Professor Hazel Hall presented at the LETICIC Symposium at the University of São Paulo, Brazil on March 15, 2017. The presentation provided an overview of social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. It summarized the university's computing programs, focus on employability, research areas including social informatics, interdisciplinary study of technology use, and the Creative and Social Informatics research group's projects on digital engagement and communities. Contact information was provided for Professor Hall and her research group.

1. Perspectives, People and Projects
Social Informatics Research
School of Computing
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Professor Hazel Hall
LETICIC Symposium
University of São Paulo, Brazil
15th
March 2017

2. http://hazelhall.org
@hazelh
Slides on SlideShare at
http://slideshare.net/hazelhall

3. The United Kingdom

4. The United Kingdom
Scotland
Wales
England
Northern Ireland
53m
5.3m
3m
1.8m
Edinburgh
London

5. General Election 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32624405

6. European Referendum
2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028

8. www.napier.ac.uk/iidi
Page 8

9. www.napier.ac.uk/iidi
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Parks
Royal
yacht
Palace
Botanic
Garden
HillsBeachCastleExtinct volcano

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16. 250 year-old
New Town

21. Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (1614)
John Napier 1550-1617

23. • Ranked in top 5% of world universities
• Strong ranking for ‘international outlook’

26. • One of largest Schools of Computing in UK
• 1200 students
• 57 academic staff
• 13 research/technical staff
We are BIG

27. • Placements (internships) and ePlacement
Scotland
• Graduate level apprenticeships
• PhDs part-funded by Skills Development
Scotland
• Sought-after and highly-employable graduates
We value
employability

28. • Computer Security and Networking
– e.g. cybersecurity
• Software Engineering and Technology
– e.g. applied artificial intelligence
• Creative and Social Informatics
– e.g. interaction design
We offer broad coverage
of computing

29. • Computer Security and Networking
– e.g. cybersecurity
• Software Engineering and Technology
– e.g. applied artificial intelligence
• Creative and Social Informatics
– e.g. interaction design
We offer broad coverage
of computing

30. Our research focus
People…
… and communities
… and technologies
Our research focus
People…
… and communities
… and technologies
Social informatics
Interdisciplinary study…
…of the design and use of
information & communication
technologies
…that takes account of
institutional and cultural
contexts
Social informatics
Interdisciplinary study…
…of the design and use of
information & communication
technologies
…that takes account of
institutional and cultural
contexts

31. https://drhazelhall.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/2017_03_csi-flyer.pdf
Please see
the flyer

32. • 7 Academic staff (teaching and
research)
• 1 Researcher
• 8 Research students
• 1 Emeritus professor
• 1 Visiting professor (McMaster, Canada)
• Several associates
Our group

33. Our group
• Democratic digital engagement
• eGovernment
• Information policy
• Information seeking behaviour and use
• Knowledge management
• The Information Society
• Online communities
• Open data and open government

34. Our funders/partners: research councils

35. Our funders/partners: public bodies

36. Our funders/partners: business

37. Our funders/partners: charities and professional
bodies

38. https://community-knect.net/

39. To facilitate a co-ordinated
and strategic approach to LIS
research across the UK
(2009-2012)
To explore the extent to
which LIS research projects
influence practice (2011)
To create outputs to support
the use and execution of
research by librarians and
information scientists (2012)
To develop a UK-wide
network of LIS researchers
(2011-2012)

42. Our PhDs
• Public library value
• Knowledge sharing
• Workplace learning
• Population census
• Information seeking
behaviour and use
• Digital co-creation

43. Our publications

44. Our conference contributions

45. Award-winning research

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47. Contact Hazel Hall
•@hazel
•http://hazelhall.org
•http://slideshare.net/hazelhall
•h.hall@napier.ac.uk
•+44 (0)131 455 2760

48. Perspectives, People and Projects
Social Informatics Research
School of Computing
Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Professor Hazel Hall
LETICIC Symposium
University of São Paulo, Brazil
15th
March 2017