ProfNicholas Davis
Industry Professor And Director, Strategy And Operations
Human Technology Institute
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- Industry Professor And Director, Strategy And OperationsHuman Technology Institute
BIO
Nicholas Davis is Industry Professor - Emerging Technology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
With Prof Edward Santow, Nick co-leads the Human Technology Institute, UTS's new initiative on building Australia's capability on ethical and responsible artificial intelligence. Nick's areas of expertise include innovation policy, technology and regulation, strategic foresight and multistakeholder collaboration processes.
From 2015-2019, Nick was Head of Society and Innovation and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, responsible for developing the theme of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and overseeing the development of cooperative emerging technology policy efforts around the world.
Nick is an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford's Said Business School, a Visiting Professor at UCL's department of science, technology, engineering and public policy (STEaPP), a Visiting Fellow at ANU in the School of Cybernetics, an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and serves on a number of boards and committees. He is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Previously, Nick was the World Economic Forum's Head of Europe, a Director at Oxford Investment Research and a commercial lawyer.
With Prof Edward Santow, Nick co-leads the Human Technology Institute, UTS's new initiative on building Australia's capability on ethical and responsible artificial intelligence. Nick's areas of expertise include innovation policy, technology and regulation, strategic foresight and multistakeholder collaboration processes.
From 2015-2019, Nick was Head of Society and Innovation and a member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, responsible for developing the theme of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and overseeing the development of cooperative emerging technology policy efforts around the world.
Nick is an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford's Said Business School, a Visiting Professor at UCL's department of science, technology, engineering and public policy (STEaPP), a Visiting Fellow at ANU in the School of Cybernetics, an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and serves on a number of boards and committees. He is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Previously, Nick was the World Economic Forum's Head of Europe, a Director at Oxford Investment Research and a commercial lawyer.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate FellowUniversity of Oxford, Said Business School, Oxford1 Sep 2019 - present
- Visiting FellowAustralian National University, School of Cybernetics, Canberra, Australia1 Jul 2022 - present
- Associate FellowGeneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva1 Sep 2018 - present
- Professor of PracticeArizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, United States1 Sep 2019 - 1 May 2022
- Visiting ProfessorUniversity College London, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2019 - 1 Sep 2021
- Adjunct ProfessorSwinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia1 Jul 2018 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Managing PartnerSWIFT Partners, Geneva, Switzerland1 Sep 2019 - 1 May 2022
- Head of Society and InnovationWorld Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland1 Sep 2015 - 1 Sep 2019
- Head of EuropeWorld Economic Forum1 Jun 2012 - 1 Sep 2015
- Head of Civil SocietyWorld Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland1 Jul 2010 - 1 Jun 2012
- Deputy Head of Strategic ForesightWorld Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland1 Aug 2006 - 1 Jul 2010
- Director, Research and ConsultingOxford Investment Research, Oxford, United Kingdom3 Mar 2003 - 1 Aug 2006
DEGREES
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Bachelor of LawsUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Master of Global LeadershipWorld Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, write, speak and understand
- GermanCan speak and understand
PROFILE TYPE
- Professional