FARI offers the capacity, skills, and knowledge required for advanced research in AI, Data, and Robotics for the Common Good.

We are working to co-create a society where AI, Data, and Robotics could contribute to it. We work on local and international projects that aim at enabling a sustainable transition, starting with our own region of Brussels. So we work in, with and on Brussels as a laboratory and testing ground in a regional, national and International context.

Headquartered in BeCentral, our central team helps build a stronger research and innovation ecosystem in Brussels.

Central team

Hugues Bersini

Lead Scientific Advisor (ULB)

Ann Nowé

Lead Scientific Advisor (VUB)

Carl Mörch

Co-Director (ULB)

Hans de Canck

Co-Director (VUB)

Karen Boers

Strategy and AI Academy Coordinator

Diana Remache

Project Manager, SME's & EDIH

Alice Demaret

AI Impact Advisor

Emilie Maccarini

FARI Services Hub Coordinator

Lea Rogliano

Citizen Panel Coordinator

Karl-Fillip Coenegrachts

Smart Communities & Local Digital Twin Coordinator

Laurence Renault

Strategy and Reporting Collaborator | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead

Odette de Fays

Management Assistant

Simeon Michel

AI developer, FARI Test & Experience Centre

Valerian Schatten

User Interface Designer

Laura Jousset

Communications Lead

Martin Canter

AI and Data Expert

Stijn Van Hijfte

Development Management Support

Marieke Van Camp

Coordinator AI Test & Experience Center

Kenneth Hannaert

Management Assistant

FARI's projects are powered by AI, data, and robotics researchers in VUB and ULB.

Researchers

ALL researchers

We work with several partners in and out of Brussels to help us achieve our grand mission.

Partners

FARI started with a mission to connect people across disciplines, expertise, and organisations in making science and innovation more accessible and impactful to society.

Today, our network of like-minded organisations and institutions help FARI conceptualise, develop, and implement important projects for the region.