Dr Rupert Barrett-Taylor

Dr Rupert Barrett-Taylor has over 20 years’ experience working in defence and security issues. He holds an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering and a War Studies Masters. His PhD thesis is a socio-technical analysis problematising and critiquing the conventional understanding of software as a principal means for identifying targets, improving organisational efficiency, and optimising the targeting process.

Rupert’s experience includes operational deployment as a civilian analyst and liaison officer for the UK in Afghanistan and work as an open-source analyst within the private sector. He joined the Alan Turing Institute from his second stint in the UK’s Civil Service where his last role was as head of the team supporting the cross government Integrated Security Fund with data and analytical expertise in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.