Paula Gortázar

(She/Her)

I am a researcher, writer and lecturer, currently working at the University of Westminster. My research practice investigates recent developments in Generative and Agentic AI systems, Responsible AI Frameworks and Educational Technologies.

As a member of the AI Research Network at the University of Westminster, my work has been published in several academic journals and presented at multiple international conferences worldwide. Some of these publications include:

Gortázar, P. 2024. 'Navigating Subjectivity in AI-generated Photography: The Quest for Ethics and Creative Agency'. Philosophy of Photography. 15. Issue 1-2: Expanded Visualities: Photography and Emerging Technologies, pp. 143-157.

Gortázar, P. 2024. 'Plastic Borders: On the Photographic Frame and its Virtual Experience'. Photographies. 17 (1-2), pp. 115-127.

Gortázar, P. 2024. ‘Dare me Not: Photography as Adventure in Virtual Space’, in Ali Shobeiri and Helen Westgeest (eds), Virtual Photography, Transcript Verlag: Amsterdam

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer , University of Westminster

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Westminster , PhD Visual Arts

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