Colin Smith
Colin Smith

Dr Colin Smith

Associate Professor

 0131 455 2774

  Cf.Smith@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

My research addresses ICTs, strategic innovation and organisational change particularly in public sector organisations, and often in relation to ‘e-government’ and ‘e-democracy’.
I am a member of the Centre for Social Informatics http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/c/main/site/csi

I also undertake pedagogic research looking at emergent professionalism in computing students and the role played by placement and professional practice in underpinning employability. I am a member of the Centre for Computing Education Research (CCER) where I lead on employability research.

Core areas of interest:
- Role of the Internet for political parties in contemporary democratic practices.
- Digital delivery platforms for public services.
- Use of new technology by parliamentarians.

Journal/Conference Roles:

March 2015 - Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
Member of the Review Panel for this journal, focusing on the interface between higher education and the workplace.

March 2010 – Dec 2013 Information Polity
Reviews Editor and then member of the Editorial Board (December 2013- ) for this leading journal in the field of critical assessment of information age governance and democracy http://www.iospress.nl/journal/information-polity/

1995 - European Group of Public Administration
Member of Permanent Study Group 1: e-Government

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Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • UUK / Department for Education roundtable
  • Member of ISO-WACE Advisory Board

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Programme Committee Member - BHCI

 

Editorial Activity

  • Member of Reviewers Panel: Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
  • Member of the Editorial Board: Information Polity
  • Reviews Editor: Information Polity

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner for BSc Information Systems, Heriot-Watt University
  • External Examiner (MBA), Liverpool John Moores University

 

Invited Speaker

  • Grasping a Jellyfish? Some problematic aspects of 'Belonging'
  • Digital Skills for Graduates
  • Employability and Social Mobility Workshop - 'Exploring Barriers'

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examiner (PhD) - Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
  • External Examiner (PhD) - Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
  • External Examiner (PhD), University of Derby
  • External Examiner (PhD), University of Udine, Italy

 

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Auto-ethnography: problems, pitfalls and promise

Presentation / Conference
Sobolewska, E., Smith, C. F., & Turner, P. (2009, April)
Auto-ethnography: problems, pitfalls and promise. Paper presented at HCI Educators 2009, University of Abertay, Dundee
The teaching and perhaps more importantly the practice of ethnographic techniques has become increasing important within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). But ethnography is a...

Is interactive digital television the future of E-Government services? a critical assessment of UK initiatives.

Journal Article
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2008)
Is interactive digital television the future of E-Government services? a critical assessment of UK initiatives. International Journal of Public Administration, 31, 771-796. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900690701690874
This article presents a critical assessment of the use of interactive Digital Television (iDTV) to deliver electronic government and public services in the UK. It considers th...

The emergent ICT culture of Parliamentarians

Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2007, September)
The emergent ICT culture of Parliamentarians. Paper presented at XXIth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on E-Government (Information and Communications Technologies in Public Administration), European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain
Technologies such as the web and email have been seen to offer new capabilities through which traditional representative arrangements can be reinvigorated and renewed. This p...

MSPs and communications technologies: understanding adoption and use.

Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2007, February)
MSPs and communications technologies: understanding adoption and use. Paper presented at Research Seminar Series, Department of Management, University of Stirling

When institutions collide: the digitization and transformation of public services.

Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2006, September)
When institutions collide: the digitization and transformation of public services. Paper presented at XXth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on E-Government (Information and Communications Technologies in Public Administration), European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference, Milan

Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, C. F. & Webster, W. (2006)
Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues

Is Interactive Digital Television the future of e-government and e-public services?: evidence from the front line.

Presentation / Conference
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2006, April)
Is Interactive Digital Television the future of e-government and e-public services?: evidence from the front line. Paper presented at Xth International Research Symposium on Public Management, Glasgow Caledonian University

Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen.

Book
Webster, W., & Smith, C. F. (2005)
Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. In V. Bekkers, H. van Duivenboden, & M. Thaens (Eds.), Information and Communication Technology and Public Innovation: assessing the ICT-driven modernization of public administration, 121-137. IOS Press
This chapter presents a case study of the use of interactive digital television (iDTV) to deliver electronic public services in the UK. It reviews a number of innovative iDTV ...

Review of interactive television pilot: initial report

Report
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2004)
Review of interactive television pilot: initial report
The Scottish Executive launched a six month pilot of interactive Digital Television ( iDTV) in September 2004, in collaboration with five partner organisations - Dumfries and ...

Review of interactive digital television pilot: final report.

Report
Smith, C. F. & Webster, W. (2004)
Review of interactive digital television pilot: final report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This report presents an evaluation of the Scottish iDTV (interactive Digital Television) pilot. The research reported here was commissioned by the Scottis...

Pre-Napier Funded Projects

  • COST A14 - Government and Democracy in the Information Age

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