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2023

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Political Science

D-Index
51
Citations
14982
World Ranking
218
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Helen Margetts is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Social Sciences, with a significant concentration in Artificial Intelligence, Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Political Science and International Relations, and Law.

Their recent publication record includes works covering key themes in computational social science, artificial intelligence, digital governance, and political communication. Selected recent papers are:

  • Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities (2020) published in Science
  • Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science (2021) published in Nature
  • Data science, artificial intelligence and the third wave of digital era governance (2023) published in Public Policy and Administration
  • Evaluating the persuasive influence of political microtargeting with large language models (2024) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Artificial intelligence in government: Concepts, standards, and a unified framework (2023) published in Government Information Quarterly

Margetts has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including Jonathan Bright, Bertie Vidgen, Scott A. Hale, Florence E. Enock, and Pica Johansson. These collaborations reflect a strong network within the computational social science and political communication fields.

Their work appears repeatedly in a number of academic venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Political Quarterly.

The main topics they address in their research include:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Legal and Policy Issues
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
  • E-Government and Public Services
  • Media Influence and Politics

Among their accolades, Helen Margetts is recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • New public management is dead. Long live digital-era governance

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Z Margetts;Simon Bastow;Jane Tinkler

  • The tools of government in the digital age

    Christopher C. Hood;Helen Z. Margetts

  • Digital Era Governance: IT Corporations, the State, and e-Government

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Margetts;Simon Bastow;Jane Tinkler

  • Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shape Collective Action

    Helen Margetts;Peter John;Scott Hale;Taha Yasseri

  • The second wave of digital-era governance: a quasi-paradigm for government on the Web

    Helen Margetts;Patrick Dunleavy

  • Digital Era Governance

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Margetts;Simon Bastow;Jane Tinkler

  • Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities.

    David M. J. Lazer;David M. J. Lazer;Alex Pentland;Duncan J. Watts;Sinan Aral

  • Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science.

    Jake M Hofman;Duncan J Watts;Susan Athey;Filiz Garip

  • Risk assessment and information systems

    L. Willcocks;H. Margetts

  • Information Technology in Government: Britain and America

    Helen Margetts

  • Understanding the Dynamics of Electoral Reform

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Margetts

  • Governments and Citizens Getting to Know Each Other? Open, Closed, and Big Data in Public Management Reform

    Amanda Clarke;Helen Margetts

  • Challenges and frontiers in abusive content detection

    Bertie Vidgen;Alex Harris;Dong Nguyen;Rebekah Tromble

  • Policy punctuations in the UK: fluctuations and equilibria in central government expenditure since 1951

    Peter John;Helen Margetts

  • Regime Politics in London Local Government

    Keith Dowding;Patrick Dunleavy;Desmond King;Helen Z Margetts

  • The Internet and Public Policy

    Helen Z Margetts

  • HateCheck: Functional Tests for Hate Speech Detection Models

    Paul Rottger;Bertie Vidgen;Dong Nguyen;Zeerak Waseem

  • Cultural Barriers to e-government

    H Margetts;P Dunleavy

  • Experiments for Public Management Research

    Helen Z. Margetts

  • The web structure of e-government - developing a methodology for quantitative evaluation

    Vaclav Petricek;Tobias Escher;Ingemar J. Cox;Helen Margetts

  • The second wave of digital era governance

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Margetts

  • Social information and political participation on the internet: an experiment

    Helen Margetts;Peter John;Tobias Escher;Stéphane Reissfelder

  • E-Government in Britain—A Decade On

    Helen Margetts

  • Rethink government with AI

    Helen Margetts;Cosmina Dorobantu

  • New Public Management Is DeadLong Live Digital-Era Governance

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Z. Margetts;Simon Bastow;Jane Tinkler

  • The Latent Support for the Extreme Right in British Politics

    Peter John;Helen Margetts

  • The Electoral System

    Patrick Dunleavy;Helen Margetts

  • The Tools of Government in the Digital Age: Second Edition (Public Policy and Politics)

    Christopher C. Hood;Helen Z. Margetts

  • Book Review: Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices:

    Helen Margetts

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Dunleavy
Patrick Dunleavy London School of Economics and Political Science
Peter John
Peter John King's College London
Christopher Hood
Christopher Hood University of Oxford
Keith Dowding
Keith Dowding Australian National University
David Lazer
David Lazer Northeastern University
Desmond King
Desmond King University of Oxford
Joni Lovenduski
Joni Lovenduski Birkbeck, University of London
Gerry Stoker
Gerry Stoker University of Southampton
Noshir Contractor
Noshir Contractor Northwestern University

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