about.me
Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Recent Posts
- ECI4all sytem: Replacement of OCS announced – but who are they?
- Disconnected Democracy: what Scotland's Community Councils aren't doing online
- The resistible rise of Facebook
- What are community councils doing online in Scotland
- Identity, local citizenship and a modest proposal
- Social media and The Lives of Others… Stasi Media?
- Open source, open data, open options?
- Risk & control issues around social media in local government
- Online citizen engagement in Scotland: The independence referendum
- Want a Smart City? Take the people out!
Recent Comments
Found along the way- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
- How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica
- Gamasutra - News - Valve wants to see you sweat - in the name of game design
- ASCC Local Community Councils
- DMBOK2 Framework - DAMA International
- Design-Led Innovation in Government | Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Internet Census 2012
Category Archives: Conferences
CfP extended: IADIS e-Democracy conference, Rome July 2011
This conference aims to encourage and foster efforts of researchers and practitioners by sharing cutting-edge research, innovations, models, theories and strategies that address issues and challenges related to cultivating online communities for grassroots democracy, equity and social justice. This will … Continue reading
Future Democracy ’10 – London 2 December
Future Democracy ’10, the UK’s leading annual conference on all aspects of e-democracy, from e-campaigning, e-petitions and e-voting to the use of the internet and new technologies in the policy cycle; democratic activity and engagement. The event – Headstar’s seventh … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, e-democracy, e-government, e-participation, Europe, UK
Tagged conference, e-participation, e-petitions, EuroPetition, Headstar, UK
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Communities conference at the Scottish Parliament, 2 October
On Saturday 2 October the Parliament will hold the second Communities Conference, at Holyrood here in Edinburgh. It will be aimed at local, community based, voluntary and charity sector organisations, social enterprises, and other civic groups. Its purpose is to … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Daily Links, politics, UK
Tagged community, edcm, scotland, social media
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Loving the lurkers – the paper
Quick update: a PDF of the paper I presented at Lausanne is now available via the ITC website. It’s title is the more prosaic: ‘Signing a an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation’. Download it from this page … Continue reading
Scottish Breakfast Meeting – Edinburgh 23 September
Mary McKenna has asked me to remind you that the Learning Pool is running its next Scottish Breakfast Meeting on Thursday 23 September, in the King James Hotel, Edinburgh. Speakers and subjects include: Donald Clark, Training in times of recession … Continue reading





