Anastasija Nikiforova is an Associate Professor of Applied AI and Information Systems at the University of Tartu (Estonia). Her research focuses on data and AI governance and digital transformation, with particular emphasis on the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, especially AI.

She examines how (Gen)AI affects organizational processes and data governance, incl. data quality, human–AI collaboration, and delegation mechanisms, and their ethical, societal, and environmental implications, such as responsible, sustainable, and green AI, within the public sector and broader digital ecosystems.

By exploring the interplay between technology, society, and policy, her work contributes to the resilience, sustainability, and inclusiveness of complex socio-technical systems and informs AI governance and decision-making.

In essence, she is a scholar who studies where AI ambitions collide with governance, legitimacy, and readiness, and how to design systems that don’t break under that pressure.