Mubarak Raji

Data privacy, AI ethics, and AI governance across the Global Majority, emphasizing African challenges and opportunities. I also explore the governance of agentic AI and autonomous agents, specifically examining their implications for user privacy.

• USENIX PEPR '26 Student Grant 2026
• IAPP Westin Scholar Award in Privacy 2026
• IAPP Andy Serwin Conference Scholarships 2025

For a complete list of publications, please visit Mubarak Raji's Google Scholar page.

Okolo, C. T., & Raji, M. (2026). The global majority in international AI governance. In M. Furendal & M. Lundgren (Eds.), Handbook on the global governance of artificial intelligence (pp. 133–154). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Raji, M., Ugwuoke, V., & Bashir, M. (2026). Deepfakes and data protection: Evaluating the effectiveness of African privacy laws in the age of AI. Journal of Information Policy, 16. (Forthcoming)

Raji, M., Wilder, D., Ugwuoke, V., & Bashir, M. (2025). An assessment of the enforcement mechanisms in African data protection laws. African Journal on Privacy and Data Protection, 2, 1–40.

Raji, M. (2026, June 1–2). Enforcement of data protection laws in Africa: Implications for privacy engineers. USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR '26), Santa Clara, CA, United States.

Raji, M., & Bashir, M. (2026, April 13–15). Towards agentic AI governance: A preliminary assessment. International Conference on the AI Revolution: Research, Ethics, and Society (AIR-RES 2026), Las Vegas, NV, United States. Preprint.

Raji, M., Ugwuoke, V., & Bashir, M. (2025, September 18–20). Deepfakes and data protection: Evaluating the effectiveness of African privacy laws in the age of AI. TPRC53: The 53rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Washington, DC, United States.