Paige Benton

Dr Paige Benton holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Johannesburg, based at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Her research lies at the intersection of political philosophy and contemporary social issues, with a focus on liberal theory, women’s rights, digital justice, and the politics of artificial intelligence. She seeks to address the evolving challenges to democratic stability. Most recently, Dr Benton was an invited panellist for the Round Table Discussion, ‘Data Commons: Creating Inclusive Data Capital and Enabling Fair Access’, hosted by United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. She serves as a guest editor for AI & Society's Topical Collection on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and AI. She is a co-chair for the Society of Philosophy and Technology’s Special Interest Group on The Political Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. She is Co-PI of a three-year project entitled ‘Safeguarding Democracy in the Age of AI’, which focuses on examining how AI technologies undermine the political and epistemic agency of citizens in the Global South.