Darrell M. West

Vice President at the Brookings Institution & Award-winning Author

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Darrell M. West Biography

Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. His current research focuses on technology, mass media, campaigns and elections, and public sector innovation. Prior to coming to Brookings, West was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.

West is the author or co-author of 18 books including his most recent release "Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence," "The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation" (Brookings, 2011), and "Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy" (Brookings, 2010), among others.

He is the winner of the American Political Science Association’s Don K. Price award for best book on technology (for Digital Government) and the American Political Science Association’s Doris Graber award for best book on political communications (for Cross Talk). He has published more than three dozen scholarly articles in a wide range of academic journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Political Science Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, the British Journal of Political Science, New England Journal of Medicine, and Urban Affairs Review.

He has served as a visiting scholar at Nuffield College of Oxford University and delivered nearly 150 lectures in a dozen different countries around the world, including China, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Bahrain, and the United States. He has been quoted in leading newspapers, radio stations, and national television networks around the world. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Gates Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, Ford Foundation, and McCormick Foundation. The Center that he directs at Brookings examines a wide range of topics related to technology innovation including governance, democracy, and public sector innovation; policy architecture, legal and Constitutional aspects of technology; digital media and social networking; health information technology; virtual education, and green technology.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/22/2024.

Darrell M. West Videos

  • Policymaking and artificial intelligence | Brookings Institution
    John R. Allen, president of the Brookings Institution, and Darrell M. West, vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings chat on...
  • Turning Point | Darrell M West
    As AI becomes increasingly an unavoidable part of our lives, West breaks down the uses of AI, how it actually works, and how “the transformative...
  • Darrell M. West on the U.S. Postal Service | CGTN America
    CGTN's Rachelle Akuffo spoke to governance expert Darell M. West about the U.S. Postal Service hearings.

Darrell M. West Books

  • Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
    Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
  • The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation
    The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation
  • Air Wars, 6th Edition
    Air Wars, 6th Edition
  • Digital Schools: How Technology Can Transform Education
    Digital Schools: How Technology Can Transform Education
  • Air Wars: Television Advertising In Election Campaigns, 1952-2008, 5th Edition
    Air Wars: Television Advertising In Election Campaigns, 1952-2008, 5th Edition
  • Digital Government: Technology and Public Sector Performance
    Digital Government: Technology and Public Sector Performance

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