{"id":7,"date":"2014-07-08T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2014-07-09T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:53:02","slug":"what-is-digistis-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk\/digistis\/what-is-digistis-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"What is DigiSTIS @ Edinburgh?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

Science Technology and Innovation Studies work on ICTs has been a strength of the University for 30 years, since the establishment of the\u00a0ESRC Programme on Information and Communications Technologies (1986 – 1995). This work has continued under the banner of the\u00a0Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI<\/a>), and more recently as part of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS<\/a>) Subject group in the School of Social and Political Studies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This network\u00a0involves colleagues from other specialist centres including the Entrepreneurship and Innovation group in the Business School<\/a>, the Economics Deptartment,, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law<\/a> in Law, Design Informatics <\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Architecture & Landscape Architecture<\/a> in the Edinburgh College of Art, Digital Cultures and Education <\/a>research in the School of Education,\u00a0<\/span>the Social Informatics Cluster in the School of Informatics<\/a>, various groups in the Schools of Engineering and Geosciences, and the Centre for Population Health Science<\/a>s. 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.<\/p>\n

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

Research Projects<\/h2>\n

As well as the work of the PICT centre, a number of research grants have funded work on ICTs in recent years. \u00a0This complements a wide range of research on general issues of science, technology and innovation that underpins the<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CREATe<\/a>\u00a0New business models in the creative industry and the role of new technological platforms for content distribution and intellectual property management.
\n 2013 – 2015<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
e-Prescribing: Investigating the Implementation, Adoption and Effectiveness of ePrescribing Systems in English Hospitals<\/a>
\n1 November 2011 – 31 October 2016<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Learning Energy Systems<\/a>
\n1 January 2013 – 1 January 2015<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MyFIRE<\/a>
\n1 June 2010 – 30 June 2012<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
China EU Information Technology Standards Research Partnership<\/a>
\n1 February 2008 – 31 January 2010<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ESRC Fellowship on the Social Study of the Information Technology Marketplace: The Role of Industry Analysts<\/a>
\n1 January 2009 – 31 December 2010<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evaluation of the effect of IT on interactions between healthcare workers and patients<\/a>
\n1 September 2008 – 31 January 2011<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flexible Convergence of Wireless Standards and Services<\/a>
\n1 January 2002 – 31 December 2004<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interdisciplinary Design and Evaluation of Dependability<\/a>
\n1 December 2006 – 30 November 2010<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration on Dependability<\/a>
\n1 July 2000 – 3 June 2006<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Military and Civil Innovation and the Defence Technology Base: UK Radar 1945-2000<\/a>
\n1 November 2000 – 30 September 2004<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network Enterprise the shaping of institutions and standards in e-business<\/a>
\n1 January 2003 – 31 December 2005<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orienting the Future: Design Strategies for Non-Place<\/a>
\n1 January 2005 – 31 March 2006<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parcelcall<\/a>
\n1 January 2000 – 31 December 2002<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Science and Technology in China today: challenges for analysis and for policy<\/a>
\n8 December 2006 – 8 December 2006<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Living Lab<\/a>
\n13 September 2007 – 13 September 2010<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Learning in Multimedia<\/a>
\n24 May 1996 – 30 October 1998<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STRATEGIES OF INCLUSION:GENDER AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY<\/a>
\n1 January 2000 – 30 January 2004<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Biography and Evolution of Software Packages<\/a>
\n21 December 2004 – 30 June 2008<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ubiquitous technologies and the design of places for meaningful human encounter<\/a>
\n1 November 2006 – 1 November 2008<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UK e-Infrastructure for Research<\/a>
\n1 July 2009 – 10 January 2010<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Understanding and Improving the Design, Deployment and Use of Electronic Health Records<\/a>
\n1 September 2002 – 31 August 2005<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Understanding the Information Needs and Uses of Life Science Researchers<\/a>
\n1 October 2008 – 31 May 2009<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Use and Relevance of Web2.0 Resources for Researchers<\/a>
\n1 January 2009 – 30 September 2009<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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