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title: "AI governance engineering"
description: "The application of engineering practice (systems thinking, product thinking and code) to the governance of AI systems; measured by realised risk reduction and audit-ready evidence."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-governance-engineering
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# AI governance engineering

The application of engineering practice (systems thinking, product thinking and code) to the governance of AI systems; measured by realised risk reduction and audit-ready evidence.

- Developed in: [ch. 01, The definition](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/definition#the-definition)
- Chapters: [ch. 01, Definition](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/definition)
- Contrast with: [Trustworthy AI](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/trustworthy-ai)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-ai-governance-engineering

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.