Makhlouf Shabou Basma

Makhlouf Shabou Basma is a Professor at the Haute école de gestion de Genève (HES-SO), leading the Master in Information Sciences program. She specializes in archival science, digital preservation, and information governance with a focus on sustainable data practices and AI integration. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary research addressing environmental impacts of data management, appraisal processes in the AI era, and computational methods in archival science.

Her work spans over 20 years, with leadership in projects such as Arch’Eco (ecological costs of data lifecycle), InterPARES Trust AI (AI-driven archival appraisal), and Ask ArchiLab (AI conversational assistant for archives). She collaborates internationally with institutions like the University of Geneva, CICR, and UNESCO, and has secured over CHF 2 million in research funding.

Key research interests include: sustainable digital preservation, environmental impact of data practices, computational archival science, AI ethics in appraisal, and interdisciplinary knowledge management. She has published extensively on topics such as eco-design of archives, maturity models for appraisal processes, and digital heritage preservation.

Her teaching and research bridge practical archiving challenges with cutting-edge technologies, emphasizing ethical and sustainable solutions for information governance in both public and private sectors.