Allaine Cerwonka

Allaine has been at the Institute since 2017, providing senior leadership in the development and delivery of large-scale data science and machine learning research programmes. She was the Associate Director of the five-year research programme, AI for Government & Science (ASG) until 2023. A UKRI funded programme, the ASG succeeded in adapting data science and machine learning to the needs of the public sector and discovery science in order to provide greater resilience to their systems and practices, be they research, clinical, or governmental.

Allaine is currently the Director of Turing’s International work and partnerships. As such, she works with colleagues across the Institute, including the CEO and Chief Scientist, to develop and deliver Turing’s ambitions for international research and activities. This agenda aims in part to ensure that the Turing helps deliver the UK’s AI Strategy and key technology policies.

Prior to join the Turing Institute, Allaine held positions of leadership in the university sector, serving as Dean of the School of Social Sciences at University of East London until 2018 and as Founding Director of the Science Studies Programme at Central European University until 2013. Her commitment to interdisciplinary research was core to her researcher role at Oxford University’s International Gender Studies Centre (IGSC, Lady Margaret Hall) and as a Senior Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Her extensive interdisciplinary research expertise and commitment to achieving societal benefit for research continues in her international work for the Turing Institute and convening in areas such as digital human rights, RRI, and ethics.