Daragh Murray

Daragh Murray

Daragh Murray is a Reader in International Law and Human Rights at Queen Mary University London School of Law, and a Fellow of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. He specialises in international human rights law and the law of armed conflict, with a particular interest in the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies. He has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to examine the impact of artificial intelligence on individual identity development and the functioning of democratic societies. This 7-year, £2,000,000 project runs until January 2029 with a current focus on (a) the use of AI in decision-making or decision-support contexts, including by law enforcement, intelligence agencies, the military and for social welfare provision,  (b) on understanding the ‘chilling effects’ of surveillance, and (c) developing appropriate due diligence frameworks to inform pre-deployment decisions.