Allison Koh

Allison Koh is a Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Government. Her research focuses on the intersection of international relations, political communication, and computational social science, particularly the geopolitics of emerging technologies and applications of generative AI in conflict analysis. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Hertie School of Governance (2024), an MPP in Policy Analysis (2020), and a BSc in Economics from Tulane University (2016).

• Education:
• PhD in Political Science, Hertie School of Governance, 2024
• MPP in Policy Analysis, Hertie School of Governance, 2020
• BSc in Economics, Tulane University, 2016
• Research Focus:
• Strategic landscape of digital transnational repression on social media
• Vulnerabilities in social media policies benefiting authoritarian regimes
• Applications of generative AI in conflict research
• Prior Experience:
• Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia
• Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Open Society Foundations