Mila Gascó Hernandez

Mila Gascó Hernandez holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in public policy evaluation. She is a professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy as well as the research director at the Center for Technology in Government, and an associate director at the AI & Society College, all at the University at Albany–SUNY. Before joining SUNY, Gascó Hernandez served as a senior researcher at the Institute of Governance and Public Management (currently known as ESADE Center for Public Governance) and the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, both at ESADE Business & Law School in Spain.

The main general research question at the center of Gascó Hernandez’s research agenda is “Why and how does technology-driven innovation happen in the public sector?” Most of her research in the last six years has focused on the topics of open government, public sector innovation, smart cities and communities, and artificial intelligence in government, which she has addressed using a comparative and international approach. In these areas, she has published six books, more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, 19 peer-reviewed book chapters, and more than 60 peer-reviewed conference papers. She has been invited to deliver more than 80 keynotes worldwide and has been awarded more than 15 grants in external funding competitive calls and more than 25 consultancy/applied research projects. She is part of the Stanford University Top 2% Scientists ranking.