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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: participation
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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Co-design for Smart Cities
Last week, we ran a workshop on Co-design for the Smart Cities project looking at the challenges that co-design presents local government – so we were privileged to be joined by managers from four cities around the North Sea region … Continue reading
Posted in e-government, Europe, Methodologies
Tagged co-design, e-government, participation
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Loving the lurkers – the presentation
As promised, here’s a PDF of the presentation I gave at ePart10 – looking at why e-participation researchers and practitioners should take passive users (aka lurkers) of their websites seriously. And one or two ideas on how to support a … Continue reading
Posted in research, Europe, e-participation
Tagged participation, presentation, EuroPetition, lurkers
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The EU Council moves towards simplifying the ECI. But is it workable yet?
Earlier this week, there was another General Council discussion on the ECI. A video of the last meeting has now been posted. It includes a link to a revised draft of the regulation (in case this insanely long link doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, e-participation
Tagged participation, e-participation, eu, EuroPetition, ECI, EBI
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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 Europe, e-government, e-participation, Conferences, UK
Tagged participation, eParticipation, e-petitions, london, Headstar
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