Dr. Jacqueline Kucera
About

Dr. Jacqueline Kucera

CEO SOTRAI · AI Governance, Leadership & Trust

CEO of SOTRAI. In spring 2026 she was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo. She combines current research on AI governance with many years of experience leading public institutions, among others as former head of the Parliamentary Library at the Parliamentary Services of the Swiss Federal Assembly. There she led the organisational transformation of the library and was responsible for AI pilot projects (proof of concept) on automatic indexing and intelligent information retrieval of parliamentary materials, including ParlementAIre, a proof of concept for a secure, sovereign AI assistant for parliament. Programme director of the CAS “Executive AI Management” at the Institute for Communication & Leadership (IKF).

Her work draws on interviews and workshops with CEOs, policymakers and AI experts in Tokyo and Japan, as well as a proof of concept with Discoveries Inc. One finding is consistent: trust in AI-shaped organisations is led before it is legislated.

20+ years of executive experience · PhD University of Neuchâtel · author of several books, see below.

Teaching (selection): AI governance in the CAS at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH).

In practice

International conferences, research and advisory.

Talks and workshops on AI governance and leadership – at the European Parliament, in the Swiss Parliament and at the University of Tokyo, at conferences in Switzerland and Iceland.

Publications & Research

Research that feeds the advisory.

Peer-reviewed and institutional publications on AI governance and responsible AI in parliament – evidence, not opinion.

IEEE · 2025
Matoshi, Singh & Kucera: “Transforming Digital Access in Parliament: Topic Modeling Meets Retrieval-Augmented Generation”. ieeexplore.ieee.org
AI Days HES-SO · 2025
“ParlementAIre”, a proof of concept for a secure, sovereign AI assistant for parliament (Vaccarelli et al., with J. Kucera). arodes.hes-so.ch
IPU Innovation Tracker
“Federal Assembly of Switzerland embeds trust at the heart of technology”, Inter-Parliamentary Union. ipu.org
Books

Publications

Her books on leadership, human judgment and artificial intelligence.

Fearless Mind on Amazon

Fearless Mind

How Your Human Brain Beats Artificial Intelligence · Amazon bestseller

Wake up Woman on Amazon

Wake up Woman

It's Your Time to Lead!

Hey Man, Wake up! on Amazon

Hey Man, Wake up!

Have you been framed?

Voices on the books

“I strive to contribute to a better world, one where our collective compassion and efforts can make a lasting impact. I aim to demonstrate the power of a determined woman, mother, and individual.”

Carole Became · author, manager, mother of three

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