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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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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- 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: london
Future Democracy ’09
Back to RIBA again this year for a rebranded Future Dem 09, in a nice retro modernist/deco environment. Someone had helpfully blanked over the power-sockets so laptop users were in a general mild state of panic about battery life, even … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, e-government, e-participation, Europe, UK
Tagged e-petitions, eParticipation, Headstar, london, participation
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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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Reflecting on NDI09: 6 themes and 3 that got away
I was on holiday last week so I’m a bit late in the day with the blogging about this year’s National Digital Inclusion Conference. Even so, I thought I’d still record my thoughts, starting by saying that I found the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Daily Links, e-participation, UK
Tagged england, inclusion, iptv, london, participation, UK
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Link: Digital Inclusion Conference 2009 – London
The National Digital Inclusion Conference 2009 Fourth annual event bringing together over 300 experts, decision-makers and practitioners to network, debate digital inclusion policy and practice and shape the agenda for action that delivers ‘empowerment through technology’. With the appointment of … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Daily Links, e-participation, egovernment, UK
Tagged conference, engagement, inclusion, london
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e-Democracy ’08 – a good day out
I was at e-Democracy ’08 in London yesterday, an event run by Dan Jellinek of Headstar. The consensus was that the number of new faces was down this year, possibly a reflection of the increasing maturity of the field rather … Continue reading
Posted in e-democracy, e-government, e-participation, thoughts, UK
Tagged 2008, conference, e-democracy, e-government, e-participation, hamburg, london, redbridge
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