Medlir Mema: Faith Matters Senior Fellow
Faith Matters is delighted to announce that Medlir Mema is our first Senior Fellow. Medlir will be leading ORGANIZED INTELLIGENCE, a new initiative supported by the Future of Life Institute and Faith Matters that brings together Latter-day Saint voices from across disciplines to explore the ethical, social, and spiritual dimensions of AI. You can learn more here.
BIO
Medlir Mema is the Head of the AI Governance Programme at the Global Governance Institute in Brussels. He is also Professor of International Relations at the Brigham Young University Idaho in the United States. Previously, Medlir was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Tokyo International University in Japan, Adjunct Faculty at Vesalius College, and a Senior Associate Researcher at the Institute for European Studies - VUB in Brussels, Belgium. Medlir holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the George Washington University, and a MA in European Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University—School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is the co-founder and co-host of the Age of AI podcast, where he examines the far-reaching implications of Artificial Intelligence on politics, law, and society. Medlir's work explores how AI technologies are fundamentally reshaping policy development, ethical considerations, and governance structures worldwide.
