Brian McQuinn

Dr. Brian McQuinn is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of Regina and co-director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Conflict. He has spent two decades working in and researching more than 30 conflict-affected countries, including Libya, South Sudan and Nepal. Brian completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford based on nine months of fieldwork in Libya, where he lived with insurgents fighting to overthrow Qaddafi. He has served as an advisor to international organizations, governments and civil society networks. His current research explores how extremist networks and authoritarian states exploit digital platforms and emerging technologies to weaken democracies and undermine trust in social institutions. He is a frequent contributor to public discourse on national security and artificial intelligence, and the Centre’s research has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Globe and Mail.