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
- 2026-09-03
- Next review
- 2027-03-03
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: The current WashU Law faculty profile was retrieved. This directory does not attribute any position beyond the report-derived research summary without a reviewed publication.
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
Bethany Shiner
Human rights law, freedom of thought, digital rights, and algorithmic interference.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-03
- Next review
- 2027-03-03
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: The current Oxford Law profile was retrieved. Inclusion maps the academic network and does not imply endorsement of CognitiveLiberties.com.
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
Rafael Yuste
Neuroscience, neurotechnology, and neurorights advocacy.
Review record
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-03
- Next review
- 2027-03-03
- State
- reviewed_primary
Observed: The current Columbia Biology faculty profile was retrieved. The supplied reports provide the neurorights-network context.
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
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. A stale or unreachable resource should be marked accordingly in a future release rather than silently retained as current.