Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game” (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Bacon, L., & Mackinnon, L. (2019). Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(3), 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1489219

A recent UK Government commissioned study found concerning levels of unemployment among computing students from disadvantaged, black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The study highlighted that work experience was a factor in increased levels of gradu... Read More about Equality of opportunity for work experience? Computing students at two UK universities “play the game”.

Can justice be fair when it is blind? How social network structures can promote or prevent the evolution of despotism (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perret, C., Powers, S. T., Pitt, J., & Hart, E. (2018, July). Can justice be fair when it is blind? How social network structures can promote or prevent the evolution of despotism. Presented at The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life, Tokyo, Japan

Hierarchy is an efficient way for a group to organize, but often goes along with inequality that benefits leaders. To control despotic behaviour, followers can assess leaders' decisions by aggregating their own and their neighbours' experience, and i... Read More about Can justice be fair when it is blind? How social network structures can promote or prevent the evolution of despotism.

Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Smith, C. (2017, December). Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students. Paper presented at Society for Research Into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference

Having relevant work experience, such as a placement or internship, is valued by employers in the technology sector and can improve employment outcomes for computing graduates (Shadbolt 2016). However, gaining good work experience positions is compet... Read More about Placement or practicalities? Barriers and disincentives to work experience, as reported by computing students.

A methodology to assess social technological alignment in the health domain. (2016)
Journal Article
Lim, A., Thuemmler, C., Lim, A. K., Holanec, I., & Fricker, S. (2016). A methodology to assess social technological alignment in the health domain. IRBM, 37(4), 232-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irbm.2015.10.005

There have been longstanding discussions whether social or technological factors eventually determine the speed of innovation, in particular when it comes to implementation. In order to identify and quantify potential resistance and implementation ri... Read More about A methodology to assess social technological alignment in the health domain..

POWKist: visualising cultural heritage linked datasets. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kay, A., Webster, G., Beel, D. E., & Nguyen, H. H. (2015, January). POWKist: visualising cultural heritage linked datasets. Presented at 2nd Connected Communities Heritage Network Symposium

A collaboration between dot.rural at the University of Aberdeen and the iSchool at Northumbria University, POWkist is a pilot-study exploring potential usages of currently available linked datasets within the cultural heritage domain.
Many privately... Read More about POWKist: visualising cultural heritage linked datasets..

The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation (2013)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., & Lehmann, L. (2013). The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation. Ecology Letters, 16(11), 1356-1364. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12178

Human cooperation is typically coordinated by institutions, which determine the outcome structure of the social interactions individuals engage in. Explaining the Neolithic transition from small‐ to large‐scale societies involves understanding how th... Read More about The co-evolution of social institutions, demography, and large-scale human cooperation.

The Holy Grail of a viable press. (2010)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2010). The Holy Grail of a viable press. The Journal, 33,

Opinion article analysing problems facing mass media in information age.

Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2006, June). Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues. Presented at Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Conference on Information Systems