Roel Dobbe is an Assistant Professor in Technology, Policy & Management and Director of the Sociotechnical AI Systems Lab at Delft University of Technology. His research addresses the integration and implications of algorithmic technologies in societal infrastructure and democratic institutions, focusing on issues related to safety, sustainability and justice. His projects are situated in various domains, including energy systems, public administration, and healthcare. Roel’s system-theoretic lens enables addressing the sociotechnical and political nature of algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems across analysis, engineering design and governance, always with an aim to empower domain experts and affected communities. His results have informed various policy initiatives, including the European AI Act as well as the development of the algorithm watchdog in The Netherlands. Roel is also on the board of PublicSpaces, a Dutch foundation uniting more than forty public and civil society organizations working towards an internet that is not dependent on commercial extraction. Prior to Delft, Roel was a graduate student in the Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab, receiving a PhD in Control & Intelligent Systems from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley (2018), where he received the Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award. Subsequently, he was an inaugural postdoc at the AI Now Institute in New York City.