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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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Found along the way- The TREsPASS Project
- Producing Open Source Software
- Social Tools in the Workplace: a Microsoft survey « Learning in the Social Workplace
- 12 Papers on Social Media and Political Participation | DemocracySpot
- IS Theory
- Wiki VOIS Database - The SROI Network
- 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
Tag Archives: engagement
Online citizen engagement in Scotland: The independence referendum
Edinburgh University’s public participation network has been hosting The Citizen Participation Series. Last night, it turned to the digital world to explore how it is opening up new possibilities for democratic participation in Scotland and beyond. I was invited to … Continue reading
Posted in e-democracy, e-participation, politics, thoughts, UK
Tagged edemocracy, engagement, eParticipation, indyref, media, participation, scotland
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EDEM 2010 in Austria – Call for papers
The next EDem conference has been shifted to May 2010, to avoid a clash with the EPart conference held in parallel with EGOV at DEXA. The call for papers is now out. More details can be found here, but here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, e-participation, Europe
Tagged austria, engagement, participation, political science, politics, web2.0
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Event: Reboot Britain and PICamp
Fascinating event on 7 July – really looking to hearing the outcomes. I’m hoping some of my colleagues from EuroPetition in England will make it. The politics of interactivity | Paul Evans | LocalDemocracy Thoughts for PICamp: a conversational event, … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, politics, UK
Tagged engagement, event, london
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City portals: How e-government evolves into e-participation
As part of the Smart Cities Project I have been working with Mark Deakin on a report to provide a context the development of e-government portals by cities. Basically it provides a simple four-phase model to describe their customisation of … Continue reading
Posted in e-government, e-participation, Europe, Methodologies
Tagged city, egovernment, engagement, inclusion, maturity model, transformation
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Link: Overcoming the small hurdles to successful e-participation
It’s not just the big things that hold back progress with e-participation. Tim Davis has put together a wiki resource for discussing 50 little hurdles that need to be overcome: Overcoming the Hurdles [Practical Participation] There are many small hurdles … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, egovernment, UK
Tagged engagement, participation, wiki
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