Amanda Dahl

Writing & Publications

Selected writing on artificial intelligence governance, emerging technology policy and digital public infrastructure.

Papers & Essays

• The Intersection of Disclosure and Scale: A Trauma-Informed Approach to AI
  Essay introducing a new framework for understanding how AI systems impact vulnerable individuals at scale.
  Download PDF
• The Role of Artificial Moral Agents in Delivering Ethical Public Services
  Essay on governance of AMAs as applied to trust in digital public services.
  Download PDF
• AI Challengers: How AI Regulation Can Stimulate Innovation, Democratise Knowledge and Break Up Digital Monopolies
  Research exploring how targeted technical regulation can stimulate, rather than stifle, innovation
  Download PDF
• From Menstruation to Mens Rea: How AI-mediated reproductive data becomes entangled with carceral systems
  Using cycle tracking apps as a case study, research on methodologies for understanding the role of AI in datafied reproductive intent
  Download PDF
• A pluralist approach to human-centred government AI with a focus on gender-based equity
  A policy essay applying complexity theory to propose interventions aiming to foster a government AI ecosystem that prioritises the needs and rights of all genders.
  Download PDF
• The Power of Framing: Big Tech Influence on AI Regulation and Policy Discourse
  A policy analysis of narrative framing around AI innovation vs regulation.
  Download PDF

Insights

Short commentary and reflections on AI governance, technology policy and institutional challenges in governing emerging technologies.

• The potential power of a whole-of-government ontology
  April 23, 2023
• The counter-productive reality of ordeals vs human centred government services
  April 10, 2023
• Infant Formula Shortage
  November 01, 2022
• JTBD
  June 15, 2021
• Hiding Complexity from Users
  February 02, 2021
• Capacity management & meticulous feature definition: helping teams do less & deliver more
  July 10, 2019
• The Ups and Downs of SAFe for Agile at Scale
  December 05, 2018
• So impressed with Estonia’s digital progress
  January 27, 2017

Speaking & Media

• University of Copenhagen/Queen Mary Policy Fellows (2025)
• Trinity College Cambridge Policy Programme (2025)
• Public Service Data Live (2024)
• Government Transformation Summit (2024)
• Georgetown University Beeck Center (2023)