Ryan SangBaek Kim, Ph.D.
Founder & Principal Investigator
Ryan Research Institute
Affective Neuroscience · Philosophy · AI Ethics
📍 Institute Address
Ryan Research Institute
11th Arrondissement, Paris, France
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About the Institute
The Ryan Research Institute (RRI) is an independent, multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to advancing research and dialogue across affective neuroscience, philosophy of mind, AI ethics, and the arts.
The institute curates and disseminates peer-reviewed papers, books, essays, and musical works — fostering conversations that bridge disciplines and inspire ethical engagement with the future of emotion and technology.
RRI is led by Ryan SangBaek Kim, Ph.D. (Founder & Principal Investigator), whose research program spans affective neuroscience, philosophy of mind, AI ethics, and law — organized around the question of how emotions are interpreted, suppressed, and governed by individuals, institutions, and machines.
Institutional Affiliations & Memberships
(ordered by relevance & recency)
- Full Member, International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI)
- Full Member, Italian Society for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (SIpEIA)
- Full Member, BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT (UK)
- Full Member, SGAI – Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (BCS AI Section)
- Full Member, EurAI – European Association for Artificial Intelligence (via BCS)
- Full Member, Korean Artificial Intelligence Association (KAIA)
- Lifetime Member, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (KASBA)
- Registered Artist, Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)
- Lifetime Member, Korean Artist Welfare Foundation (KAWF)
"Emotion is the last sovereignty we must protect in the age of intelligent machines."