Research
Publications
Papers in the ICAIRE Ethical AI Series and articles published by ICAIRE, on moving the ethics of artificial intelligence from principle to practice.
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Landscape Article3 October 2026
What AI ethics research actually studies: 3,894 papers against UNESCO's ten principles
A verified corpus of 3,894 academic papers on the ethics of artificial intelligence, classified against the ten principles of the UNESCO Recommendation, shows a research literature organised around safety, accountability and explainability, with public awareness and literacy almost entirely absent. Compared with the institutions that study AI ethics, the literature is working on a different set of problems.
Israa Aljarb
Landscape Article3 October 2026
Where AI ethics is studied: a verified map of 202 research centers against UNESCO's ten principles
A verified directory of the world's AI-ethics research centers, classified against the ten principles of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, shows that institutional research capacity is concentrated in Western Europe and North America, that 120 member states host no center, and that the principles receiving the least attention are among those the Recommendation was written to protect.
Israa Aljarb
Governance FrameworkNo. 006October 2026
Digital Twin Ethics and Governance Framework (DTEGF)
Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Roberto Alejandro Martinez Velazquez
Governance and assurance
Framework PaperNo. 005October 2026
Risk-Based AI Assurance in the Saudi Public Sector
Aligning International Assurance Practices with the National AI Risk Management Framework
Nawaf Alsahmah
Governance and assurance
Framework PaperNo. 004October 2026
Protecting Artistic and Artisanal Creativity from Generative AI
A Legal Readiness Framework Based on the Moroccan Case and the "Digital Maâlem" Model
Hanane Nahid
Culture, language and heritage
Study BriefNo. 003October 2026
A Dignity Safety Layer for Autonomous AI
Mazhar Ali Bari
Human dignity and autonomy
Pilot Research StudyNo. 002October 2026
The Calendar Gap: Arabic Agentic Failures
Mechanism-Level Diagnosis of Arabic Agentic Failures
Abdullah Almohammedi
Culture, language and heritage
Framework PaperNo. 001October 2026
From Awareness to Responsible Application
A Community AI Readiness Framework Linking Assessment to Needs-Based Capacity Building
Reem K. Alshammari, Abdullah G. Alanazi
Readiness and capacity
Two more papers to come. The next papers in the series will appear here.