Courtney Ford

Courtney Ford is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin (UCD), affiliated with the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. She actively contributes to the DiversiFAIR project, a European initiative addressing intersectional fairness in artificial intelligence across the European Union.

Her academic foundation includes a PhD completed in 2024 at ML Labs, UCD, supervised by Professor Mark Keane. Her doctoral research centered on Explainable AI, specifically investigating the integration of domain expertise with image data analysis to enhance model interpretability.

Dr. Ford's research expertise spans Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Fairness in AI systems, AI Bias typology development, AI Regulatory Compliance frameworks, Computer Vision applications, and Human-AI Interaction dynamics. Her current DiversiFAIR project work involves creating interactive tools for mapping AI regulatory documents and constructing comprehensive taxonomies of AI biases and associated societal harms, emphasizing practical implementation across European contexts.

She collaborates within the DiversiFAIR consortium to advance equitable AI deployment through interdisciplinary research and policy engagement.