Dr Kerry McInerney
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AI Ethicist/Author/Researcher/Media Commentator
Dr Kerry McInerney is an internationally renowned AI ethicist, author, researcher and media commentator. She cut her teeth in AI ethics at two of the world's leading AI ethics institutes: the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and the AI Now Institute in New York.
Her research has taken her around the world - from the United Kingdom to the United States - but her roots have drawn her back home to Tāmaki Makaurau. Kerry's research provides cutting-edge insights onto the social and political impacts of frontier technologies like AI. Her research includes exploring how AI recruitment tools address workforce diversity and women in the AI workforce, has been covered by BBC, The Guardian, Forbes, The Telegraph, among other international outlets. |
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Alongside her ground breaking research, Kerry has dedicated herself to science communication and public engagement. From 2021-2025, Kerry was the co-host of the tech podcast The Good Robot, bringing insights from feminist thinkers to wide audiences. She has two forthcoming books and regularly provides media comment to international outlets on leading AI issues.
While she was at the University of Cambridge, Kerry was selected for the prestigious AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker fellowship, which finds the most talented researchers from across UK universities and supports them to share their research with wider audiences through BBC radio programmes.
Her contributions to gender equality in AI have garnered international acclaim. Kerry is one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics (2022) and one of Computing’s Rising Stars 30 under 30 (2023).
Outside of work, Kerry can usually be found in the ballet studio, baking up a storm, or spending time with friends and whānau.
While she was at the University of Cambridge, Kerry was selected for the prestigious AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker fellowship, which finds the most talented researchers from across UK universities and supports them to share their research with wider audiences through BBC radio programmes.
Her contributions to gender equality in AI have garnered international acclaim. Kerry is one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics (2022) and one of Computing’s Rising Stars 30 under 30 (2023).
Outside of work, Kerry can usually be found in the ballet studio, baking up a storm, or spending time with friends and whānau.
