Expert Witness and Consulting Services for AI, Elections, and Public Opinion
Evidence-based insight on AI, political behavior, and public opinion.
Dr. Sean Richey is Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies at Georgia State University, specializing in digital politics, belief formation, civic trust, and elections. He provides expert consulting, litigation support, policy analysis, survey evaluation, and rapid advisory services to law firms, think tanks, foundations, and media organizations seeking authoritative interpretation of political behavior and information effects.
Dr. Richey's research addresses the behavioral design of AI systems, including how companionship platforms engineer parasocial attachment, suppress disengagement, and create patterns of emotional dependency in vulnerable users. This work draws on peer-reviewed scholarship in political communication, persuasion, and digital behavior, and is directly applicable to litigation involving AI-induced harm. He has published extensively on these mechanisms and is available to provide expert analysis, written reports, and testimony in cases involving AI companionship platforms and related harms. He writes the AI and Politics Substack, including a three-part series on AI companionship and parasocial attachment.
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Core Expertise
• AI and automation effects on public perception
• AI companionship design, parasocial attachment, and behavioral dependency mechanisms.
• Civic engagement, turnout, trust, and institutional confidence
• Immigration attitudes and integration dynamics
• Survey design, polling validity, sampling critique
Each of these areas reflects peer-reviewed research, statistical modeling, and published scholarship across large national datasets.
Expert analysis of AI behavioral design and its effects on users, with particular focus on companionship platforms engineered to maximize emotional engagement and attachment. Dr. Richey provides case review, written reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony on how these systems foster parasocial attachment, suppress disengagement, and create behavioral dependency — and why vulnerable users face heightened risk from these design patterns. Applicable to cases involving AI-induced psychological harm, wrongful death, product liability, and consumer protection claims.
Litigation Support and Expert Witness Work
Case review, deposition testimony, report preparation, evaluation of survey evidence, analysis of belief effects and online political influence.
Policy and Research Consulting
Analysis for think tanks, policy institutes, and research organizations. Short advisory engagements or multi month project support available.
Expert Network Consultations
One hour paid calls through networks or direct booking for clients requiring rapid interpretation of political events.
Survey and Polling Method Review
Assessment of instrument validity, sample bias, weighting, and inference quality for legal or policy decisions.
Corporate Risk and Briefing Sessions
Private sector reporting on AI misinformation exposure, election impact scenarios, online behavior shifts, and regulatory climate.
Use the PDF below to evaluate fit for litigation, case review, survey methodology analysis, or political communication expertise. This one page summary includes relevant research fields, offered services, and direct scheduling links.
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• Hourly consultation or expert network call
• Written expert opinion or research review
• Deposition or testimony on political behavior
• Single report or multi project advisory retainer
• One time media analysis or recurring briefings
Work can be remote through video or phone, or in person within Atlanta as needed.
Response time: 24 hours or less.
Work begins only when authorized. No obligation for initial consultation.
You may inquire regarding availability or retainment through any of the following:
Email: consulting@seanrichey.com
Schedule Consultation: Calendly
Clear scopes, fee terms, and confidentiality agreements provided at engagement.