John O'Halloran
- Research fellow
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Bio
John O'Halloran III is a Ph.D. student in Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Research Affiliate with the Digital Governance & Analytics Lab (DGAL). His research examines how data systems, algorithms, and large language models shape administrative access, public-sector knowledge production, and governance outcomes. He builds reproducible data infrastructures and computational methods to study digital service delivery, municipal finance and ACFR transparency, opioid settlement implementation, platform governance, and civic organization.
His broader agenda bridges public administration, law, and computational social science to produce decision-relevant evidence for governments, especially in areas of transparency, accountability, and institutional resilience. His dissertation-centered work focuses on LLMs and administrative front doors, asking how information systems structure access before formal decision-making.
Research Interests
Digital governance, algorithmic oversight, and AI in public administration; administrative access and digital front doors; municipal finance, ACFR transparency, disaster resilience, and opioid settlement implementation; platform governance and civic organization, including work on U.S. social movements such as Indivisible; and public-sector information environments, primary-source repositories, and computational methods in public administration.
Education
LL.M. in International Human Rights Law, University of Law
M.B.A./M.I.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha
M.A. in International Relations, University of Chicago
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Research Affiliate, Digital Governance & Analytics Lab
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Experience with high-performance computing clusters, large-scale data pipelines, and reproducible research systems
Additional Information
Bio
John O'Halloran III is a Ph.D. student in Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Research Affiliate with the Digital Governance & Analytics Lab (DGAL). His research examines how data systems, algorithms, and large language models shape administrative access, public-sector knowledge production, and governance outcomes. He builds reproducible data infrastructures and computational methods to study digital service delivery, municipal finance and ACFR transparency, opioid settlement implementation, platform governance, and civic organization.
His broader agenda bridges public administration, law, and computational social science to produce decision-relevant evidence for governments, especially in areas of transparency, accountability, and institutional resilience. His dissertation-centered work focuses on LLMs and administrative front doors, asking how information systems structure access before formal decision-making.
Research Interests
Digital governance, algorithmic oversight, and AI in public administration; administrative access and digital front doors; municipal finance, ACFR transparency, disaster resilience, and opioid settlement implementation; platform governance and civic organization, including work on U.S. social movements such as Indivisible; and public-sector information environments, primary-source repositories, and computational methods in public administration.
Education
LL.M. in International Human Rights Law, University of Law
M.B.A./M.I.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha
M.A. in International Relations, University of Chicago
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Research Affiliate, Digital Governance & Analytics Lab
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Experience with high-performance computing clusters, large-scale data pipelines, and reproducible research systems