Events

• Tuesday 14 February 2012 16:00 - 17:30

  The Attention Economy and the Economics of Search (Society and the Internet Lecture Series, Part 13)

  Speakers: Dr Greg Taylor

  This talk will examine the central role of attention in online markets and its economic implications for businesses and consumers.

• Tuesday 21 February 2012 16:00 - 17:30

  New Threads in the Global Web of Knowledge (Society and the Internet Lecture Series, Part 14)

  Speakers: Dr Eric T. Meyer and Professor Ralph Schroeder

  The Internet has fundamentally changed how research is done. This talk explores the impact these changes have on the role of academic knowledge in society, and on how the public engages with this knowledge.

• Tuesday 28 February 2012 16:00 - 17:30

  The Internet, Web, and Beyond (Society and the Internet Lecture Series, Part 15)

  Speakers: Professor Yorick Wilks

  Drawing examples from science and government, this talk will demonstrate the advantages and dangers of a more 'intelligent' Semantic Web.

• Wednesday 29 February 2012 12:30 - 18:30

  Seminar: Putting The Audience Together - Using Social Network Analysis for Business Insights

  Speakers: Dr Bernie Hogan

  This practical course in social network analysis techniques is designed for senior business people who wish to get a sense of how their customers build communities, influence opinions and distribute messages.

• Tuesday 6 March 2012 16:00 - 17:30

  Constructing Identity: Palestine Online (Society and the Internet Lecture Series, Part 16)

  Speakers: Dr Miriyam Aouragh

  This talk explores how, for Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the Internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity.

• Monday 12 March 2012 09:30 - 17:00

  Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights

  Speakers: Professor Christine Borgman, Professor William H. Dutton, Dr Grace Eden, Dr Marina Jirotka, Dr Eric T. Meyer, Professor Rob Procter, Professor Ralph Schroeder, Professor Diane H. Sonnenwald, Professor Mike Thelwall, Professor Peter van den Besselaar and Malte Ziewitz

  Technical innovations are enabling scholars to reconfigure how they do their work across all phases of the research process, from discovery to dissemination. What are the implications of this for the foci, quality and significance of research?

• Tuesday 13 March 2012 10:00 - 16:00

  Digital Social Research: A Forum for Policy and Practice

  Speakers: Professor William H. Dutton, Dr Grace Eden, Dr Marina Jirotka, Dr Eric T. Meyer, Professor Ralph Schroeder and Malte Ziewitz

  This one-day policy forum will bring together leading academics in the rapidly evolving field of Digital Social Research with key thought leaders from business, industry and government interested in the future of research policy and practice.

• Wednesday 14 March 2012 11:00 - 12:30

  Imagining and Cultivating Digital Rice Paddies: Notes from Cyber China

  Speakers: Dr Jack Qui

  Drawing from the "industrious revolution" debate in East Asian economic history, this talk focuses on the interesting phenomenon of grassroots e-commerce activities, which have grown considerably in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.

• Friday 23 March 2012 09:30 - 17:00

  On the Periphery? Low and Discontinued Internet Use by Young People in Britain: Drivers, Impacts and Policies

  Speakers: Dr Rebecca Eynon and Dr Anne Geniets

  This one day workshop examines the reasons for low and discontinued Internet use by young people and assesses its impact on young people's social and family lives, job opportunities, political participation and educational outlooks.

• Thursday 12 - Friday 13 July 2012

  OII SDP Alumni Conference

  This mini-conference celebrates ten years of the OII's Summer Doctoral Programme. Comprising a one-day mini-conference with reception and dinner, this is a great opportunity for SDP alumni to reunite, present their research, and relive the SDP experience.

• Thursday 20 - Friday 21 September 2012

  Internet, Politics, Policy 2012: Big Data, Big Challenges? (IPP2012)

  Speakers: Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon and Professor Helen Margetts

  Reprising the very successful 'IPP2010', this conference organised by the journal Policy and Internet subjects the relationship between the Internet, Politics and Policy to multi-disciplinary scrutiny, focusing this time on the challenges of 'Big Data'.

Last updated on: 10 February 2012