Elina
Halonen

I am a behavioural science consultant and AI researcher based in the Netherlands.

For nearly two decades, I have worked on how people make decisions in real-world settings, and how strategies, policies and systems fail when they rely on unrealistic assumptions about human behaviour.

My work now brings that perspective to AI. Organisations are introducing AI into everyday work faster than they are making explicit what is being delegated, how outputs should be evaluated, where human judgement remains necessary, and who is responsible when decisions and actions are distributed across people and systems.

I recently completed an MSc in AI & Governance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My thesis examined how public-sector advisory documents describe agentic AI as an administrative actor, and how they connect system configuration with delegation, discretion, control and accountability.

Alongside my research, I work through Prismatic Strategy on the practical organisational questions that arise as AI becomes embedded in real workflows. My interests include human–AI collaboration, AI governance, behavioural delegation, meaningful human oversight, and the design of systems in which decisions and responsibility remain visible.

• AI in practice: behaviour, decisions, and responsibility
• My areas of interest
• Academic background