Mario Mirabile

I am a PhD student in Information Technology Research at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (CiTIUS), where I study trustworthy AI, cooperative multi-agent systems, and human–AI interaction. I also work as an AI Research Fellow at the University of Bologna, focusing on the cognitive and technical "frictions" that can make collaboration between humans and AI systems safer, more transparent, and more aligned with human goals.

My doctoral research explores how causal reasoning, uncertainty quantification, and trust calibration modelling shape the behavioural propensities of human–AI systems. Specifically, I investigate how causal explanations grounded in outcomes and counterfactuals, together with calibrated confidence, can reduce overreliance and support more predictable cooperative behaviour in digital-financial literacy settings.

Before starting my PhD, I worked across academia, industry, and public institutions. I contributed to companies' Responsible AI guidelines and research reports for the European Commission (DG CONNECT and REA), including analyses on AI and technical protection measures for the publishing sector. As an invited expert at the Italian Ministry of Culture, I supported digital-transformation strategies for more than 2,000 municipalities and helped coordinate initiatives funded by the national Recovery Plan. I have also worked as a senior consultant in intelligent automation and continue to serve as co-founder and Executive Vice-President of South Working, a internationally recognised NGO promoting digital innovation, remote-work ecosystems, and public-interest technology initiatives.

My broader interests include trustability, AI safety, socio-technical governance, human-centric design, and hybrid human–AI cooperation. I have authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications on trust in human–AI collaboration, creativity in hybrid systems, and socio-technical infrastructures, and I present my work at conferences such as ECAI, HHAI, and ACDSA. I am also an active member of AIxIA, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, and All Tech Is Human.