Mhairi Aitken

I am a Sociologist interested in social and ethical dimensions of digital innovation particularly relating to uses of data and AI. Currently I work on the EPSRC funded FinTrust project exploring the role of machine learning in banking: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2018/11/fintrust/ Prior to joining Newcastle University, I worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh where I undertook a programme of research and public engagement to explore social and ethical dimensions of data-intensive health research. I held roles as a Public Engagement Research Fellow in both the Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research and the Scottish Health Informatics Programme. My PhD and Post-Doc research examined public engagement relating to renewable energy.