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Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations

Ryan, B. & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations. Scotland: Scottish Government
Ryan, B. & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations. Scotland: Scottish Government

In October and November 2015 Edinburgh Napier University (Napier) hosted a series of workshops on digital engagement for Community Councillors and representatives of Registere...

2016
digiCC workshop outcomes report

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

2015
UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis

Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018). UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (275-283). ISSN 0961-0006
Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018). UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (275-283). ISSN 0961-0006

Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and communi...

2018
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Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network

Royal Society of Edinburgh

£20000

To develop a formal Scotland-wide network of LIS researchers and practitioners, to help spread expertise into a connected practitioner community across all LIS sectors through high quality training an...

2019 to 2020

Themes : Information Society x Themes : Sustainable Communities x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Social Informatics x

Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations

Ryan, B. & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations. Scotland: Scottish Government
Ryan, B. & Cruickshank, P. (2016). Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations. Scotland: Scottish Government

In October and November 2015 Edinburgh Napier University (Napier) hosted a series of workshops on digital engagement for Community Councillors and representatives of Registere...

2016
digiCC workshop outcomes report

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

2015
UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis

Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018). UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (275-283). ISSN 0961-0006
Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018). UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (275-283). ISSN 0961-0006

Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and communi...

2018
Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems

Deakin, M. (2018). Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 17(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.14650/88816
Deakin, M. (2018). Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 17(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.14650/88816

This paper summarizes the outcomes of a literature review on smart cities and goes on to provide an overview of the critical insights it offers. Bypassing mainstream academic ...

2018
Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes.

Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C. F., & Smyth, M. (2018). Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes. In SMSociety '18 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, (178-186). https://doi.org/10.1145/3217804.3217910
Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C. F., & Smyth, M. (2018). Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes. In SMSociety '18 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media and Society, (178-186). https://doi.org/10.1145/3217804.3217910

In a UK city, various crocheted protest banners have appeared, containing political statements concerning planned developments in their locations. Photos of these banners are ...

2018
The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives

Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives. In M. Janssen, M. A. Wimmer, Ø. Sæbø, T. A. Pardo, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Gascó, …E. Tambouris (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-570-8-11
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives. In M. Janssen, M. A. Wimmer, Ø. Sæbø, T. A. Pardo, P. Panagiotopoulos, M. Gascó, …E. Tambouris (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-570-8-11

There has been much research into citizens’ engagement with their representatives. This paper offers an approach to understanding sustained take-up of internet technologies by...

2016
E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth

Macintosh, A., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2005). E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth. In M. Cunningham, & P. Cunningham (Eds.), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, 730-737. IOS Press
Macintosh, A., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2005). E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth. In M. Cunningham, & P. Cunningham (Eds.), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, 730-737. IOS Press

This paper presents the results of a completed research study the aim of which was to identify ICT tools suitable for engaging with young people in dialogue on a complex polic...

2005
Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation

Masters, Z., Masters, Z., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2003). Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation. In R. Traunmuller (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Electronic Government, 15-22. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-30078-6_3
Masters, Z., Masters, Z., Macintosh, A., & Smith, E. (2003). Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation. In R. Traunmuller (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Electronic Government, 15-22. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-30078-6_3

Research originally suggested that new technologies, particularly the Internet, provided a useful mechanism for engaging young people - an otherwise largely disenfranchised gr...

2004

Themes : Information Society x Themes : Sustainable Communities x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Social Informatics x

Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network

Royal Society of Edinburgh

£20000

To develop a formal Scotland-wide network of LIS researchers and practitioners, to help spread expertise into a connected practitioner community across all LIS sectors through high quality training an...

2019 to 2020

Themes : Information Society x Themes : Sustainable Communities x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Social Informatics x

Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups? use of online and offline spaces to support their work - Dr Ella Taylor-Smith, Dr Colin Smith, Dr Michael Smyth, Prof Lissie Davenport, Prof Ben Paechter

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Participation Space Studies explore eParticipation ...

2011 to 2016

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Professor Hazel Hall serves as a judge at FameLab 2017

Professor Hazel Hall served as a judge at the Edinburgh heat of FameLab 2017, held on Thursday 8th December 2016 at Heriot Watt University.

13 December 2016

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Skeptics on the Fringe: Online and Offline Spaces for Democracy

Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh.

14 August 2016

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Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations

digiCC workshop outcomes report

UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis

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Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network

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Digital engagement workshops for Community Councils and Registered Tenant Organisations

digiCC workshop outcomes report

UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis

Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems

Democratic Participation through Crocheted Memes.

The Communities of Practice model for understanding digital engagement by hyperlocal elected representatives

E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth

Young People and e-Democracy: Creating a Culture of Participation

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Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network

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Participation Space Studies: a socio-technical exploration of activist and community groups? use of online and offline spaces to support their work - Dr Ella Taylor-Smith, Dr Colin Smith, Dr Michael Smyth, Prof Lissie Davenport, Prof Ben Paechter

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Professor Hazel Hall serves as a judge at FameLab 2017

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Skeptics on the Fringe: Online and Offline Spaces for Democracy