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Urban regeneration in the digital era: how to develop smart city strategies in large European cities (2015)
Journal Article
Mora, L., & Bolici, R. (2015). Urban regeneration in the digital era: how to develop smart city strategies in large European cities. Techne. Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 5(2), 110-119

The study documented in this paper has been carried out in order to
acquire new knowledge concerning the development processes of smart city strategies. This aim has been achieved through the analysis of the initiatives proposed by the municipal ad... Read More about Urban regeneration in the digital era: how to develop smart city strategies in large European cities.

The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., & Phillips, I. (2015, October). The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective. Paper presented at 11th European Computer Science Summit

In March 2015, the Shadbolt Review group was established in the UK to review course accreditation of computer science university courses. The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing is represented on the review group alongside industry, funding... Read More about The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective..

How do public libraries demonstrate their impact upon citizenship development in the UK? : results of a focus group methodology. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2015, July). How do public libraries demonstrate their impact upon citizenship development in the UK? : results of a focus group methodology. Paper presented at 11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Management in Libraries and Information Services

There is a general acceptance that public libraries contribute to ‘community’, and at least have the potential to have a very positive impact on civil society. (Varheim, 2007). As both a central meeting space, and a place from which public services a... Read More about How do public libraries demonstrate their impact upon citizenship development in the UK? : results of a focus group methodology..

Blipfoto: a new return to the beginning of photography. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Forrest, E., & Hall, H. (2015, June). Blipfoto: a new return to the beginning of photography. Paper presented at International Visual Sociology Association Annual Conference 2015

‘What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end, is to make a beginning . The end is where we start from” TS Eliot, Little Gidding If, on TS Eliot’s suggestion in Little Gidding, you come any way into photography, it seems inevitable... Read More about Blipfoto: a new return to the beginning of photography..

The impact of community grassroots campaigns on public library closures in the UK. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mowbray, J., & Hall, H. (2015, June). The impact of community grassroots campaigns on public library closures in the UK. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015

This paper draws on the findings of a 2014 research project related to recent UK public library closures, both threatened and actual. It reports on grassroots community library campaigns that have recently proliferated across the country to fight the... Read More about The impact of community grassroots campaigns on public library closures in the UK..

Could social networking online help NEET young people gain employment? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mowbray, J., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2015, June). Could social networking online help NEET young people gain employment?. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015

This paper first explores the literature pertaining to social networking in both off-line and online environments, and places it within the context of the study of employment opportunities. Particular focus is given to the prospective use of networki... Read More about Could social networking online help NEET young people gain employment?.

Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2015, June). Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015

This paper is concerned with how online information contributes to the determination of personal reputations. The term “personal reputation” in this context means the reputation of private individuals, rather than corporate identity and brand. The pa... Read More about Assessing the available and accessible evidence: how personal reputations are determined and managed online..

You can’t say politics on the internet? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). You can’t say politics on the internet?. [http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114803/1/Final-report-A-Manifesto-for-Digital-Messiness.pdf]

I have been interested in how governments use the internet to engage with citizens for a few years now. Of course, I’m very late to this party – e-democracy was ‘invented’ over 20 years ago. I didn’t start from there – I stumbled into researching how... Read More about You can’t say politics on the internet?.

A framework for the transformation of the incumbent creative industries in a digital age. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rudman, H., Benyon, D., & Hall, H. (2015, June). A framework for the transformation of the incumbent creative industries in a digital age. Presented at 10th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics

Purpose - New business models emerged within the creative industries when advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) altered the patterns of cultural consumption worldwide. Digital technologies altered the way creative products wer... Read More about A framework for the transformation of the incumbent creative industries in a digital age..

Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age (2015)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015). Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 13(2), 146-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/jices-10-2014-0049

Purpose
This paper retrieves relevant aspects of the work of idealist thinker T.H. Green in order to improve comprehension of, and policy responses to, various dilemmas facing contemporary ‘information societies’.

Design/methodology/approach
The... Read More about Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age.

Mobilfunk 5G Die ferngesteuerte Welt (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Thuemmler, C. (2015). Mobilfunk 5G Die ferngesteuerte Welt

Erst die neue Mobilfunkgeneration 5G soll den Durchbruch für
die Industrie 4.0 bringen. Während die Forschung schon um die
ersten Patente wetteifert, fürchten Kritiker das Ende der
Netzneutralität

Digital Proxies – a potential new research area (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). Digital Proxies – a potential new research area. [https://bruceryan.info/2015/03/13/digital-proxies-a-potential-new-research-area/]

What is a digital proxy?

A digital proxy would be someone who undertakes a citizen’s online affairs, principally around digital participatory or elective democracy, because the citizen cannot use the internet for some reason.

Paper was a contri... Read More about Digital Proxies – a potential new research area.

digiCC workshop outcomes report (2015)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2015). digiCC workshop outcomes report. Edinburgh Napier University: Edinburgh Napier University

A workshop on digital engagement by Community Councils (CCs) was hosted by Edinburgh Napier University on 30 January 2015 to which members from 35 CCs came. Facilitated sessions were held to establish common perceptions of problems and ways to addres... Read More about digiCC workshop outcomes report.

A social-technological alignment matrix. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Lim, A. K., Holanec, I., & Fricker, S. (2014, October). A social-technological alignment matrix. Presented at 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Natal, Brazil

This paper refers to the term " implementation " as the Especially in health care this has proven to be a very critical phase Although strategies such as requirements engineering, co-designing and user interaction design have been proposed to reduce... Read More about A social-technological alignment matrix..

An Analysis of N5 and Higher Computing. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2015, January). An Analysis of N5 and Higher Computing. Paper presented at Computing at School

This presentation outlined an analysis of N5 and Higher Computing in Scotland.

Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey (2014)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2014). Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey. Scotland: Community Councils Network

This document reports the results of a survey, carried out in late spring 2014, of the public web presences of potentially over 1300 Scottish Community Councils (CCs). It follows on from similar survey in summer 2012. The report reviews content-types... Read More about Scottish Community Councils online: the 2014 survey.

Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2014, February). Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa. Presented at The 7th IADIS International Conference, Information Systems, Madrid, Spain

Many international organisations assert that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an important role as a facilitator and as one of the critical determinants for economic growth and poverty reductions in the developing countries. For... Read More about Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.

'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. F. (2014, May). 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils. Presented at CeDEM14

This paper is motivated by the need to understand the reality of the use of the now well-established opportunities offered by the internet to engage with citizens. Building on previous research this paper derives a framework tailored for evaluation o... Read More about 'Hyperlocal e-democracy'? The experience of Scotland's Community Councils..

Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences (2014)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Smith, C. (2014). Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences. Scottish Affairs, 23(4), 486-507. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0045

Community Councils are the bottom rung of Scotland’s democracy ladder, having few – but highly significant – statutory consultative duties (especially with regard to planning) and no service-delivery duties. Generally they have failed to live up to e... Read More about Disconnected Democracy? A Survey of Scottish Community Councils' Online Presences.