Dr. Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Arts and a Faculty member at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou’s research adopts a decolonial and critical perspective on development, focusing on digital humanities, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital technologies, and particularly artificial intelligence for the common good.
A Cameroonian scholar, Dr. Mboa Nkoudou is also the founder of Mboalab Biotech, a collaborative space created in 2018 in Yaoundé, which aims to foster local development through technology democratization and science-society engagement. He also launched the Responsible AI Multidisciplinary Lab at the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon and previously taught in the Digital Humanities Section at the Advanced School of Mass Communication (ESSTIC).
Before joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Mboa Nkoudou served as Researcher-in-Residence at the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal on Artificial Intelligence (CEIMIA), where he worked to develop mechanisms that promote greater inclusion and representation of Africa within the global AI ecosystem. As an Emerging Researcher with the Open African Innovation Research Network (Open AIR), he was also a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, through the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship Program.
Dr. Mboa Nkoudou received his PhD in Public Communication from Université Laval. He has published influential work and delivered keynote addresses on open science, cognitive justice, and inclusive innovation, and has been invited by several international organizations to share his expertise.