Adam is currently Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Strathclyde. He teaches at both UG and PG levels on topics including constitutional law, administrative law, digital regulation, and public law dimensions of algorithmic decision-making. He is also a founding member and PhD Supervisor in the Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) in Human Rights-Based Decision-Making.

From 2019-2022 Adam worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, on the international and interdisciplinary FATAL4JUSTICE? Programme. He was responsible for developing and delivering research pertaining to social and legal issues in the use of algorithmic decision-making (ADM) tools in criminal justice. During his time at Birmingham, Adam also served as a founding member of the LEADS Lab (Legal, Ethical and Accountable Digital Society).

Prior to his role at Birmingham, Adam worked as a Research Assistant for King's College London and the Public Law Project, investigating the use of ADM tools by public authorities in England and Wales. He also holds a PhD in Law from Queen's University Belfast, funded by the Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS).

Adam is currently writing a monograph due for publication by Edward Elgar Publishing, entitled 'The Algorithmic State: Power, Constitutionalism and the Future of Administrative Law.'

Adam's research is primarily motivated by a desire to critically analyse and understand the ways in which the exercise of public power - conferred upon public authorities in pursuit of defined legal duties and obligations - is transformed and/or displaced through the design and deployment of digital decision-making tools and platforms. Led by a concern for preventing potential abuse(s) of power in this context, his research engages with concepts including constitutionalism, surveillance, privacy and data protection, human rights, and legal and political theory.

Adam has published his research in a range of academic journals, including Legal Studies and Public Law. He has provided expert advice on the use of ADM tools in the public sector, to public bodies and other organisations including the Office for AI, the Public Law Project, and the Raad Van State in the Netherlands.

Adam currently teaches the following modules at Strathclyde:

Semester 1 

• Administrative Law (Level 2)
• Administrative Law (Hons.)
• Regulating Technology (PGT)

Semester 2

• Constitutional Law (Level 1)
• Law, Power and Accountability in the Algorithmic Society (PGT)