Fouâd Oveisy

Fouâd Oveisy is a PhD candidate in Political Science at York University and a former lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Toronto. He previously completed a PhD in Critical Theory at the University of California, Irvine. His research examines the political economy of AI deployment, digital sovereignty, and the ways in which Canadian, American, and Chinese strategic cultures become embedded in AI systems and institutions. Drawing on policy research for Global Affairs Canada, he advances a “Third Option” framework for strengthening Canadian digital capacity through value-aligned international coalition-building. His current work combines comparative policy research with the training of a publicly accessible AI model for geopolitical analysis. He is a former SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholar and International Policy Ideas Challenge fellow.