Broadly, my fit with the group is as an institutional theorist with longstanding interest and research on the ways that government and related institutions design, enact, implement and use new information and communication technologies. I also examine the policies and practices developed by governments to make use of computational methods. Specifically, my research considers organizational capacity, particularly capacity building across jurisdictional boundaries; legal and regulatory considerations; and the social, political and ethical challenges related to implementation. I currently direct the National Center for Digital Government and, as part of that role and my research program, have been in advisory roles to the U.S. and other governments and international organizations regarding the potential and risks of computational social science in policymaking and governance.
