Why this directory exists
The field spans law, philosophy, neuroscience, privacy, human rights, and technology governance. A researcher directory is useful only when it distinguishes a current institutional identity from a project-authored interpretation of someone’s published work.
Verified starting points
Nita A. Farahany
Law, philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive liberty, brain data, and human autonomy.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-03
- Next review
- 2027-03-03
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: The current Duke Law faculty page was retrieved. The report remains the source for this directory’s classification of her work within the cognitive-liberty network.
Limit: Primary institutional profile review confirms current identity or affiliation information visible on the reviewed page. Published positions must be verified from the underlying scholarly work before being attributed as current views.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Academic Network Mapping.md#structural-map-of-individual-researchers-and-intellectual-networks
Marcello Ienca
Ethics of AI and neuroscience, neurotechnology governance, cognition, and neurorights.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-03
- Next review
- 2027-03-03
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: The TUM faculty page was retrieved and identifies Ienca as Professor of Ethics of AI and Neuroscience and notes his pioneering work on neurorights.
Limit: Primary institutional profile review confirms current identity or affiliation information visible on the reviewed page. Published positions must be verified from the underlying scholarly work before being attributed as current views.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Academic Network Mapping.md#structural-map-of-individual-researchers-and-intellectual-networks
Neil Richards
Information law, privacy, intellectual privacy, surveillance, and civil liberties.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-04
- Next review
- 2027-03-04
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: Washington University in St. Louis currently lists Neil Richards as the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law and describes his work in privacy, information law, surveillance, and intellectual privacy.
Limit: A university profile confirms bounded current affiliation information only; it does not establish endorsement of this site or validate every interpretation of the scholar’s publications.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Academic Network Mapping.md#structural-map-of-individual-researchers-and-intellectual-networks
Bethany Shiner
Human rights law, freedom of thought, digital rights, and algorithmic interference.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-04
- Next review
- 2027-03-04
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: Oxford Law currently lists Bethany Shiner as a DPhil candidate whose research concerns freedom of thought and digital technologies, while also noting her Middlesex University role and network work.
Limit: The profile confirms bounded current roles visible on the reviewed page; it does not establish endorsement or make this directory an authoritative account of every affiliation or scholarly position.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Academic Network Mapping.md#structural-map-of-individual-researchers-and-intellectual-networks
Rafael Yuste
Neuroscience, neurotechnology, and neurorights advocacy.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-04
- Next review
- 2027-03-04
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: Columbia University currently lists Rafael Yuste as Professor of Biological Sciences and describes his neuroscience and neurotechnology work, supporting the maintained affiliation record.
Limit: A faculty profile confirms bounded identity and affiliation information only; it does not establish endorsement or validate every report characterization of neurorights advocacy and scholarship.
Report basis: Cognitive Liberty Academic Network Mapping.md#structural-map-of-individual-researchers-and-intellectual-networks
A directory is only useful if it can admit uncertainty and age.
Every stable record has a review date, next-review date, source basis, verification state, and limitation. Standards and technical projects also carry point-in-time lifecycle and supersession records. A stale, superseded, maintenance-only, transitioning, or unreachable resource should be marked accordingly rather than silently presented as unchanged.