What Can Government Do with Data Science and Artificial Intelligence?
Sandwich Lunch provided
The latest generation of data-powered technologies such as Data Science and Artificial Intelligence are being widely used across the private sector and seem to have potential for the public sector also. However, past governments have struggled to maximise the potential of successive generations of information technology, lagging decades behind firms. This talk considers how these data-powered technologies can be developed from a public sector perspective. It looks at the generic tasks for which public organisations can use these technologies, and discusses their potential benefits for better governance, policy making and public services provision. It draws on the speaker’s experience of setting up and directing the Public Policy Programme at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and AI, as well as decades of research into the relationship between government and digital technology.
Date: 27 January 2023, 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Speaker: Professor Helen Margetts (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)
Organisers: Christine Sheldon (University of Oxford), Prof Lenka Bustikova (University of Oxford), Marta Antonetti (University of Oxford), Zack Grant (University of Oxford), Professor Petra Schleiter (University of Oxford)
Part of: Politics Research Colloquium
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Helen Morley, Rebecca Freeman, Joby Mullens, Daniel Burton