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Maroussia researches AI governance, building on previous work on AI and human rights at Global Affairs Canada. 

Her work focuses on regulation, power imbalances and market concentration in the industry. She is interested in technical standards to bridge the gap between principles and implementation, tech workers as the industry's conscience, and the respective roles of public and private actors in the governance ecosystem. 

She is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School, a member of the Indigenous-led Abundant Intelligences project a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation, and Graduate Student Affiliate and Fellow and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. At Berkman Klein, she co-led an AI governance working group with Tom Zick and Shira Gur Arieh 2020-2025. Recent work includes Analog Privilege, Smoke and Mirrors? AI Regulation and Corporate Power and Hallucinating AI Deregulation. Maroussia previously worked for Quebec’s public inquiry commission on electronic surveillance and clerked for the Chief Justice at the Quebec Court of Appeal. In her free time, she’s a hot sauce enthusiast.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Law

This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.

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Don’t be fooled. The US is regulating AI – just not the way you think

Maroussia Lévesque and coauthor Sacha Alanoca argue that, despite its espousing free market ideals, the deregulatory narrative is a misconception.

Oct 23, 2025
University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy

Smoke and Mirrors?

AI Regulation and Corporate Power

In a new paper, Maroussia Lévesque asks who controls AI regulation - and whether they're who we want in the driver's seat.

Apr 15, 2025
Tech Policy Press

The Future is Analog (if You Can Afford It)

"Analog is back," writes Maroussia Lévesque, arguing that the ability to bypass digital technology reflects an inherent privilege akin to a sort of exceptionalism.

Aug 23, 2024
Harvard Law Today

Gauge against the machine

BKC Affiliate Maroussia Lévesque facilitated a conversation between Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella and BKC Director Martha Minow on equity, equality, and fairness in the time of…

Feb 29, 2024
CIGI Online

AI Regulation Should Not Be a Blank Cheque for Government

BKC Affiliate Maroussia Lévesque and BKC Faculty Associate Florian Martin-Bariteau write about Canada’s federal regulation of AI and data.

Apr 27, 2023