PhD students

Current PhD students

Dominic Lambert

I’m a doctoral researcher in Computer Science at King’s College London, where my work sits at the intersection of responsible technology, ethics, governance, and high-stakes socio-technical systems. My research examines how responsibility and integrity are constructed, interpreted, and operationalised within modern research and innovation environments, especially in areas shaped by rapid technological acceleration, political pressure, and regulatory uncertainty. I am particularly interested in how organisations can embed ethical reflexivity, robust governance, and practical accountability into real-world decision-making — not just in policy documents, but in operational culture and daily practice.

My path into academia has definitely been unconventional but deeply experience-driven. With my first career being in nursing in the 1990s, I raised my daughters before returning to academia after 29 years. I hold multiple Master’s degrees in AI & Computing, as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology & Neuroscience; all undertaken simultaneously. This is only a small demonstration of a long-standing commitment to multidisciplinary thinking. Professionally, I have worked across confidential and sensitive domains, including security, defence-related analytical work, and roles requiring high levels of precision, judgement and discretion. My cognitive strengths — pattern recognition, deep focus, systems-level reasoning, and an ability to detect inconsistencies or structural weaknesses. I specialise in identifying governance gaps, emergent risks, ethical blind spots and structural failures within complex environments. My approach is analytical, principled and highly detail-oriented, grounded in both academic theory and the practical realities faced by institutions, practitioners, and policymakers.

Beyond my core research, I am passionate about research integrity, responsible innovation, AI ethics, knowledge governance, socio-technical risk, and the cultural and psychological dimensions of ethical decision-making. My goal, both in research and practice, is to help organisations design systems that are not only effective, but accountable, just, and socially responsible — systems that withstand pressure, ambiguity and real-world complexity. For me, it is not enough to do the best I can, but to do the best I can for all.