Gemma Webster
Gemma Webster

Dr Gemma Webster

Associate Professor

 0131 455 2667

  G.Webster@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Gemma Webster is a Lecturer in the Centre for Social Informatics in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. Gemma completed her undergraduate degree in Computing BSc (Hons) in 2008 and PhD in 2011 at the School of Computing, University of Dundee. She has completed postdoctoral positions at Lancaster University as a Research Associate. In 2013 she joined the dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub at the University of Aberdeen were she was a Research Fellow on the CURIOS, POWKist and MinkApp projects. Gemma joined Edinburgh Napier University in 2015 were she currently supervises 3 research students, is the School lead for Research Integrity and Data Management, has assumed the role of Programme Leader for BSc (Hon) IT Management for Business Graduate Apprentice degree (2017-2020) and Module Leader for various modules ( currently including Introduction to Human Computer Interaction, User Centred Organisation Systems). She has been a fellow of the higher education academy since 2016.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Gemma's principle research interests lie in the field of human computer interaction and information behaviour with a recent focus on health care, older adults, community and assistive technologies. She is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher who has worked in a number of different environments and areas including healthcare, nature conservation, community organisations and heritage. A key aspect of all Gemma's research is that it involves ‘real-world’ environments, problems and partners.

Recent research projects as Principle Investigator include 'Social media by proxy: Managing online information for adults with dementia' (Carnegie Trust 2019), 'Information Avoidance and Diabetes' (2020), 'Information professionals and volunteers as ‘digital proxies’: impact on effectiveness of clients and employees of informal support in accessing services' (SFC Covid 2021). Gemma has (co)authored over 25 publications in peer-reviewed national and international conferences and journals during her time at Edinburgh Napier University.

INTERNATIONAL DISTINCTIONS, AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

- Gemma's research was included in RCUK's Digital Economy's Decade of Success

- She was invited to attend Roundtable on Technology and Digital Social Care hosted by Scottish Care

- She was selected to participate in the Digital Economy Crucible programme

- Gemma is a full member of the EPSRC College

- Gemma's research has been awarded the EPSRC Telling Tales of Engagement award, 1st place at British Science Festival for impact and public engagement

- She reviews for Carnegie Trust Scotland and EPSRC, has been a programme committee member for ICTAS, COMPSAC, PATH, completes reviewing for DIS, CHI, BHCI, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, and Journal Interacting with Computers

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Program Committee - ICTAS 2017: Information Communication and Technology and Society Conference, Durban, South Africa, 9 – 10 March 2017.
  • Program Committee - COMPSAC 2017: The 41st Annual International Computers, Software & Applications Conference, Italy, July 4-8, 2017.
  • Program Committee - COMPSAC 2016: The 40th Annual International Computers, Software & Applications Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - June 10-14, 2016.
  • Program Committee - COMPSAC 2015: The 39th Annual International Computers, Software & Applications Conference, Taiwan, July 1-5, 2015.
  • Dr Gemma Webster is appointed to international symposium programme committee
  • Gemma Webster has been invited to be on the program committee for the International Workshop on Personalisation and Adaptation in Technology for Health (PATH 2016) at the 24th International Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalisation (UMAP 2016)

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Carnegie Trust
  • EPSRC Grant Reviewer
  • EPSRC Peer Review Associate College member

 

Invited Speaker

  • Roundtable on Technology and Digital Social Care hosted by Scottish Care
  • Digital Economy Crucible

 

Media Activity

  • Research Included in RCUK's Digital Economy's Decade of Sucess

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • EPSRC Full Peer Review College Member
  • EPSRC Peer Review Associate College member
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy

 

Reviewing

  • 2020 CHI Reviewer
  • DIS : ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems
  • DIS : ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems
  • CHI: ACM conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • CHI: ACM conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • DIS : ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems
  • DIS : ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems
  • Reviewer International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • CHI: ACM conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
  • Reviewer Journal: Interacting with Computers
  • womENcourage 2015: ACM womENcourage Conference, Sweden, September 24-26, 2015.ber 24-26, 2015.
  • DIS : ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems

 

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On the merits and pitfalls of introducing a digital platform to aid conservation management: Volunteer data submission and the mediating role of volunteer coordinators

Journal Article
Arts, A., Melero, Y., Webster, G., Sharma, N., Tintarev, N., Tait, E., …Van der Wal, R. (2020)
On the merits and pitfalls of introducing a digital platform to aid conservation management: Volunteer data submission and the mediating role of volunteer coordinators. Journal of Environmental Management, 265, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110497
Against a backdrop of accelerating digital innovation in nature conservation and environmental management, a real-world experiment was conducted with the research aims of asse...

The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?

Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Smith, C., & Hall, H. (2019)
The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?. Media and Communication, 7(2), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i2.1907
Digital youth work is an emerging field of research and practice which seeks to investigate and support youth-centred digital literacy initiatives. Whilst digital youth work p...

'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity.

Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Smith, C. (2019)
'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity. Information Research, 24(1),
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present empirical research which examines the ways youth workers in the United Kingdom perceive their work in the context of digital liter...

The impact of work placement on graduate employment in computing: outcomes from a UK-based study

Journal Article
Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C., & Webster, G. (2018)
The impact of work placement on graduate employment in computing: outcomes from a UK-based study. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 19(4), 359-369
This study followed recent computing graduates into the workplace and explored their undergraduate experiences of work placements and subsequent impact on graduate employment....

Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact

Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2020)
Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769975
Current scholarly debate around digital participatory youth projects and approaches to their evaluation are examined in this article. The analysis of the literature presented ...

Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality

Presentation / Conference
Pawluczuk, A., Smith, C., Webster, G., & Hall, H. (2018, March)
Social impact evaluations of digital youth work: tensions between vision and reality. Paper presented at Transmedia Literacy International Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Purpose: This paper presents empirical research, which explores the ways digital youth workers perceive, and evaluate, the social impact of their work. There is currently a re...

Digital culture co-creation: capturing the social impact of small-scale community projects

Presentation / Conference
Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017, October)
Digital culture co-creation: capturing the social impact of small-scale community projects. Paper presented at Ways of Being in a Digital Age – A Review Conference
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Evaluating the social impact of youth digital culture co-creation: let’s participate and play

Conference Proceeding
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017)
Evaluating the social impact of youth digital culture co-creation: let’s participate and play. In HCI '17 Proceedings of the 31st British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conferencehttps://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.32
This paper examines young people’s participation in digital culture and current approaches to measure its social impact. The analysis of the literature presented here reveals ...

Taking education for granted: the role of placement in computing science

Presentation / Conference
Smith, S., Smith, C., Taylor-Smith, E., & Gemma, W. (2017, June)
Taking education for granted: the role of placement in computing science. Presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
The importance of placements and internships was highlighted in the 2016 Shadbolt Review of Computer Science Degree Accreditation and Graduate Employability – indeed the secon...

Youth digital participation: measuring social impact

Presentation / Conference
Pawluczuk, A., Hall, H., Smith, C. F. & Webster, G. (2017, June)
Youth digital participation: measuring social impact. Paper presented at i3 - information: interactions and impact, Aberdeen, Scotland
1.Introduction The concept of ‘youth participation’ has developed since the early 2000s in a time during which young people's everyday lives have become more heavily influence...

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