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Dr Pinelopi Troullinou is an AI ethics and digital society researcher, professional speaker, and expert trainer whose work explores the intersection of technology, power, children's rights, and everyday life. She helps organisations move beyond well-intentioned principles and policy statements into practical, measurable action, bringing a child-centred, rights-based perspective to AI governance, digital systems, online safety, and responsible technology design.
 

With a PhD examining everyday surveillance, and extensive experience leading European research initiatives across artificial intelligence, education, misinformation, cybersecurity, and digital resilience, Pinelopi has built a reputation for challenging assumptions and asking the questions that sit at the heart of responsible innovation. Rather than treating technology as inherently neutral, she encourages organisations to examine its wider effects, asking who truly benefits, who is excluded, who is harmed, and what it would take to do better.
 

An accomplished speaker, facilitator, and professional learning specialist, Dr Troullinou delivers engaging presentations and training programs for educators, school leaders, policymakers, government agencies, community organisations, and corporate audiences. Her ability to translate complex technological, ethical, and regulatory questions into clear, accessible, and practical insights has made her a sought-after presenter.

Her areas of expertise span AI governance, AI literacy, digital ethics, algorithmic accountability, misinformation and disinformation, online safety, digital citizenship, privacy and surveillance studies, emerging technologies, and the societal effects of digital transformation. She is especially committed to ensuring that children and young people remain at the centre of conversations about technology, safety, education, and innovation.
 

Dr Troullinou's work has consistently placed children's voices and rights at the centre of policy and practice.
 

• Designed and implemented children's rights-centred impact frameworks for European-funded projects addressing online misinformation, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and digital safety.
   

• Led the Greek consultation for Our Digital World, Our Say, a global initiative coordinated by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the 5Rights Foundation, and the Digital Futures for Children Centre.
   

• Designed and delivered a Greek national children's consultation on proposed social media restrictions for minors, Our Digital World: Listen to Us First, in partnership with the Network for Children's Rights.
   

Across all of this, Dr Troullinou contributes to the development of educational frameworks, governance models, and emerging technology strategies that help organisations move through a fast-changing digital world with confidence, accountability, and foresight.

Dr Pinelopi is based in Florence, Italy.