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Town Meeting: Where next for social media research?

By Simon J Lock, on 27 April 2012

A UCL Town Meeting supported by the Grand Challenge of Intercultural Interaction

5.30 – 7.30pm, Monday 30 April 2012
(5.30-6pm – informal conversation and networking / 6- 7pm – panel discussion)

Roberts G08 Sir David Davies LT, Roberts Building (entrance in Malet Place)

Register here:  http://socialmediaresearch.eventbrite.co.uk

This meeting, supported by the UCL Grand Challenges team, is intended to bring together people from different parts of UCL who may be interested in research on social media, both theory and practice. The aim is to foster greater research collaboration and identify future potential at UCL.All UCL staff with research interests in social media are invited to attend the Town Meeting. Panel members will offer brief accounts of a sample of the work being undertaken on, and with, social media at UCL, and a general discussion with the audience will follow to help map out other relevant expertise, interest and opportunities.

Further details will be circulated closer to the event.  Do feel free to contact Dr Simon Lock (Science and Technology Studies) simon.lock@ucl.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event, or have information about UCL research activities of use to such a project.

Welcome by Anthony Finkelstein, Professor of Software Systems Engineering, UCL Computer Science

Speakers

Simon Lock, Lecturer in Science Communication and Governance, UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies

Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture,  UCL Anthropology
Claire Warwick, Professor of Digital Humanities, Director, UCL Centre for Digital HumanitiesRegister here:  http://socialmediaresearch.eventbrite.co.uk

Directions from Front Lodge, Main UCL entrance, Gower Street: http://crf.casa.ucl.ac.uk/screenRoute.aspx?s=386&d=128&w=False

Drinks reception: Roberts Foyer

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Welcome to the UCL Social Media Project blog

By Simon J Lock, on 25 April 2012

Welcome to the UCL Social Media Project blog! #UCLSMP

The project is funded by a UCL Grand Challenges small grant and aims to foster greater networking between academics working on social media (as an object of study and as a tool for research) at UCL and also instigate new interdisciplinary research projects.

We’ll use this blog to keep everyone up-to-date with the project activities and also to provide a space for further engagement and discussion.

 

The project steering group is comprised of:

Dr Simon Jay Lock, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL

Professor Claire Warwick, UCL Centre of Digital Humanities

Dr Karen Bultitude, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL

Dr Jon Agar, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL

Dr Steve Cross. UCL Public Engagement Unit

Dr Anthony Watkinson, Department of Information Studies, UCL