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Temporary contract Lecturer: Philosophy
Name: Nasreen Watson
Location: B Ring 709, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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About Ms Nasreen Watson
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence; AI governance and Responsible AI; Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED); digital literacy and educational equity; algorithmic bias and fairness; cross-cultural and pluralistic ethics; human rights鈥揵ased approaches to AI; continental philosophy (Nietzsche); ethics in organisational and workplace systems.
Nasreen Watson is a temporary lecturer at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg, South Africa, and an AI strategy, governance, and ethics advisor. She holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy, specialising in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), a BA Honours in Philosophy (cum laude), and a BA in Human Resource Management. Her academic work sits at the intersection of philosophy, technology, and governance, with a particular focus on how AI systems impact equity, digital literacy, and inclusion in education and organisational contexts. She is also ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certified in Artificial Intelligence Management Systems, reflecting her engagement with AI governance, risk, and compliance at both academic and applied levels.
Nasreen鈥檚 academic interests are informed by both theoretical and applied perspectives. Alongside her philosophical training, she brings extensive corporate experience from the Corporate sector, where she worked across HR, culture, performance, and governance functions. This background enables her to translate complex ethical theory into practical governance, policy, and organisational frameworks, particularly in relation to responsible AI adoption, people analytics, and ethical decision-making.
She is currently the BA Extended Programme Lecturer in Philosophy at the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg, where she coordinates. She delivers the extended curriculum for a large undergraduate cohort, works closely with a team of tutors, and develops equity-focused pedagogical support aligned with the mainstream Philosophy 1A programme. She has also served as a Senior Tutor, guest lecturer, academic writing consultant, and assistant coordinator for international philosophy conferences hosted at UJ.
Nasreen is an active public intellectual and speaker. She has presented at national and international conferences on AI ethics, epistemic responsibility, cross-cultural ethics, and algorithmic governance. She is a TEDx speaker, delivering the talk 鈥淔rom No Chair to Africa鈥檚 AI鈥�, and a published thought leader, with work appearing in the Mail & Guardian, where she writes on digital violence, algorithmic harm, and African-centred AI governance.
Publications and Media:
TEDx Talk
From No Chair to Africa鈥檚 AI
Mail & Guardian (Thought Leader)
Watson, N. (2025). Trigger Fingers: The Rise of Digital Gangsterism
Mail & Guardian (Quoted Contributor)
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