Information literacy: a SIRG seminar
On Friday 26 January, the social informatics research group hosted a seminar on its research into information literacy. SIRG members were delighted to welcome attendance [more …]
Peter Cruickshank
Full ECIL2023 papers published
In October, Social Informatics Research Group PhD researchers, Marina Milosheva and Drew Feeney, presented some of their work at the 2023 European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2023). The full [more …]
Article now out: Information literacy of community representatives in Brazil
Our article “An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil ” has now been published by the Journal of Information Literacy
‘Information Literacy and Society’ project report published
Dr Bruce Ryan, Marina Milosheva and Associate Professor Peter Cruickshank have delivered their final report on the impacts of information literacy (IL) research on society. It is now available [more …]
Celebrating Hazel Hall and the Social Informatics Research Group’s distinguished guests
Recently there were two happy events for the Social Informatics Research Group. Firstly, emeritus professor Hazel Hall is among the top 2 percent of most [more …]
Social Informatics Research Group at ASIS&T 2023
Edinburgh Napier University’s Social Informatics Research Group will have a strong presence at the Association for Information Science and Technology’s 2023 annual meeting. Check out [more …]
Introducing Collins Ovie
About me In 2017, I embarked on a transformative journey when I began my MBA program at Edinburgh Napier Business School. During this enriching experience, [more …]
Social Informatics Research Group at ECIL2023!
Two Social Informatics Research Group PhD researchers, Marina Milosheva and Drew Feeney, will present their work at the 2023 European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2023).
‘Information Literacy and Society’ project well under way
Earlier this year, Bruce Ryan, Marina Milosheva, and Peter Cruickshank started on a literature review project to understand the impacts of information literacy (IL) on society. In this project, Bruce, [more …]
New paper: ‘An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil’
Back in 2019, Wegene Demeke and I (Bruce Ryan) carried out a research visit to São Paulo City in Brazil, kindly funded by the Global [more …]