Lucille Tetley-Brown is a Research Consultant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since 2020.
She´s an economic and social sciences data-use specialist and qualified sustainability professional, spanning local and global expertise.
She has extensive experience in applied sustainability (economic, environmental, social, institutional) across a multitude of sectors. Lucille's primary specialism covers data-driven public service delivery and smart cities, with her recent practitioner and research focus on digital transformation at the local government level.
She has published across a range of topics related to sustainability and data use in smart cities. In addition, she held a policy support role for the Scottish Government within their Digital Directorate (2022-23), a researcher post for Dundee University (2023-24), and provides consultancy to the United Nations University EGOV Unit in Portugal (2020-24, various contracts).
Lucille has worked in various roles, sitting on many advisory boards and expert panels across multiple initiatives, such as Scotland Universities Insight Institute's 'Valuing Public Sector Data in Scotland and Europe' workshop and conference series (2023-24); Metrolab, the global ecosystem of researchers and innovative local government leaders (2019); University of Stirling, for the SmartGov Programme, comparative research in three case study cities (Glasgow UK, Utrecht Netherlands, Curitiba Brazil) assessing ICTs’ value engaging citizens in sustainable cities' governance (2017-2019); Scottish Cities Alliance Smart and Low Carbon Programme (2014-2017); and, the Open and Agile Smart Cities Network (2015-2022).
Additionally, she is a qualified advanced education instructor (DAT-HE, 2021) and has delivered training on: e.g. data-driven public service delivery, smart city projects, data practices - covering open, safe-guarded, controlled data and in alignment to GDPR requirements. Lucille is skilled in translating complex conceptual and scientific ideas to practice, then working with policy-makers and implementers across legal and policy ecosystems to increase local level capability in delivery of strategic intentions.
Lucille has a Ph.D. in ‘Data Use Promises and Practices: Exploring Scottish local government data work culture’ from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, U.K., within the Sociology department. She holds an MSc in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from Sweden’s Lund University and a law degree from the University of Oxford in the U.K.