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A network of young people shaping the future of AI and society. 

GAIN brings together students, organizers, researchers, and advocates from chapters on every continent. We work together so that the future of AI is shaped by the many, not the few.
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The Global AI Youth Network coordinates young people across the world to build a future where AI serves the many, not the few. We organize chapters in cities and communities on every continent, training a new generation of AI advocates, organizers, and researchers. From local workshops to international summits, our chapters build AI literacy, publish context-specific policy research, build coalitions with civil society, and contribute to AI governance processes at every level. Our goal is to build the civic infrastructure that lets communities match the coordination capacity of AI corporations to advocate for human-centered technological progress.

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GAIN runs on the work of volunteers across every continent. Meet the regional leads and global team coordinating our network.
Our Team
Who we are
GAIN runs on the work of volunteers across every continent. Meet the regional leads and global team coordinating our network.
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Adrian Klaits
Executive Steering Committee Member
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Adrian Klaits directs the Global AI Youth Network. His work spans advocacy from school boards, municipal leadership, and state governments to U.S. federal and international policy, and has been covered by CNN, the Washington Post, Fox 5, Univision, and RTVI. He has lived and worked across four countries on three continents and is currently an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia.
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Meriem Mehri
Executive Steering Committee Member
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Meriem Mehri is the MENA Regional Lead for the Global AI Youth Network and a PhD researcher at Polytechnique Montréal, where she studies how technical AI design choices sediment into institutional realities. Her work spans agent-based modeling, human-AI interaction, and product innovation, intersecting with policy and civil society across Global South and broader global contexts. She brings a background in applied ML, HCI, integrative research methods, systems design, and sustainability strategy.
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Joseph Awuah
Executive Steering Committee Member
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Joseph is the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Lead for the Global AI Youth Network, where he drives initiatives in AI ethics and safety across the continent. He is also the founder of The Accelerators Program, which guides peers across Africa toward fellowships, gigs, and portfolios that unlock global opportunities. A Türkiye Bursları scholar at Hacettepe University, Joseph studies Public Administration and Political Science and plans to pursue a JD focused on international law, technology, and responsible innovation.


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Alycia Colijn
Executive Steering Committee Member
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Alycia Colijn is the Europe Regional Lead for the Global AI Youth Network and a PhD researcher, holding Co-Lead role at both the Dutch and European level. She holds an MSc in Data Science & Marketing Analytics and an LLM in European Competition Law, and was named to the Dutch Financial Times' Young Talents list in 2022. Alongside her academic and policy work, she published her debut poetry collection in 2024.
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Heramb Poder
Executive Steering Committee Member
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Heramb is an AI governance researcher focused on technical governance and holds a Bachelor's and Master's from IIT Roorkee in chemistry. He is an AI policy fellow at the Center for AI and Digital Policy and has previously been a GovAI winter fellow and did the ERA and FIG fellowships.

Frequently-Asked Questions

Find answers about our work and how to get involved.

What is the Global AI Youth Network?

The Global AI Youth Network coordinates young people across the world to build a future where AI serves the many, not the few. We organize chapters on every continent that train the next generation of AI advocates, organizers, and researchers.

Who can join?

Anyone! We encourage anyone under 30 to join or start their own chapter. Those over 30 are welcome to join as advisors. We especially value those with a background in computer science, law, economics, policy, journalism, and everything in between. No technical background required.

How do I get involved? 

Head to our Get Involved page to find a chapter near you, start a new one, or partner with us. If you don't see your country represented yet, reach out anyway. Chances are we'd love your help building one.

How do we decide what to work on? 

Chapters set their own priorities based on what their local context demands. At the network level, we focus on issues where coordinated international pressure can make a difference.