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sotonDH small grants: A Connected Island? Citation Network Analysis

February 18, 2013
by Tom Brughmans via Digital Humanities

By Tom Brughmans and Iza Romanowska This third blogpost about the Connected Island project will introduce our method for analysing publications and their citations. We will briefly discuss how citation network analysis works and the issues surrounding its applications. Finally, we will look at the very first results of this project: an analysis of publications […]

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Enhancing Research Impact: Public Policy

February 8, 2013
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog

By Lisa Then, Public Policy@Southampton Co-ordinator   The Public Policy@Southampton Team was formed in October 2012 to increase the reach and impact of University of Southampton research.   With a remit to engage world-leading research with key policy makers, I organised the inaugural Public Policy event ‘The Policy Implications of Austerity on Active Citizenship’ which took […]

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Labour markets in developing countries: what’s new, what’s old? UN World Day of Social Justice Seminar

February 6, 2013
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog

The University of Southampton will be celebrating the UN World Day of Social Justice with a special afternoon seminar on ‘Labour markets in developing countries: what’s new, what’s old?’ by Duncan C. Campbell, Director for Policy Planning in Employment at the International Labour Office (ILO). The United Nations’ (UN) World Day of Social Justice is […]

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Speaker Bio: Duncan C. Campbell UN World Day of Social Justice Seminar

February 6, 2013
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog

Duncan C. Campbell, is the Director for Policy Planning in Employment at the International Labour Office and a Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labour, IZA. He joined the ILO in 1990 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he had been a member of the Management Department faculty and […]

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Complexity

January 24, 2013
by Tom Brughmans via Digital Humanities

The following event might be of interest to SotonDH members: The next seminar of the CS4: Complex Systems Simulation Seminar Series 2012/13 will take place 30th January. Rachel Armstrong from the University of Greenwhich will give the talk “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Complexity”, 4-5pm, B53/4025, Highfield Campus. Details of Rachel’s talk can be found here. […]

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Blogging Workshop

January 11, 2013
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG

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Changing Organisational Space: Green? Or Lean and Mean?

January 5, 2013
by Pauline Leonard via Work Thought Blog

  “As organisations strive towards creating a greener workspace, managers must take great care how they explain to staff the reasoning behind the changes. Too often, what’s intended to be ‘green’ is instead views as ‘mean’”, Professor Pauline Leonard. A recent study at the University of Southampton’s Work Futures Research Centre was published in the […]

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Meet the Student Digital Champions

December 19, 2012
by Luke Goater via Digital Economy USRG

Digital Champions are a group of enthusiastic students who are supporting staff and fellow students with new digital products and services. Get more information about the Digital Champions’ activities by liking the Facebook page If you are interested in becoming a Digital Champion please feel free to get in touch and join our Facebook group […]

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Making the Digital Physical

December 14, 2012
by Javier Pereda via Digital Economy USRG

On the 10th of December, I was invited to attend to an event in Manchester organised by Lancaster CX Lab called ‘Making the Digital Physical’. CX short for Creative Exchange is a research group focused on the transformation of digital to physical and how is it presented in the public space. The purpose of this event […]

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