Sarra Hannachi is a tech researcher with a strong passion for social impact and human rights advocacy. She specializes in evidence-based research and tech policy to address unethical applications particularly in war and armed conflict contexts. Through research, conflict analysis and human-centric policy, she draws on extensive knowledge and research experience, especially in the MENA region & Africa on the applications and implications of AI and emerging technologies in security settings.

Sarra is a Mozilla Fellow who has collaborated with non-profit, non-governmental, and international organizations to advance human rights, peace and security with ethical use and policymaking of AI & emerging tech. This is through policy analysis and recommendations on responsible AI/tech use in security settings. She is also a visiting professional fellow at The Atlantic Council and a member of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR). For youth representation and empowerment, she is a AU-EU Youth Lab Advisory Board Member with the AU-EU Youth Voices Lab initiative. Sarra is now acting as a Multi-Advisory Group Member at the North Africa IGF for the term 2026-2027.