Post-Doc, Dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub
Research Fellow
About
I am a Research Fellow at dot.rural where my role involves developing methodologies and indicators for evaluating the non-academic impact of research. My main research interests are around the impact of digital technologies on rural communities in terms of: political participation, business, cultural heritage, healthcare, transport and natural resource conservation.
Recent academic output:
Wallace, C., Tait, E., Mellish, C., MacLeod, M and Hunter, C. [2011] Creating Sustainable Digital Community Heritage Resources using Linked Data, Paper , SDH 2011 Supporting Digital Humanities: Answering the unaskable Conference 17-18 November 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mellish, C., Wallace, C., Tait, E., Hunter, C. and MacLeod, M. [2011] Can Digital Technologies increase Engagement with Community History? Digital Engagement ‘11, November 15 – 17, 2011, Newcastle, UK
Tait, E. [forthcoming: 2012] The Use of Web 2.0 for eParticipation: Transformational Tweeting or Devaluation of Democracy in Kloby, K. and D'Agostino, M. Citizen 2.0: Public and Governmental Interaction through Web 2.0 Technologies, IGI Global, Hershey:PA
Tait, E., Wallace, C., Hunter, C. and Mellish, C. Local Electronic Cultural Repositories: who are the Users and what is the Impact? [2011] ICS Symposium 21st- 23rd September 2011, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK paper available http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1926755
Tait, E., Mort, A., Godden, D. and Hunter, C. [2011]. Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Telehealth Projects, I3 Information: Interactions and Impact. 20-23rd June 2011. The Robert Gordon University. Aberdeen. UK
Tait, E. and Laing, R., [2010]. The Challenges of Developing Effective Participatory Mechanisms for the Design of a Sustainable Transport Network, Political Studies Association Conference, 29th March- 1 April 2010, Edinburgh UK
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