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Kieron O'Hara is an Associate Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He is a founding contributor to Web Science, focusing on digital modernity's societal, economic, and political impacts. His work explores privacy preservation in AI/ML contexts, trust dynamics in networked societies, and internet governance. He co-authored seminal works like A Framework for Web Science (2006) and Four Internets (2021), and chairs UKAN's anonymisation network. He has held roles at the Ministry of Justice's transparency panel and serves as editor of Foundations and Trends in Web Science.
- Research Groups: Web and Internet Science, Centre for Democratic Futures
- External Roles: Speaker for 'Four Internets: The Ethics and Geopolitics of the Internet' (2019)
His research interests include anonymisation techniques, data geopolitics, and the ethical implications of emerging technologies. Notable awards include Best Paper prizes at ACM Web Science (2016) and Best Oral Presentation at Sensecam (2012).
Current projects focus on provenance/anonymization frameworks and national identity system analysis, funded by the Alan Turing Institute.
