About
Claire Boine is a Doctoral Student in the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. She concurrently holds roles as a Senior Research Fellow (2021–2022), Research Associate at ANITI and Accountable AI in a Global Context (since 2019), and Expert at the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium (since 2021). Her research interests span artificial intelligence regulation, human rights, violence prevention, and gender studies, with a focus on EU legal frameworks and intersectional approaches to societal issues.
Boine holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University (2017), a Master 2 in Law (International and European Human Rights Law) from Nantes University (2017), and prior degrees from Toulouse and Sorbonne Universities. She has conducted research at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (2017) and Boston University’s School of Public Health (2018–2021), where she investigated gun policy and public health advocacy.
Her research explores AI’s societal implications, including liability frameworks and ethical governance, alongside gun violence prevention strategies and the sociopolitical dimensions of self-defense. She has authored over a dozen peer-reviewed articles, analyzing topics such as EU AI regulation gaps, gun owner demographics, and intersectional approaches to armed citizenship.
Boine’s work has been supported by grants like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and she actively contributes to initiatives like the OECD AI Policy Observatory. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges law, technology, and public health, addressing global challenges through policy-relevant scholarship.
