Publications
Research, commentary, and policy analysis at the frontier of digital governance, AI, and public institutions.
Articles
- Commentary: Towards adaptive categories: Dimensional governance for agentic AI | Zeynep Engin, David Hand
- Human-AI Governance (HAIG): A Trust-Utility Approach | Zeynep Engin
- The Algorithmic State Architecture: An Integrated Framework for AI-Enabled Government | Zeynep Engin, Jon Crowcroft, David Hand, Philip Treleaven
- Toward Adaptive Categories: Dimensional Governance for Agentic AI | Zeynep Engin, David Hand
- The Non-Delegable Core: Designing Legitimate Oversight for Agentic AI | Zeynep Engin, David Hand
Blog Posts
Reflections on The Digital Statecraft Academy
DSA Inaugural Fellow Lauren Maffeo reflects on DSA residency week where 16 fellows from 12 countries gathered in Cambridge to confront a defining question: how to close the public sector’s skills gap in an age of AI. Drawing on her work for the State of Maryland, she explores AI sovereignty, regulation, and what it means for public leaders to govern well amid complexity and uncertainty.
Published on June 11, 2026 by Lauren Maffeo (DSA Cambridge Fellow – 2026 Cohort)
Signals from the Frontier of Digital Statecraft
Ten takeaways from Stefaan Verhulst, reflecting on the inaugural DSA Cambridge Fellowship convening at Jesus College where policymakers, technologists, and scholars debated what it truly means to govern in the age of AI.
Published on April 26, 2026 by Stefaan G. Verhulst
From Digital Economy to Digital Statecraft: Reflections on the Launch of the Digital Statecraft Academy
Mohammed Alotaibi, a DSA Cambridge Fellow argues that governments must move beyond the language of the digital economy toward digital statecraft — and beyond data-driven dashboards toward something more demanding: the learning state.
Published on May 1, 2026 by Mohammed Alotaibi (DSA Cambridge Fellow – 2026 Cohort)