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Nico Campbell is a Fellow and Program Manager at the Burnes Center for Social Change and The Governance Lab (The GovLab). His work focuses on designing and scaling learning, policy, and implementation initiatives that help governments understand, adopt, and govern AI responsibly and effectively.
Nico manages projects spanning research, curriculum and program development . He is helping lead the development of a flagship Public AI course on how governments buy, build, use, and govern AI systems, including work on procurement, regulation, institutional adoption, and oversight. He also supports the design and delivery of learning programs for senior government leaders and helps translate live workshops into scalable learning for public sector audiences.
In parallel, Nico coordinates implementation and follow-through across a growing portfolio of domestic and international AI governance initiatives, supports development and testing of public-interest AI tools, and contributes research and writing on AI law and policy issues for Reboot Democracy in the Age of AI. His work includes collaboration with government agencies, universities, and external partners on applied AI governance and public innovation projects.
Before joining the Burnes Center, Nico interned with the Colorado Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit and worked in research, archival, and public sector roles including with the Mayor’s Office, the New York Public Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, and the Center for Political Accountability. He holds an AB in Philosophy from Princeton University.