Hi! My name is Gabriel Lima. I am currently a final-year Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP), where I work alongside Yixin Zou. Before joining MPI-SP, I obtained my BSc and MSc from KAIST, where I worked with Meeyoung Cha.
My research pursues my vision where AI design and governance reflect the values, expectations, and opinions of the people who use and are affected by AI systems. I focus on three interconnected directions:
- Examining the general public’s views of AI and their real-world implications, including whether their opinions are aligned with existing regulatory frameworks, such as the European Union’s AI Act and copyright law [CHI 2026a, CHI 2025a, Cambridge 2025, FAccT 2023, EAAMO 2022, CHI 2021, Frontiers 2021a];
- Experimentally evaluating potential solutions to AI’s negative impacts through the eyes of laypeople, such as the proposals to make AI “fair” and “provocative” [CHI 2025b, CHI 2023, Frontiers 2021b, CSCW 2020] ;
- Critically analyzing dominant perspectives on how to address AI’s ethical, social, and legal challenges, including companies’ AI safety narratives [CHI 2026b, CSCW 2025, FAccT 2022].
My research leverages quantitative and qualitative methods to capture and analyze narratives about AI and the public’s perceptions and opinions. I am also a strong believer in interdisciplinary research. I have collaborated with scholars from psychology, law, sociology, and other disciplines, always seeking to bring different disciplinary perspectives together.
You can always reach me via email: firstname.lastname@mpi-sp.org
Selected Recent Publications
- Gabriel Lima, Gustavo Gil Gasiola, Frederike Zufall, Yixin Zou
Do Citizens Agree with the EU AI Act? Public Perspectives on Risk and Regulation of AI Systems
@ACM CHI 2026
CNIL-EHESS Award
(Paper) - Gabriel Lima, Nina Grgić-Hlača, Markus Langer, Yixin Zou
Lay Perceptions of Algorithmic Discrimination in the Context of Systemic Injustice
@ACM CHI 2025
Best Paper Honorable Mention
(Paper) - Gabriel Lima, Nina Grgić-Hlača, Elissa Redmiles
Public Opinions About Copyright for AI-Generated Art: The Role of Egocentricity, Competition, and Experience
@ACM CHI 2025
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Selected Honors and Awards
- CNIL-EHESS Award, 2026
- Best Paper Honorable Mention, ACM CHI 2025
- Diversity and Inclusion Recognition, ACM CSCW 2025
- Outstanding Thesis Award, KAIST School of Computing 2023
- New Horizons Award, ACM EAAMO 2022