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The Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility is internationally
recognised for its applied research expertise. It is a leader in research
and education in the ethical and social issues related to information and
communication technologies.
CCSR was part of the Information Systems submission to achieve a 3a rating
in the recent Research Assessment Exercise in the UK. This was first time
the group had been submitted independently and consequently is a
noteworthy success. The panel feedback report .noted a strength in ethics.
which is a direct positive endorsement of CCSR.
Staffing vacancies
CCSR is attached to the Division of Information Management within the
School of Computing. The School has a number of lectureships available.
CCSR has developed a number of teaching modules on the School.s
undergraduate programmes including Computing and Ethics, and Data
Protection and Privacy. Further expansion in this area of teaching is
expected both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Members of CCSR
are involved in the supervision of doctoral students undertaking research
with the scope of the Centre.
We are seeking high calibre people for CCSR who are attracted to
interdisciplinary research and teaching in the area of social impact and
professionalism related to computing and information systems.
see http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/NE294.html
CLOSING DATE 13 December 2002
Research Student Bursary
A research student bursary is available for three years full time study
for a PhD. Fees (at UK/Europe rate) plus a subsistence grant are included
in the bursary. The student will be located at CCSR in Leicester UK
Research at CCSR has been particularly strong in technological assessment
from an ethical and social perspective. Indicative of this is the work
commissioned by the UK Government to investigate the efficacy of
Electronic Voting. The public launch of the report of the findings was in
May 2002. The successful applicant might conduct research into a specific
application of this type of technological assessment. This application
would either be electronic commerce or workplace monitoring.
A second area of ongoing research for CCSR is the ethical aspects of
systems development and implementation. There has been one successful PhD
completion in this area already. There is a clear gap in the effective
stakeholder identification, consideration and inclusion in systems
development practice. The successful applicant might undertake research
into the stakeholder perspective of systems development.
Contact information
Professor Simon Rogerson
Director of Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility
De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK
telephone +44 116 257 7475
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fax +44 116 254 1891
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