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What is DigiSTIS @ Edinburgh?

This blog reports on activities of research, teaching out public engagement on the broad theme of information and communication technology (ICTs) and society, by staff at the University of Edinburgh, working in the fields of Science, Technology Studies (STS), Innovation and related disciplines.

Background

Science Technology and Innovation Studies work on ICTs has been a strength of the University for 30 years, since the establishment of the ESRC Programme on Information and Communications Technologies (1986 – 1995). This work has continued under the banner of the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI), and more recently as part of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) Subject group in the School of Social and Political Studies.

This network involves colleagues from other specialist centres including the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group in the Business School, the Economics Deptartment,, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law in Law, Design Informatics  and Architecture & Landscape Architecture in the Edinburgh College of Art, Digital Cultures and Education research in the School of Education, the Social Informatics Cluster in the School of Informatics, various groups in the Schools of Engineering and Geosciences, and the Centre for Population Health Sciences. Numerous additional linkages have been established across the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine with their international research strengths.

ICTs have been a core element of teaching curriculum on undergraduate and post graduate courses in STIS, in particular in the flourishing PhD programme. The team is launching new online courses in ‘Using Digital Research‘ and in the field of Social Informatics.

Research Projects

As well as the work of the PICT centre, a number of research grants have funded work on ICTs in recent years.  This complements a wide range of research on general issues of science, technology and innovation that underpins the

CREATe New business models in the creative industry and the role of new technological platforms for content distribution and intellectual property management.
2013 – 2015
e-Prescribing: Investigating the Implementation, Adoption and Effectiveness of ePrescribing Systems in English Hospitals
1 November 2011 – 31 October 2016
Learning Energy Systems
1 January 2013 – 1 January 2015
MyFIRE
1 June 2010 – 30 June 2012

 

China EU Information Technology Standards Research Partnership
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2010
ESRC Fellowship on the Social Study of the Information Technology Marketplace: The Role of Industry Analysts
1 January 2009 – 31 December 2010
Evaluation of the effect of IT on interactions between healthcare workers and patients
1 September 2008 – 31 January 2011
Flexible Convergence of Wireless Standards and Services
1 January 2002 – 31 December 2004
Interdisciplinary Design and Evaluation of Dependability
1 December 2006 – 30 November 2010
Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Dependability
1 July 2000 – 3 June 2006
Military and Civil Innovation and the Defence Technology Base: UK Radar 1945-2000
1 November 2000 – 30 September 2004
Network Enterprise the shaping of institutions and standards in e-business
1 January 2003 – 31 December 2005
Orienting the Future: Design Strategies for Non-Place
1 January 2005 – 31 March 2006
Parcelcall
1 January 2000 – 31 December 2002
Science and Technology in China today: challenges for analysis and for policy
8 December 2006 – 8 December 2006
Scottish Living Lab
13 September 2007 – 13 September 2010
Social Learning in Multimedia
24 May 1996 – 30 October 1998
STRATEGIES OF INCLUSION:GENDER AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
1 January 2000 – 30 January 2004
The Biography and Evolution of Software Packages
21 December 2004 – 30 June 2008
Ubiquitous technologies and the design of places for meaningful human encounter
1 November 2006 – 1 November 2008
UK e-Infrastructure for Research
1 July 2009 – 10 January 2010
Understanding and Improving the Design, Deployment and Use of Electronic Health Records
1 September 2002 – 31 August 2005
Understanding the Information Needs and Uses of Life Science Researchers
1 October 2008 – 31 May 2009
Use and Relevance of Web2.0 Resources for Researchers
1 January 2009 – 30 September 2009

 

 

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