Dr. Mariagrazia Squicciarini

Dr. Mariagrazia Squicciarini is Chief of Executive Office at the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS) of UNESCO, where she supports the Assistant Director General and helps the Sector deliver on its mandate. She further acts as SHS’ focal point for the G7 and G20 and leads research and policy relevant work related to the ethics of science and new technologies - in particular, of Artificial Intelligence and neurotechnology, inclusion, antiracism and gender. In the past, she has led and contributed policy relevant analysis related to the changing determinants of growth and productivity, the economics of Intellectual Property Rights; knowledge-based capital; global value chains; Artificial Intelligence; job and skill dynamics and the digital transformation; and the gender divide. Mariagrazia holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Essex (UK) and before joining UNESCO, she worked at the OECD Directorate for Science Technology and Innovation as Senior Economist. She has published extensively and has been acting as a reviewer for international peer review journals and governments.