Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Hazel Hall

This coming week I am the guest of the Departamento de Engenharia de Produção da Politéchnica at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. During my visit I am making a presentation at a research symposium. The focus of this is the work of colleagues in the School of Computing who are members of the Centre for Social Informatics. The slides for my presentation are provided below, along with a summary of the main points that I will be making when I take the stage on Wednesday.

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Love your PhD #PhDates

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Hazel Hall

Do (did/would) you love your PhD? Last week a number of Edinburgh Napier University PhD students celebrated Valentine’s Day by explaining why they are passionate about their doctoral research. Amongst them was one of the students that I supervise: John Mowbray. Continue reading →

How long does it take to write a PhD thesis?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Hazel Hall

My short answer is 68 days, but please read the detail below…

Bold resolutions: “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

As a PhD supervisor I have often been asked ‘How long do you think it will take me to write up my thesis?’ My answer always begins ‘It depends…’ We then continue the conversation with an audit of material already drafted that may contribute (in edited format) to the final thesis. These include the initial literature review from the first year transfer report, and posters, conference papers and journal articles presented and/or published from the on-going work. Continue reading →

Watching the workers: keynote presentation at #siguse16 #asist2016

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Today I’m giving the opening keynote presentation in Copenhagen at the SIG USE Information Behavior in Workplaces. This is one of a series of workshops taking place as part of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST2016). It has been organised by the SIG/USE Symposium Chairs:

David Allen, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Katriina Byström, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway
Nicole A. Cooke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Luanne Freund , University of British Columbia, Canada

The title of my presentation is ‘Watching the workers: researching information behaviours in, and for, workplaces‘. The slides are available on SlideShare and below.

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Centre for Social Informatics at #ASIST2016, Copenhagen

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Next week I will be attending the 2016 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. On the evening of Tuesday 18th October there will be a University reception at the conference. I have created a flyer to distribute at this event with Frances Ryan (one of my PhD students, whose participation at the conference is supported by the John Campbell Trust). The flyer provides details about the Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) at Edinburgh Napier University. Continue reading →

Information Seeking in Context 2016 #isic2016: reviews

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Hazel Hall

A postcard and some presents, featuring (l to r) Lyndsey Jenkins, Iris Buunk, Frances Ryan, and John Mowbray

The research students from the Centre for Social Informatics who participated at Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) 2016 from 20th to 23rd September returned to the office this week.

As well as enthusiastic tales of the Croatia and the conference itself, Iris Buunk, Lyndsey Jenkins, John Mowbray, and Frances Ryan also brought back to Edinburgh some rather delicious goodies and a fun selfie postcard of the four of them enjoying the sunshine on the Adriatic.

All four students have now reviewed the conference and associated doctoral workshop on their blogs. To find out more, please see:

That was ISIC by Iris Buunk
Participation in the ISIC conference by Lyndsey Jenkins
Post ISIC: some conference thoughts by John Mowbray
ISIC 2016: Zadar by Frances Ryan

ISIC 2016: contributions from the Centre for Social Informatics #ISIC2016

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Four PhD students from the Centre for Social Informatics – Iris Buunk, Lyndsey Jenkins, John Mowbray, and Frances Ryan – are in Zadar, Croatia this week for Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) 2016. Today they are taking part in the pre-conference doctoral workshop. Tomorrow they will join the conference itself, which continues until Friday. You can follow both the doctoral workshop and conference on Twitter hashtag #isic2016. Continue reading →

Congratulations Lyndsey Jenkins: co-author of best paper at #I3E2016

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Lyndsey Jenkins

Many congratulations to Centre for Social Informatics PhD student Lyndsey Jenkins on winning a ‘best paper’ award with co-authors Ruoyun Lin and Debora Jeske at the 15th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society last week.

The winning paper is entitled ‘Influences and benefits of role models on social media’. On the basis of their empirical work, the authors argue that having a role model is associated with greater perceived support for one’s career aspirations, and access to information. In addition, those who have role models online report that their online profiles give more realistic self-presentations of their values and priorities. These individuals also have higher expectations of reciprocity in online environments. Continue reading →

Looking forward to Information Seeking in Context 2016 (#ISIC2016)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) 2016 takes place in Zadar, Croatia 20-23 September 2016. The programme for the conference is now available. Four research students from the Centre for Social Informatics will be making contributions at this event. They are Iris Buunk, Lyndsey Jenkins, John Mowbray, and Frances Ryan. Continue reading →

iDocQ Information Science doctoral colloquium 2016 #idocq2016: a review

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Hazel Hall

iDocQ 2016 – the sixth annual Information Science doctoral colloquium – took place on Thursday 23rd June at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Twenty-eight delegates from Scottish and English universities enjoyed a varied programme on the day. This included: Continue reading →

Hazel Hall

Emeritus Professor, Edinburgh Napier University

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Centre for Social Informatics at #ASIST2016, Copenhagen

Information Seeking in Context 2016 #isic2016: reviews

ISIC 2016: contributions from the Centre for Social Informatics #ISIC2016