I help cultural organisations and values led organisations make sense of the digital age, in a way that feels human, values led, and genuinely useful. Over the past 15+ years I’ve worked with museums, galleries, funders, and government bodies to turn big ideas about AI, data, and digital strategy into something that creates real change.
Right now, I split my time between leading research and teaching as a Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society at Goldsmiths, University of London, and working as a Responsible AI Research Fellow at Arts Council England where I lead research that examines how the cultural sector is engaging with AI technologies and their impacts on society. I’m a frequent Keynote Speaker and workshop facilitator and enjoy bringing my experience, and perspective on values led decision making to industry, policy and education events. My work has been published in six languages, and I’ve worked in more than 15 countries from the United States to Uzbekistan, South Korea to Switzerland.
A lot of my work sits at the intersection of policy, practice, and people. I advise the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport, support funders to design responsible AI frameworks, and collaborate with institutions like The National Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MUNCH, and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. Whether I’m in a boardroom, a classroom, speaking to policy makers, my goal is the same: to help organisations ask better questions about technology … and then act on those answers.
I am an accredited Data Ethics Facilitator with the Open Data Institute. Was a fellow at The Alan Turing Institute from 2024-2026. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Churchill Fellow. In 2014 I was awarded a PhD for my research on Digital Transformation in the cultural sector in Northern Ireland.
I have secured significant funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the European Union to advance research in artificial intelligence, digital leadership, and cultural value across the UK and USA.
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Dr Oonagh Murphy 