The Team.

The four authors behind the ICEberg Effect.

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Apostolos Symeonidis

Co-author

Data engineer turned policy student. Reads schemas the way lawyers read contracts — for what they assume, elide, and treat as given.

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Paul Accaoui

Co-author

Sees governments as bound to large-scale data and ML to stay legitimate. Interested in how AI can scale — or scrutinize — administrative bias.

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Weronika Nitecka

Co-author

Researches why data governance frameworks fail to redistribute power from platforms to citizens.

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Rahma Chikh

Co-author

Working at the intersection of AI, public institutions, and entrepreneurship — focused on AI governance and equitable data systems.