digital economy. Hassan’s interest is at the intersection of social justice and technology policy. His most recent work investigates the development of AI and its innovation ecosystem across multiple African countries focusing on AI, data governance, and the data economy.
Hassan received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Khartoum and Master of Engineering from McMaster University. He received his MA and PhD in Science and Technology Studies from York University.
Hassan is a former Illinois distinguished fellow at the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.