Siva Mathiyazhagan

At-a-Glance

Research Assistant Professor at the School Social Policy and Practice (SP2) & Co-Director of the SAFELab, University of Pennsylvania
Founder-Director of the youth-led non-profit Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) International
Conducts research on AI and child rights, youth digital wellbeing, and tech social work
Co-creates tech social work policies and ethical considerations for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Metaverse, Web3, GenAI, and AGI
Serves as a TYCL representative to the United Nations
Held positions as Penn LDI Senior Fellow, Pradeep Mehendiratta Fellow (2025-26) at the American Institute of Indian Studies, RSM Assembly Fellow (2022-23) & faculty associate at The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University

Biography

Dr. Siva Mathiyazhagan is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School Social Policy and Practice (SP2) and Co-Director of the SAFELab. He is also a Penn LDI Senior Fellow and a Pradeep Mehendiratta Fellow (2025-26) at the American Institute of Indian Studies.