Louise Amoore

Professor Louise Amoore giving a lecture in 2019

Louise Jane Amoore, FBA (born 1972) is a British geographer and academic, who specialises in geopolitics, biometrics, state security and the ethics of machine learning. She is Professor of Political Geography at Durham University.[1][2] From 2017 to 2023, she was a member of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG), a non-departmental advisory body which is the "only formally accountable ethics committee" within the UK Government's Home Office.[3][4]

In 1998, she graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Newcastle University for a doctoral thesis titled "The social roots of global change: states, firms and the restructuring of work".[5]

In July 2023, Amoore was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Staff profile: Professor Louise Amoore". Durham University. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Professor Louise Amoore FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group reappoints seven members". GOV.UK. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Biometric data in the age of algorithms - RGS". www.rgs.org. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ Amoore, Louise (1998). The social roots of global change: states, firms and the restructuring of work (PhD thesis). Newcastle University. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ^ "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows showcasing the breadth and depth of humanities and social sciences research". The British Academy. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Professor Louise Amoore named British Academy Fellow - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Durham University. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.