Unconscious Bias, Responsible AI, and the Future of Workforce Decisions

About this episode

The episode discusses how understanding cognitive biases can lead to fairer hiring practices through the use of responsible AI.

What if the key to fairer hiring lies not in better policies, but in understanding how our brains actually make decisions? In this episode of Oxford+, host Susannah de Jager speaks with Riham Satti, co-founder and CEO of MeVitae, about her journey from studying neuroscience at Oxford to building an AI-driven platform that transforms workforce decision-making. They explore how cognitive biases shape recruitment, why ten seconds of CV screening can derail a hiring process, and how organisations can use data and responsible AI to make fairer, faster, and smarter people decisions. With recent research showing that recruiters using biased AI tools mirror those inequitable choices up to 90% of the time , the conversation could not be more timely. Riham explains how MeVitae integrates neuroscience, anonymised recruiting, and transparent algorithms to help organisations identify hidden risks, improve candidate experience, and build genuinely inclusive workplaces. From bootstrapping with grant funding to working with global enterprise clients, her story is a blueprint for turning academic curiosity into commercial impact. (00:00) - Welcome to Oxford Plus (01:42) - The Academic Path to…

People in this episode

Host: Susannah de Jager

Guest: Riham Satti

Topics covered

• unconscious bias
• responsible AI
• workforce decisions
• recruitment
• neuroscience
• inclusive workplaces

Keywords

• unconscious bias
• AI
• recruitment
• neuroscience
• inclusive workplaces
• MeVitae
• workforce decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MeVitae

Places: Oxford

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