Press Release: 13 June 2016
‘SmartGov’ Research Project: Smart Governance of Sustainable Cities
Delivering Sustainable Cities Through Smart Technologies
The University of Stirling has been awarded a prestigious Economic and Social Research Council grant (708,000 EUR), to undertake research on ‘Smart Cities’, a phenomenon that is fast becoming increasingly influential...
Tristan Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of St Andrewsis recruiting for a research fellow...
A Doctoral Studentship is available at the School of Management, University of St Andrews, April 2017 start
CRISP is the UK partner of the SSHRC funded Big Data Surveillance project, led by Queens University in Canada. We currently have funding available for a PhD studentship to complete research that will contribute to the project’s findings. The studentships are funded by SSHRC and by...
Since May 2016 CRISP is being joined by colleagues at the University of St Andrews. CRISP founder Kirstie Ball has joined the Management School at St Andrews as Professor in Management. As well as moving two CRISP research projects, collaborations are emerging with colleagues in the Schools of Management, Computer Science, Divinity and Philosophy. Some of the unique strengths which stem from...
CRISP is pleased to announce that the 2016 CRISP Annual Lecture will be delivered on 21st June 2016 at The Teviot Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh by...
Giulia has joined the Stirling CRISP team as a volunteer in the ‘Student As Researcher (StAR)’ programme organised by the University of Stirling Student’s Union. Giulia will provide research and administrative support to the SmartGov research project and a number of CRISP activities, including the CRISP Doctoral Training School and Annual Lecture. Currently in her third year of undergraduate...
CRISP Director, Professor William Webster, has been appointed as a member of the Working Group formed by the Surveillance Camera Commissioner to advise on the implementation and development of the UK...
CRISP Doctoral School, Edinburgh, 20-24 June 2016
Newly confirmed experts include:
Dr Randolph Lewis, University of Texas http://www.utexas.edu/cola/ams/faculty/lewisrr7
Professor Mike Nellis, University of Strathclyde https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/nellismikeprof/
Eric Stoddart, University of St Andrews https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/eric-stoddart...
The SmartGov Virtual Conference successfully brought together research teams, policy-makers and practitioners in Stirling, Glasgow, Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Sao Paulo and Curitiba in Brazil. Top of the agenda was how to use emerging technologies and administrative data to engage citizens in sustainable governance practices. The conference included presentations about the historical...
