Aída is a lawyer by training. She holds a master’s degree in bioethics and has obtained her European doctorate in law. At the Foresight Unit of the ETUI, her research focuses on the cross-boundary field between science and emerging technologies, especially with regard to ethical, social and legal issues, with a focus on AI. Additionally, she is in charge of conducting foresight projects. She is a member of the committee for the National Convergence Plan for the Development of AI, in Belgium. At the OECD she is a member of the working parties on biotechnology, nanotechnology and converging technologies, as well as on Al governance. She was previously Head of the ETUI Health and Safety Unit and coordinator of the Workers’ Interest Group at the Advisory Committee of Safety and Health to the European Commission.