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Manon Revel is a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. 

Her work spans applied mathematics, AI, and political theory and builds mathematical and computational models for collective agency in a networked, AI-mediated world. Manon was a Postdoctoral Employee Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for the 2023-2024 academic year. She graduated from MIT in 2023 with a PhD in Social and Engineering Systems and Statistics. Previously, she was an adjunct professor at Notre Dame University, a Democracy Doctoral Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School. She worked at Meta, Palantir, the Responsible AI Institute, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Bell Labs.

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arXiv

Democratic AI is Possible. The Democracy Levels Framework Shows How It Might Work.

Aviv Ovadya, Manon Revel, and Amy X. Zhang provide a map of what meaningful democratic AI governance and alignment look like.

Aug 21, 2025
arXiv

AI-Enhanced Deliberative Democracy and the Future of the Collective Will

Manon Revel and coauthor Théophile Pénigaud provide insight into AI-driven democratic transformations intended to optimize collective decision-making processes. "We do not claim…

Jun 23, 2025
MIT Science Policy Review

Mapping the space of social media regulation

Nathaniel Lubin, Kalie Mayberry, Dylan Moses, Manon Revel, Luke Thorburn, and Andrew West identify two modes of mapping the space of social media regulation and discuss the trade…

Aug 27, 2024
ARXIV

SEAL: Systematic Error Analysis for Value ALignment

Manon Revel introduces evaluate metrics for rewards models' alignment with the values expressed in training datasets.

Aug 16, 2024
The Ash Center

Can We Talk? An Argument for More Dialogues in Academia

BKC Employee Fellow Manon Revel argues that more communication is key to facing the world's toughest issues.

Feb 29, 2024

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May 8, 2024 @ 4:00 PM

Democracy and Technology

Democratic values are facing significant challenges globally, with democratic processes often feeling stagnant as social technologies become increasingly integrated into our…