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.
As governments digitalize, their bureaucratic structures are increasingly encountering AI. This project explores what happens next by asking how the structures of public sector bureaucracies transform when exposed to new AI-based systems.
17:30 -18:30, Seminar room, 1 St Giles
With Dr Caroline Leicht, Dr Keegan McBride, Prathm Juneja, and Licinia GüttelThis panel discussion, as part of the OII Election Series, will examine the digital dimensions of the US elections. The event will cover a broad spectrum of digital phenomena shaping political campaigns, voting, and US technology policy.
13 September 2024
A new report from the Tony Blair Institute, co-authored by leading AI figures including two Oxford Internet Institute researchers, has set out recommendations for government ahead of a future ‘AI Bill’.
26 June 2024
OII researchers outline the necessity for policymakers to start laying the foundations for a strong, robust, and resilient digital government today.
13 March 2024
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute and the University of Bremen share their insights on how digital technologies can be used to wield authoritarian power in the context of the Russian election.
9 February 2024
On 14th February 2024, Indonesia will hold its fifth direct presidential election since transitioning to democracy in 1998.
MIT Technology Review, 03 September 2024
And the focus on AI is distracting us from some deeper and longer-lasting threats to democracy.
Tech Policy Press, 20 August 2024
Recent legislative proposals and executive actions on AI risk entangling the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in politically charged decisions, potentially calling the organization’s neutrality into question.
Fast Company, 03 July 2024
A Labour government is likely to be elected in the U.K. on Thursday. That might not signal a huge shift in tech policy.
This option course will approach the study of government and politics through the lens of data science.
This course examines how AI can be used to improve policymaking and governance. The course will explore how AI can be used to develop, evaluate, and implement better policies; as well as the technical and organizational conditions that enable AI-driven policymaking.
