With the generous support of the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung gGmbH, this research programme supports work in the sphere of AI, Government and Policy.
Senior Research Fellow
Ralph Schroeder has interests in shared virtual environments and the sociology of science and technology. His current research is related to digital media and populism, climate change online, AI and social theory, and the internet in China and India.
Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Scott A. Hale is an Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, and Turing Fellow. He develops and applies computer science techniques to the social sciences focusing on increasing equitable access to quality information.
Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research
Vili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute. He examines how digital technologies are shaping the organization of economic activities in society.
MSc SSI Course Director, Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy
Keegan McBride is a departmental research lecturer in AI, Government, and Policy at the OII. His research creates insight about the state in the digital age by exploring the interactions between the state, society, and technology.
Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy
Ana Valdivia is a critical artificial intelligence scholar. Her research explores how datafication and algorithmic governance shape social, economic and political worlds. Her work focuses on the role of technology in the fields of migration & gender.
DPhil Student
Abid A. Adonis is a DPhil student at OII, interested in Digital Sovereignty, the Politics of Cyberspace, and the intersection between International Relations and technology.
DPhil Student
Basak is a doctoral student at the OII.
DPhil Student
Calvin is a DPhil student. His research interests centre around computational communication, particularly the diffusion of conspiracy theories on social media in different cultural contexts.
DPhil Student
Linda is a DPhil student at the OII interested in social network, agent-based model and contentious politics.
DPhil Student
Rutendo Chabikwa is a DPhil student at the OII. Her research applies a gender lens to understanding the effects of digital media on political participation in postcolonial contexts.
Research Assistant, DPhil Student
Marta Ziosi’s research revolves around the use of data-driven risk-assessment tools in the Criminal Justice System. She focuses on alternative methods in machine learning to centre policies around prevention, rather than prediction, of crime.
DPhil Student
Hannah Bailey studied for an MSc in the Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. Research interests include China-US relations and China’s use of online censorship, with a focus on automated content analysis.
DPhil Student
Lisa is a DPhil student at the OII.
DPhil Student
Claire Leibowicz is a DPhil candidate and the Head of AI and Media Integrity at the Partnership on AI. Her research is generously funded by the OII Shirley Scholarship.
DPhil Student
Hubert is a DPhil student at the OII, interested in computational propaganda and social movements online.
With Dr Aliaksandr Herasimenka, Mahsa Alimardani, Dr Jens Foerderer, Dr Michaela Lindenmayr, Professor Helmut Krcmar, and Assistant Prof Maximilian Schreieck
A joint webinar from the OII and TUM about governments using technology to control citizens and Firms’ fake follower use. This event is supported by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation
This report provides an overview of whether African governments and regional bodies incorporate adequate consideration of gender in their discussions of AI and its potential role in economic development.
This project seeks to understand the narrative, diffusion and socio-political effects of online conspiracy theories, concentrating on those which emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This project will analyse the challenges and opportunities created by EU governments’ use of AI systems in social media monitoring during elections
This project explores African AI policy on a regional and continental level, to understand how it can address gender inequality.
