Ioanna Marini 

Ms Ioanna Marini is a Project Manager at HOU´s DAISSy Research Group. She holds a degree from the Department of Financial and Management Engineering of the University of the Aegean (2007) and a Master’s degree from the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras, specializing in Project Management, Transportation, and Spatial Planning. She has extensive experience in the management and implementation of European-funded projects, having participated in more than 35 EU-funded initiatives. Her expertise includes project management, financial monitoring, and administrative coordination, supporting the efficient delivery of complex projects. She has contributed to the organization, reporting, and financial administration of projects, ensuring compliance with EU requirements.​

Alessandra Antonaci

Alessandra serves as Deputy Coordinator of the ETHICAI project and leads the Quality Assurance, Communication, and Dissemination activities. With expertise in project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communication, she contributes to the successful implementation and visibility of EU-funded initiatives. Their experience includes quality assurance processes, dissemination strategies, community building, and collaboration across international and multidisciplinary teams. They are particularly interested in fostering ethical and innovative approaches to artificial intelligence, supporting impactful research outcomes, and promoting sustainable knowledge exchange within higher education and digital transformation initiatives.

Frederik Truyen

Frederik Truyen is professor of Cultural Studies and Digital Humanities at the Faculty of Arts of KU Leuven, where he coordinates the innovation action group DigitGLAM.  His work focuses on digital innovation in Humanities education. He has contributed to e-learning and MOOC development at the university. Current research involves the use of XAI tools for metadata improvement. In EthicAI, Fred Truyen will liaise with institutional policies and innovation roadmaps on microcedentials and AI at KU Leuven, contributing to the evidence repository of the project. ​

Zoë Vandenhende

Zoë Vandenhende is a scientific collaborator at KU Leuven (Cultural Studies Research Group, DigitGLAM), with a background in human rights, visual culture, and intercultural heritage. Her work focuses on participatory and inclusive approaches to digital heritage, with experience on various projects aimed at improving accessibility and representation in (digital) cultural heritage practices. Within ETHICAI, KU Leuven leads content development for the evidence repository and toolkit, gathering and refining use cases and policy and curriculum templates to help educators and institutions integrate generative AI responsibly.

Aras Bozkurt

As the lead representative for Anadolu University, Aras provides the primary strategic direction and oversight for the project. He is responsible for aligning the university's contributions with the project's overarching goals and ensuring academic and operational excellence.

Hasan Uçar

Hasan serves as the central hub for project coordination. He manages the logistical framework, facilitates communication between stakeholders, and organizes the essential workflows that keep the Anadolu University team on track and high-performing.

Marco Breda

Marco Breda is Director of the University AI Laboratory at UNINETTUNO and Contract Professor of Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence in its Faculty of Engineering. Previously, he founded and led the Advanced Analytics & AI division at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, and worked at Ericsson and TIM. Since 1997, he has been an Associate Researcher

at the Semeion Research Center in the field of Machine Learning and AI, with over thirty international publications to his credit. He graduated with honors in Electronic Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome.

Arianna Pallante

As Project Administrator for UNINETTUNO within the ETHICAI project, Arianna Pallante is responsible for the administrative and financial management of the institution’s activities. She oversees budget monitoring, reporting, and compliance with Erasmus+ requirements, ensuring the efficient implementation of UNINETTUNO’s contributions and alignment with project objectives.

Anthony F. Camilleri

Antony is a Senior Partner at & Co-founder of the Knowledge Innovation Centre. He has over 15 years of experience in digital education policy, quality assurance, and micro-credentials, and is a key architect of the European Digital Credential Infrastructure. In ETHICAI, he leads KIC's central role as Work Package 4 lead, overseeing the development of the ETHICAI Digital Toolkit, a modular, open-access platform that brings together the project's competence frameworks, self-assessment tools, policy templates, and AI-powered navigation to support educators, students, and institutional leaders across Europe. He also leads the strategic co-design and validation of the toolkit with public education authorities, ensuring it is aligned with national strategies, the EU AI Act, and European quality assurance standards.

Stefan Jahnke

Stefan is the Head of Programmes at the Knowledge Innovation Centre. He brings over a decade of experience bridging education, technology, and European policy, rooted in his early leadership of the Erasmus Student Network and subsequent work in higher education digital policy. As Head of Programmes at KIC, he is part of KIC's senior management and oversees the organisation's project portfolio. In ETHICAI, Stefan manages KIC's day-to-day project contribution and drives the research and stakeholder engagement work within WP4, including the validation of the toolkit with institutional partners and the integration of the GenAI Readiness Index into a practical, policy-relevant instrument that European higher education institutions can act on.