Pouria Akbarighatar

Pouria Akbarighatar is a PhD Research Fellow in Responsible Data Science at the Department of Information Systems, University of Agder, Norway, and a visiting PhD researcher at the Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES), University of Queensland Business School. He holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and an MSc in Information Systems from the University of Tehran.

His research focuses on Responsible AI, including maturity models, fairness frameworks, and ethical implementation in sociotechnical systems. His work combines Fuzzy mathematics, decision science, and data science to address uncertainty and complexity in AI systems.

Recent publications explore responsible AI principles in practitioner contexts, operationalizing AI ethics, and credibility assessment in online reviews. He contributes to journals like AI and Ethics, IEEE Access, and Expert Systems with Applications, alongside conferences such as ECIS, AMCIS, and PACIS.

He teaches courses in Data Science Applications, Algorithmic and Data Structures, and Data Science Applications II. He is affiliated with the Human-Centered AI (HCAI) research group.