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iWeek in Aberdeen: #iDocQ2017 and #i3RGU

2 July 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

This past week was spent in Aberdeen attending what I like to call “iWeek”. It included a one-day doctoral colloquium (iDocQ) followed by a four-day international conference (i3) – both at Robert Gordon University. The first day the sixth annual Information Science

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Connecting people, connecting ideas: Keeping the conversations going beyond #CPCINapier

26 June 20173 June 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week I ran a one-day research symposium at Edinburgh Napier University, along with  Professor Hazel Hall. The symposium, “Connecting people, connecting ideas” (CPCI), focused on research priorities in Information Science as related to everyday life information seeking and information

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ASIST 2016: A conference for my future

24 October 201612 March 2022 Frances Ryan

I attended the 79th  Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual meeting last week in Copenhagen, Denmark, supported by a grant from the John Campbell Trust. This was the first time the ASIST meeting has taken place outside of

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ISIC 2016: Zadar

30 September 201611 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I spent last week in Zadar, Croatia for the ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference. It was my first time travelling internationally for a conference – and my first time in Croatia – but my second time attending an ISIC conference. The pre-conference doctoral workshop

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DARTS5: My presentation on online reputation management

3 June 201611 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I’ve spent the last two days at the 5th annual Discover Academic Research, Training, and Support (DARTS) conference in Devon, where I was an invited speaker. The conference’s focus was on engendering a (digital) research culture, which fit very nicely with

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Planning the annual retreat

6 May 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

The annual School of Computing PhD Retreat took place earlier this week, and I am exhausted from all of the fun (and the planning!). Traditionally, the retreat is planned and organised by a member of staff, but due to other

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IDIMC: A winning conference

15 January 201614 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I attended the International Data and Information Management Conference in Loughborough (England) this week along with some of my colleagues from Edinburgh Napier University. The conference was a great opportunity to meet with other information science researchers and to present

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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  • Published in Information Research: Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media
  • Research survey: Managing PKD with e-Health tools and online information sources
  • Published in Data & Policy: From transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations
  • e-Health tools and online information: Investigating self-management of PKD
  • PhD opportunity: Eight fully-funded PhD studentships at Edinburgh Napier University
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