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- Lecturer (Teaching) in Science Policy (Responsible Research and Innovation)
- Dept of Science & Technology Studies
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Dr Saheli Datta Burton is a Lecturer (teaching) in Science Policy (Responsible Research and Innovation) at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (UCL-STS). Her interest is in the governance of emerging technologies with a focus on the political-economic and geostrategic shaping of data-driven health and digital technology policy.
Prior to this, Saheli was a Research Fellow for the Geopolitics of Industrial Internet-of-Things Standards (GISt) project funded the UK's PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity, based at the UCL's Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy working in collaboration with the Standards Teams at the UK's Department of Digital Culture, Media and Sport (UK DCMS).
She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Politics, University of Vienna (2018-present) and Editorial Board member of the Journal of Science & Technology Studies, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) (2019-present).
She holds a PhD and MSc from King's College London, London, UK; a BA(economics) from Columbia University, New York, USA and a Newton Fellowship (2015).