Helen Margetts

@HelenMargetts

@UniofOxford Prof @oiioxford @mansfield Programme Director @turinginst researching politics, public policy, government & digital technology. Views my own.

University of Oxford oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=2 Joined August 2009

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Helen Margetts @HelenMargetts Aug 21, 2024

New article on 'How to build progressive public services with data science and AI' by @HelenMargetts @CosDorobantu @jonmbright @TuringPubPol @turinginst @oiioxford 1/n

@politicalquarterly.bsky.social @po_qu Aug 19, 2024

The new government faces an urgent challenge: revitalising the UK's crumbling public services without major increases in public spending

@HelenMargetts @CosDorobantu @jonmbright explore in their latest article

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

#DigitalGovernment #ArtificialIntelligence
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Helen Margetts @HelenMargetts Feb 12

The moment for this prescient 2024 blog by @PJDunleavy, calling for an Independent Commission Against Corruption & Malversation & for the Seven Principles of Public Life to be statutory. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol… @LSEpoliticsblog

blogs.lse.ac.uk The UK needs an independent commission against corruption | LSE British Politics From the Covid inquiry to the Royal Mail and the NHS scandals, Britain’s integrity institutions have shown that they can't prevent corruption in public office.

Helen Margetts @HelenMargetts Sep 30, 2025

AI needs social science! @HelenMargetts @CosDorobantu @LSEDataScience @oiioxford explain why in a new blog post blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

blogs.lse.ac.uk Why AI needs social science | LSE British Politics AI is about humans, that's why it needs to be shaped not just by computer science, but by social science.

Helen Margetts @HelenMargetts Feb 14, 2025

It was great fun recording this podcast with @alanjrenwick at my wonderful former department @uclspp and colleagues @CosDorobantu Jonathan Bright @turinginst @oiioxford

UCL Political Science - School of Public Policy @uclspp Feb 13, 2025

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics🎙️
New (and timely!) episode on AI and Public Services, with @HelenMargetts, Cosima Dorobantu and Jonathan Bright @turinginst.
Listen on apple podcasts (or other podcast platforms!) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ai-…
@UniofOxford @ucl @UCLPolicyLab @po_qu

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Helen Margetts @HelenMargetts Nov 2, 2024

Fascinating ! There Are Three Types of Twilight | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/article/there-…

www.scientificamerican.com There Are Three Types of Twilight At dusk and dawn, the sky dances with three phases of in-between light