Aaina Agarwal is a former corporate lawyer focused on tech policy in the context of business and human rights.

Ms. Agarwal received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Duke University followed by her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from The University of Southern California. She recently completed an LLM focused on Technology, Business & Human Rights at NYU Law.

One dimension of her work focuses on how platform companies can negotiate human rights by design. Here, she has explored how algorithmic content distribution operates as a form of governance that impacts democratic outcomes. Her position leverages the synergy between the interests of a global human rights framework and the impact that platform companies solve for with respect to a global user base.

Her research also extends to topics at the intersection of human rights and automation, including the potential for AI to mediate a better paradigm of work for more people.