All posts by Imogen Parker

About Imogen Parker

Imogen is Associate Director (Society, justice & public services) at the Ada Lovelace Institute. Imogen’s career has been at the intersection of social justice, technology and research. In her previous role as Head of the Nuffield Foundation’s programmes on Justice, Rights and Digital Society she worked in collaboration with the founding partner organisations to create the Institute. Prior to that she was acting Head of Policy Research for Citizens and Democracy at Citizens Advice, Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and worked with Baroness Kidron to create the children’s digital rights charity 5Rights. She is a Policy Fellow at Cambridge University’s Centre for Science and Policy.

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  Online harms: how young people experience the dark side of social media – and what research suggests governments should do to protect them

  There is a growing policy debate on online harms taking place around the world, with some countries having banned children from accessing social media and others considering doing so. Informed

  • Posted June 9, 2026
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  Measuring up: how robust are productivity expectations when it comes to AI in the public sector?

  Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve productivity across the economy. But how do you measure it – particularly in the public sector where ‘public value’ is both crucial and

  • Posted May 11, 2026
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  Scribe and prejudice? Exploring the use of AI transcription tools in social work

  AI transcription tools could enable social workers to spend considerably more time with the people in their care. But if not reviewed properly, the outputs could lead to potentially serious

  • Posted February 17, 2026
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  Working out a What Works Centre for Public Sector AI

  To ensure that AI tools adopted by the public sector are effective, fair and good value, Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute argues that better evaluation of their performance

  • Posted January 20, 2026
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  Great (public) expectations: New research shows the growing disconnect between the public and government on AI regulation

  The UK government and the EU are opting for a lighter-touch approach to AI regulation than had once been the plan – yet research by the Ada Lovelace Institute and

  • Posted December 9, 2025
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  Transcribing trust: is transcription the use case that shows AI’s transformative power?

  Government and public sector organisations are increasingly adopting AI transcription tools. Here, Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute sets out who’s using what and the key considerations when it

  • Posted November 11, 2025
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  Notes from Liverpool: What have we learned from the Labour Party Conference about the UK government’s evolving approach to data and AI?

  Party conference season rolled round again in the UK, and data and AI questions were prominent. This year’s Labour Party Conference saw numerous events exploring technology’s role in sovereignty and

  • Posted October 14, 2025
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  Lessons from Nairobi: Why we must not forget the material realities of AI

  For Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute, a Nairobi event on the global labour supply chains involved in AI and its environmental impacts re-anchored her mental image of the

  • Posted September 16, 2025
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  Troubling or trusted: Citizens’ sentiment on big tech in public sector AI

  Policymakers need to make sure that AI in the public sector is being driven by public, not private, interests – and support public confidence in private sector involvement through transparency

  • Posted July 22, 2025
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  License to build: understanding what people think about public sector use of AI

  Imogen Parker of the Ada Lovelace Institute argues that the public sector must consider people’s comfort with AI if it is to use the technology effectively. Here, she sets out

  • Posted June 24, 2025
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