Oonagh Murphy, PhD, advises cultural organisations, government bodies, and funders worldwide on digital strategy, policy and practice. She is a widely published author whose writings have appeared in The Guardian, Arts Professional, The Irish Times, and many academic journals and books. She is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was formerly Course Director of the MA in Visual Arts Management and Curating at Richmond the American International University (London), in 2019 she worked with The National Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art to establish The Museums + AI Network, this timely action research project defined a new field of practice which sits at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Museology. She has been working as an advisor, writer, and lecturer since the early 2010s and contributes to emerging global conversations around tech policy, data rights, public commons, and public purpose institutions in a digital world, and is a regular keynote speaker and facilitator at events, forums and conferences. She is currently co-curating ‘Digital Dilemmas’ at the International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva.

She is a member of the College of Experts at DCMS (UK Government department) and supports the development of evidence-based policy making that shapes policy and practice across the Arts, Heritage and Tourism Portfolio. She is an Open Data Institute Accredited Data Ethics Facilitator and Data Ethics Professional. A Member of the International Council of Museums, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Churchill Fellow.

She has been visiting lecturer and visiting fellow at a wide range of institutions internationally including Queen’s University Belfast, Keble College Oxford, Jesus College Oxford, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Loughborough University, Munich University of Music and Theatre, University College London, Birkbeck, Pratt Institute. And has served as External Examiner at Manchester School of Art, De Montfort University, Cardiff University. Oonagh was awarded a PhD by Ulster University in 2014.

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