IPPRG Team

Our team comprises academic researchers and professionals involved in information policy and practice. Participants from different communities of practice work together in identifying problems and assessing solutions based on shared imperatives; contributing to actionable knowledge.

Sue Williams is Associate Professor of Business Information Systems in the School of Business. Sue co-founded and leads the Information Policy and Practice Research Group. Her research is in the areas of socio-technical change, business information design, information management and information policy and practice. She has extensive experience in the use of action research and participatory and reflexive research approaches to explore complex information design and management problems.

Catherine Hardy is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems in the School of Business. Catherine co-founded and is a member of the Information Policy and Practice Research Group. Her research is in the areas of information assurance, IS risk management, strategic management of IT enabled business innovations, socio-technical change and the use of multiple methodologies and methods in IS research.

Paul Scifleet is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems in the School of Business. Paul's research focuses on markup languages and the impact that semantic information systems are having on information management in practice. His interests extend to information design issues, particularly those challenges faced by individuals & organisations in the adoption of complex systems, and the role of philosophy in information theory and practice.

Philip Seltsikas is Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems. He has recently been involved with European Commission funded research and technological development in high technology areas including Identity Management for Electronic Government and various UK nationally funded research projects in business technology and e-government related domains.

Kristine Dery is a Lecturer in Discipline of Work & Organisational Studies. Her current research examines the impact of mobile technology on the nature of work and individual work/life balance expectations with a particular focus on Blackberries.