Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (HAPP)Digital Interests
Public Policy
Public Administration
Political Science
Research Interests
I am interested in the role played by technology within government bureaucracies, as well as in the changing relationship between citizens and the state.
Relevant projects
International Public Policy Observatory (www.covidandsociety.com)
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/mitchell-institute/Study/linas/
MacCarthaigh, M., & McKeown, C. (2021). A Political Science Perspective on Fake News. In T. Chakraborty, S. Kumar, C. Long, & D. Padmanabhan (Eds.), Data Science for Fake News: Surveys and Perspectives (Vol. 42, pp. 233-243).