Dr Rachel Allsopp

Assistant Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

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Key Publications

Data-Driven Decision-Making Beyond COVID-19: Incorporating the Voice of the Child, Bessant, C., Allsopp, R. 21 May 2024, Governance, democracy and ethics in crisis-decision-making, Manchester, Manchester University Press
Editorial: BILETA 2021 Special Issue, Allsopp, R., Brown, A., Maharg, P. 30 Apr 2022, In: European Journal of Law and Technology
Data-Driven Responses to COVID-19: Lessons Learned: OMDDAC Research Compendium, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Ditcham, K., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M., Oswald, M. 12 Oct 2021
Leveraging the ‘power’ of big data in the production of ‘responsible gamblers’: a Foucauldian perspective, Allsopp, R. 2 Jan 2021, In: Information & Communications Technology Law
Observing Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19: Reflections from a Distributed, Remote, Interdisciplinary Research Project, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Ditcham, K., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Oswald, M., Warner, M. 17 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Legal Research Methodology
OMDDAC Practitioner Guidelines, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Ditcham, K., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M., Oswald, M. 12 Oct 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 1: Data-driven Public Policy, Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Li, G., Oswald, M., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 2: Tech-driven approaches to Public Health, Dawda, S., Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Janjeva, A., Oswald, M., Li, G., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021
OMDDAC Snapshot Report 3: Policing and Public Safety, Janjeva, A., Allsopp, R., Bessant, C., Dawda, S., Emmett, C., Higgs, M., Li, G., Oswald, M., Sutton, S., Warner, M. 18 May 2021

Professional Activity

Oral presentation: Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19: Observations and Lessons for the Future Use of Data 2021
Oral presentation: Breaching the ‘Dam’ of Information Governance? The Potential Legacy of Rapid Data-Driven Responses to Covid-19 2021
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Rights, Data & Modes of Justification in Response to COVID-19: Reflections from the First Year of the Pandemic 2021
Oral presentation: Big Data Practices in the Online Gambling Industry: a Foucauldian Perspective on the Production of the “Responsible Gambler” 2019

Qualifications

Law PhD August 31 2021
Law LLB (Hons) June 22 2012

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