Maciej Kuziemski is a PhD researcher at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), at the University of Sussex, UK and a 2018-19 Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Research Fellow with the Program on Science, Technology & Society at the Harvard Kennedy School. While at Harvard, Maciej will examine US government’s algorithmic practices. In his doctoral research Maciej is studying sociotechnical imaginaries of algorithms and their influence over public sector practices in the US and the UK. His interests include citizen empowerment, policy design and public sector innovation. 

Prior to starting his PhD, Maciej has held research, policy and advisory positions with the European University Institute in Florence, UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, and European Parliament. He has co-founded i.a. Coalition for Polish Innovations, a network advocating for an inclusive growth of Poland, Kuchnia Konfliktu, a social enterprise empowering refugees,and a multi-annual media assistance programme in Burma. Maciej holds MPP from the University of Oxford, a B.A. in Politics from the University of Warsaw, and is the recipient of the John Lewis Fellowship and Atlantic Council Millennium Fellowship.