Archive for June, 2009



Yesterday, we launched the 2009 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) report, which nicely coincided with the recent release of the Government’s Digital Britain white paper. Jack Riley of the Independent caught an issue raised by our study, which questions the infrastructure focus of Digital Britain, suggesting that more emphasis should be placed on addressing the beliefs [...]

I had the pleasure of attending the 2009 Summer Research Institute formed by a network of academics interested in the ‘Science of Socio-Technical Systems’. It was held from 11-15 June 2009, outside of Syracuse, New York, in the Adirondack’s at the Minnowbrook Conference Center. The conference had an open wiki that provides an overview of [...]