Dr Alexander Babuta is Director of the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security, and Director of National Security and Policy at The Alan Turing Institute. He oversees a multidisciplinary research team focusing on a range of technology and security issues.
Alexander previously worked within the UK Government as AI Futures Lead at the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, and before this as Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), where he led the institute's research on national security, technology and digital policing. He has given evidence to various parliamentary inquiries and his work has featured in numerous mainstream media outlets.
He is Honorary Lecturer at University College London (UCL), and was previously Chair of the Essex Police Data Ethics Committee, Research Associate at the National Centre for Gang Research (University of West London), and Associate Fellow at the University of Bristol. He holds a Doctorate in Policing, Crime and Security, an MSc in Crime Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics.
