
This programme supports research on AI, Government and Policy.
Dr. Keegan McBride is an expert on topics such as digital government, digital innovation, the use of AI in the public sector, digital well-being and happiness, and government interoperability and data exchange. He is an active member of the scholarly community, participating in several high-level digital government focused conferences and publishing in leading peer-reviewed digital government focused journals. In his research he aims to develop an understanding about the future trajectory of the state in the digital age by exploring the complex and co-evolutionary relationships between technology, society, and the state.
Outside of these academic interests, Keegan is actively working with NGOs, particularly those that focus on reimagining a better, open, human-centric, and equitable digital future, he can additionally be found consulting and working with governments and private sector organizations on the topic of governmental digitalization. Keegan received an MSc in e-Governance Technologies and Services and completed his doctoral studies in public administration –both at the Tallinn University of Technology in Tallinn, Estonia.
Interoperability, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence in the public sector, digital innovation, open government data, digital government, digital transformation, co-creation of public services, procurement of innovation, digital wellbeing.
This programme supports research on AI, Government and Policy.
17:00 -18:00, 1 St Giles
With Dr Keegan McBrideDr. Keegan McBride will look beyond the current hype of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in and by public sector bureaucracies. The talk will discuss the importance of recent developments of AI – particularly in the private sector.
13:00 -14:30, Said Business School
With Michael Kratsios, and Dr Keegan McBrideJoin us for a fireside chat with Michael Kratsios and Dr. Keegan McBride to untangle several emerging geopolitical tensions related to artificial intelligence and digital innovation and discuss how to create a better regulatory ecosystem.
This option course will approach the study of government and politics through the lens of data science.