Editorial Board (in formation)
The Policy Window AI Governance Wiki is catalog-curated, not crowd-edited. Articles render from typed catalog constants (no single author wrote them) but the catalog itself is reviewed by named editors. This page lists who.
Status: in formation, 1 of 6 slots filled. Until the board has ≥3 named editors with disclosed conflicts of interest, claims that depend on independent editorial review (reproducibility verdicts, Coverage Games with multiple human classifiers, marketed firehose subscriptions) are explicitly gated. See /wiki/reproducibility-policy §3 and /wiki/charter §4. Recruitment is underway; if you have primary-source expertise in AI governance and would join the board, see §6 below.
What the editorial board does: reviews catalog scope (which topics, instruments, concepts to include), source selection (does this citation meet primary-source standards), and methodology decisions (rubric changes, topic-determination framework updates). Does not write article prose — catalog rows are deterministic TypeScript constants edited via PRs; article templates render from those constants. No editor authors body copy.
Distinct from the on-demand expert validation bench: editorial-board approval gates catalog content (what gets included in the public wiki). The on-demand expert validation bench (see /wiki/services) gates research-module outputs (paid evidence packs, case studies, sprint deliverables) via validity-critical review — expert interviews, qualitative validation, methodological review. The two layers do not substitute for each other; both are separately disclosed on the relevant output.
1 · What editors do (and don't)
- Review catalog scope — which topics should be added, merged, or deprecated under the topic-determination framework (methodology §4).
- Review source selection — that every
sourceUrlcites a primary source of appropriate authority for its claim. - Review methodology — that the anti-hallucination grounding mechanisms still bind in practice, and that any change to the editorial workflow is documented.
- Do NOTwrite article prose. Article bodies render deterministically from catalog rows — editors edit those rows, they don't compose narratives. This is the structural commitment that makes the wiki citable.
2 · Conflicts of interest disclosure
Every editor lists their affiliations and any direct funding or contractual relationship with AI labs, regulators, or advocacy organisations that could plausibly shape catalog decisions. Disclosure is per-editor and updated as relationships change. Editors recuse themselves from catalog rows where their disclosed relationships create a conflict.
3 · Current board
The board is being constituted. Placeholder slots below document the structure (one subject editor per topic kind + a methodology lead). Real editors will replace each placeholder as recruited. This is an honest disclosure of the current state, not a fictional roster. Following the methodology page's §6 version-history honesty pattern.
| Editor | Role | Topic cluster | Conflicts of interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan WongPolicy Window (project lead) | Founding editor + maintainer | All — interim until subject editors are recruited | Project founder; no current funding from any AI lab or regulator. |
| Subject editor — Capability classes | Subject editor | foundation_models, biometric_id, deepfakes, agentic_systems_governance, catastrophic_risk | To be disclosed on recruitment |
| Subject editor — Sectoral applications | Subject editor | employment, healthcare, criminal_justice, education | To be disclosed on recruitment |
| Subject editor — Procedural obligations | Subject editor | transparency, redress, compute_reporting, training_data, synthetic_content_provenance, open_weight_release | To be disclosed on recruitment |
| Subject editor — Political frames | Subject editor | sovereign_ai, tech_sovereignty, development_rights_framing | To be disclosed on recruitment |
| Methodology + meta-domain reviewer | Methodology lead | international_coordination, methodology_framework, anti_hallucination_grounding | To be disclosed on recruitment |
4 · Become an editor
We're actively recruiting subject editors with primary- source expertise in each topic cluster. Editors commit to quarterly catalog reviews + COI disclosure + recusal where appropriate. Time commitment: ~2–4 hours per quarter. Affiliation with academia, civil society, regulators, or industry is welcome; the COI disclosure is what manages the risk, not the affiliation itself.
Interested? Open a GitHub issue with your expertise + topic clusters + any COI to disclose.