Dr Kerry McInerney (née Mackereth)

Dr Kerry McInerney is a leading AI ethicist specialising in how gender, race, and political power intersect with artificial intelligence. As Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and Research Fellow at New York's AI Now Institute, she co-leads the Global Politics of AI project whilst developing groundbreaking scholarship on anti-Asian racism in technology systems. An AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker and recognised among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2022, Kerry co-edited Feminist AI with Oxford University Press and co-hosts The Good Robot podcast, which has reached over 40,000 listeners globally. Her audiences gain practical frameworks for identifying bias in automated systems, actionable strategies for building inclusive technology, and the confidence to challenge assumptions about innovation, ensuring ethical AI implementation becomes both commercially sound and strategically essential.

When Dr Kerry McInerney co-founded The Good Robot podcast with Dr Eleanor Drage in 2021, she created a platform that reached over 40,000 listeners worldwide before concluding in 2025, transforming complex conversations about feminism and technology into accessible dialogue that challenged how we build and govern artificial intelligence. Now returned to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Kerry has established herself as an internationally renowned voice in AI ethics through groundbreaking work at two of the world's leading institutes: the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, where she served as Senior Research Fellow and co-led the Global Politics of AI project, and New York's AI Now Institute, where her Research Fellow role connected cutting-edge scholarship with practical policy impact. Recognised as an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker and named among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2022, she has examined how artificial intelligence reshapes international relations, with particular focus on anti-Asian racism and the rhetoric surrounding technological competition between global powers.

Kerry's credibility stems from rigorous academic foundations spanning gender studies, critical race theory, and Asian diaspora studies, combined with prolific scholarly output that bridges theory and practice. Her research on AI-powered recruitment tools has attracted international media attention from the BBC, Forbes, and the Daily Mail, whilst her analysis of how AI scientists are portrayed on screen has sparked important conversations in The Guardian and the Telegraph. Her scholarship appears in leading journals including Signs, Big Data and Society, New Media and Society, Feminist Review, and Philosophy and Technology, demonstrating both academic rigour and public relevance. As co-editor of Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data, and Intelligent Machines published by Oxford University Press in 2023 and The Good Robot: Why Technology Needs Feminism published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2024, Kerry has already shaped the field significantly. Her forthcoming work includes Reprogram: Why Big Tech is Broken and How Feminism Can Fix It with Princeton University Press in 2026, alongside two additional book projects exploring anti-Asian racism in AI geopolitics and the intersections of race, technology, and identity. She speaks authoritatively on anti-Asian racism in AI systems, diversity and inclusion in tech, algorithmic bias in hiring, and why authentic representation of scientists matters in shaping public understanding of emerging technologies.

Kerry equips organisations and audiences with practical tools to navigate the ethical complexities of artificial intelligence implementation. Through keynote presentations, she helps leaders understand how unconscious bias becomes embedded in automated systems and provides concrete strategies for building more inclusive technology from the ground up. Her approach demystifies AI governance, making regulatory frameworks and international policy developments accessible to non-technical stakeholders who must make critical decisions about technology adoption. Audiences leave her sessions with clarity on how to audit their own AI systems for bias, frameworks for asking better questions of technology vendors, and confidence to challenge assumptions about what constitutes innovation. Whether addressing corporate leadership teams, policy makers, or academic audiences, Kerry creates lasting impact by connecting feminist insights to commercial imperatives, demonstrating that ethical technology is not just morally sound but strategically essential for sustainable business success.