Dr Deepak Padmanabhan
Senior Lecturer
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS)
Expert in socio-political implications of Artificial Intelligence and allied technologies. Research includes relationships between AI and disinformation, democracy, elections and cooperativism.
Research interests located in the politics of Artificial Intelligence, with a critical political economic perspective. Interested in understanding how technologies that come with a promise of a better future end up undermining human agency, human co-operation and the social structures that we have built up over the course of centuries for our good.
Fields
ECIT TechnologyAreas of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence, Critical Studies of Technology
Media Experience
Interviews (broadcast and print), expert comment, op-ed
Notable coverage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68383587
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68316683
Associated Research Centres / Projects
Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action (SECA)
ECIT Institute
Contact Information
For more information or to book an interview, email comms.office@qub.ac.uk
Academic Profile