Peter Cruickshank has recently been appointed to the editorial board of the eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government (JeDEM).

JeDEM is concerned with the opportunities and challenges associated with the digitisation of society. It publishes papers on: e-society; e-democracy and e-participation; e-government, open data, data sharing and use; and open science, open access and open source software,

Peter is the second member of staff from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University to serve in this capacity. Previously our colleague Dr Ella Tayor-Smith was a member of the JeDEM editorial board.