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Dr David Brazier's Recognition (20)

Building a Media, Digital and Information Literate Scotland
2022 - 2022

Description Invited speaker to Building a Media, Digital and Information Literate Scotland to present our work on Information professionals and volunteers as ‘digital proxies’: impact on effectiveness of clients and employees of informal support in accessing service
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Social informatics
User experience
Interaction design
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
Centre for Interaction Design
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1632106&group=

ASIS&T Best Long Paper- 2nd Place
2022 - 2022

Description Best Long Paper – 2nd Place
What are Public Libraries for? Culture as a Determinant of Conceptualizations of Public Library Services for Forced Migrants

Presented at the 2022 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA 28 October – 1 November 2022
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics

SGSSS Student Led Open Award Pathway Reviewer
2021

Description First and second phase reviewer for SGSSS Student Led Open Award applications in the STIC-ICS pathway. This includes reviewing applications for all five institutions in the pathway, participating in the Pathway Rep panel selection panel and putting forward recommended proposals.
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Social informatics
User experience
Interaction design
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
Centre for Interaction Design
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

Establishing and Investigating the Information Literacy of Scotland’s Teenagers
2016 - 2018

Description Research Associate on this CILIP ILG funded project while at Northumbria University (£9000)
Affiliated Organisations Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Research Themes Culture and Communities

Special Interest Group in Information Retrieval (SIGIR) Conference Programme Committee Member
2023

Recognition Type Conference Organising Activity
Description Programme Committee Member to provide full and short paper reviewer in the areas of Humans and Interfaces and Evaluation.
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Interaction design
Social informatics
User experience
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Interaction Design
Centre for Social Informatics
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

SGSSS UoA 34 representative
2024

Recognition Type Grant Funding Panel Member
Description Napier’s representative on Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) for UoA 34 of the Doctoral Training Partnership representative maintains my (and the University’s) profile at national level across Scotland.

This also involves reviewing and assessing PhD candidates applying for ESRC funded places to the Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management Panel.
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Social informatics
User experience
Interaction design
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
Centre for Interaction Design
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/about-us/challenge-led-pathways/

SGSSS pathway rep for Information Science
2021 - 2024

Recognition Type Grant Funding Panel Member
Description Napier’s representative on Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) for the STIC-ICS pathway of the Doctoral Training Partnership representative maintains my (and the University’s) profile at national level across Scotland.

This also involves reviewing and assessing PhD candidates applying for ESRC funded places
Research Areas Information science
Research Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
Org Units School of Computing
URL https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/about-us/pathways/

PhD Supervision: Rhonda Rathburn
2022

Recognition Type Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions
Description SGSAH ARCS funded collaborative PhD with University of Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland
Affiliated Organisations University of Glasgow
Edinburgh Napier University
National Library of Scotland
Research Themes Culture and Communities
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment