Boxi (bor-shi) is a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Research Policy Consultant with the OECD’s AI Policy Observatory (OECD.AI). Their research focuses on the politics of AI infrastructure within the context of increasing global inequality and the current climate crisis. Boxi’s DPhil is generously funded by the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership and the Balliol College Dervorguilla Scholarship. They are jointly supervised by Professor Victoria Nash and Dr Ana Valdivia.
At the OII, Boxi has worked as a Researcher on the Political Geography of AI Infrastructure project with Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and is currently a member of the Oxford-Aalto University Digital Economic Security Lab (DIESL). In previous research, Boxi has published on AI ethics and the inequalities of digital infrastructure in Big Data & Society, Philosophy & Technology, ACM Fairness, Accountability & Transparency and AAAI/ACM AI, Ethics & Society. Boxi has communicated their research as an expert quoted in TIME magazine (New Research Finds Stark Global Divide in Ownership of Powerful AI Chips) and Jacobin (The Hidden Environmental Impacts of AI).
Prior to returning to academia, Boxi worked in AI ethics, technology consulting and policy research. Most recently, they worked in AI Ethics & Safety at Google DeepMind where they specialised in the ethics of LLMs and led the responsible release of frontier AI models including the initially released Gemini models.
Boxi holds an MSc in Social Science of the Internet (OII), an MA in Urban Planning (University of Melbourne) and a BA in Political Science and International Relations (University of Western Australia). Outside of academia they are a community organiser with ESEA Green Lions, a UK collective working to build community and connection with issues of climate justice within the East and Southeast Asian community from a decolonial and anti-racist perspective.
Digital Infrastructure, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Infrastructure Studies, Critical Data Centre Studies, AI Ethics, AI Governance, Climate Justice.
This project aims to map where in the world the data centers that make up the computational infrastructure of AI research are located and who owns them. It will also investigate government policies aimed at shaping this geography.
11 April 2025
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 OII MSc Thesis Prizes. These prizes recognize outstanding work and contributions to the field.
Director, Associate Professor, Senior Policy Fellow
Victoria Nash is the OII's Director and a Senior Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on the opportunities and risks experienced by children using digital technologies; she also leads OII engagement on Internet regulation and digital policy issues.
Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy
Ana Valdivia is an interdisciplinary scholar interested in the sociotechnical aspects and technopolitics of AI. Her research explores the environmental impacts of AI by combining both computational and ethnographic methodologies.
