Maria Woda

Maria Woda serves as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum, Germany, where she leads the Max Planck Fellow Group focused on Algorithmic Profiling and Automated Decision-Making in Criminal Justice.

Her research critically examines the intersection of artificial intelligence systems and criminal justice frameworks. She investigates how algorithmic profiling techniques and automated decision-making tools are deployed in law enforcement and judicial processes, with particular attention to ethical implications, bias mitigation, and societal impacts. Her work bridges computer science, criminology, and legal studies to address transparency and accountability challenges in AI-driven justice systems.

Dr. Woda's group actively explores regulatory frameworks for AI in criminal contexts and develops methodologies to audit algorithmic fairness in high-stakes decision environments.