From 15 to 19 June 2026, the alignAI Doctoral Network held its third Seasonal School in Eindhoven. The five-day program was organised by researchers and staff of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and co-hosted by TU/e and the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS). Sixteen alignAI doctoral candidates (DCs) took part, together with three principal investigators, additional researchers and staff members.

In this video interview, we speak with Prof. Azzurra Ruggeri, Principal Investigator at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Associate Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at TUM. She introduces herself and her research on how children actively seek information and develop effective learning strategies, and presents her doctoral candidates and their research.

alignAI doctoral candidate Mohaned Bahr, was an invited panelist at the AI forum “From Silicon Valley to the Nile Valley,” organised by the U.S. Embassy, at the Nile Ritz Carlton in Cairo, on 21 July 2026. The forum brought together a diverse group of speakers to discuss AI policy issues, including socioeconomic impacts, youth engagement and media development.

Since its inception in 1996, the MSCA has grown into the European Union’s flagship programme for researcher training, mobility and career development, supporting more than 150,000 researchers at all stages of their careers, fostering international mobility, cross-sector collaboration and excellence in research across Europe and beyond.

alignAI is proud to be a part of this remarkable legacy!

Egyptian judge on leave and alignAI doctoral candidate, Mohaned Bahr, was among the panelists at the EMERJ, at the Rio de Janeiro State Court School, upon an invitation from Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio), and the EMERJ, on a panel titled “Direito e Tecnologia: A Justiça 4.0” (Law and Technology: Justice 4.0), where he presented his research on developing AI governance frameworks, inspired by the regulatory mechanisms devised in the EU AI Act.

On 19–20 May 2026, Santiago Hurtado and Prof. Anna Keune from the Technical University Munich participated at The Responsible AI Forum (TRAIF) 2026 and presented their ongoing work in developing an online learning environment for AI ethics learning. The two shared their ongoing work on the design of an online environment for youth and educators to engage with AI ethics.