{"id":20793,"date":"2026-07-20T16:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/?post_type=team&#038;p=20793"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:00:32","slug":"ghazal-etminan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/persons\/team\/ghazal-etminan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghazal Etminan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghazal Etminan is Thematic Lead of the Sustainable Digital Communities team at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), where she leads research and innovation in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, data spaces, and interoperable digital ecosystems. Her work focuses on enabling trusted data sharing, interoperability, and the integration of AI-driven solutions to support evidence-based decision-making across public services, communities, and complex socio-technical systems. 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