Working with me
Three days a week, I run a team of ambitious, energetic computer and web scientists in the Department of Informatics at King’s. The other two days, I’m around some equally inspiring researchers at the ODI.
We collaborate with many academics, businesses and government agencies in the UK and Europe. If you’re interested in working with me, as a student, researcher, developer, or policy adviser, drop me an email or message me on LinkedIn.
I am constantly looking for motivated, creative people interested in data-driven innovation, hybrid and collective intelligence, human-data interaction and human-centric AI. Jobs are typically published on the King’s job site, but if you cannot find anything there, do get in touch. More often than not, there will be opportunities in the pipeline which are not yet ready to be advertised. Some of the roles do not require a computing background, as most of my projects are interdisciplinary and could benefit from insights from social sciences, behavioral economics, or the humanities. What counts most is a real interest in science and having an impact.
I’m also seeking new collaborations on topics related to human and social factors of AI systems design and occasionally do consultancy and executive education projects for industry and government.
Students
I am always interested in high-quality PhD students – this usually means a first class degree from a reputable institution, as well as very good command of English, verbally and in writing. Topics include: human-data interaction, dataset search, knowledge representation, knowledge graphs, symbolic AI, online communities, social computing, crowdsourcing, gamification. If you’re considering doing a PhD in this space, contact me and Apply online.
If you’re interested in learning how a research environment looks like, get in touch. I have several research projects running that would benefit from your skills – in most cases, the roles will involve very good programming skills, though I am also looking for students with experience in UX design, front-end development, dashboards and qualitative methods. You can join my team during summer as an intern or anytime throughout the year as student helper or demonstrator. Working hours are flexible to accommodate your studies.
At the ODI
At the ODI we run a fellowship programme, which is open to researchers of all disciplines interested in building open trustworthy data ecosystems.
The fellowship is best experienced in person, as the ODI is a very dynamic and collaborative environment, but hybrid or remote options are possible as well.
The research team is also happy to advise undergrad and postgrad students who want to do their dissertation in an applied area related to data and AI.
