Gábor Soós is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS.
Dr. Gábor Soós is a researcher and international policy practitioner working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, philosophy, cultural heritage, education, science, and sustainability. He served as Secretary-General of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO from 2016 to 2026, building on more than two decades of experience in international cooperation. He holds a PhD in English from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and a postgraduate degree in philosophy from Paris IV–Sorbonne.
He is the initiator and steward of the World-Shaped AI Coalition (WOSAIC), an emerging international network exploring how AI can remain grounded in the places, communities and ecological relationships it affects. His work connects questions of human agency, cultural and epistemic diversity and public accountability with practical approaches to learning and governance. His Bartók 4.0 methodology links direct observation and situated knowledge with AI-assisted interpretation, human correction and shared learning.
Gábor also leads “Source-to-Sea: Bartók 3.0 Connectivity”, an endorsed project under the UN Ocean Decade’s Cultural Heritage Framework Programme. The project brings cultural heritage, education and community knowledge into dialogue with water science, examining how connections between freshwater systems, landscapes and the ocean can support ecological understanding and collective action. Its development connects place-based initiatives in Hungary with emerging collaborations in Asia, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean.
During his visiting research fellowship at UNU-CRIS, Gábor Soós will primarily work on the relationship between place-based knowledge, responsible AI and the governance of interconnected water systems, in close collaboration with Nidhi Nagabhatla within the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster. Drawing on the Source-to-Sea initiative and WOSAIC, he will examine how community-grounded learning can inform cooperation across localities and regions, strengthen dialogue between scientific and cultural knowledge, and support responses to shared environmental challenges.