Ida Someh

Dr Ida Asadi Someh is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland Business School, Australia, investigating the multifaceted challenges that AI poses to organizations and society. Through a decade-long collaboration and fellowship with the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research, she has studied more than 70 AI case studies globally, uncovering how leaders manage the nuanced complexities of autonomous and opaque AI systems and deliver solutions that benefit diverse stakeholders.

Her publications have received several prestigious awards, including the Information Systems Senior School Award for paper published in European Journal of Information Systems, the Best Case Study Award from the Society for Information Management, and recognition for one of the most thought‑provoking articles on the ethics of big data from Communications of AIS. She aims to use her insider knowledge of how AI solutions work to educate and empower consumers around the world to make better choices and exercise greater control over how AI impacts their lives.

She completed her PhD in 2015 at the University of Melbourne and was awarded the Best PhD Thesis in the Melbourne School of Engineering and the Vice-Chancellor's PhD Prize at the University of Melbourne.