Society and Information Research Group

SIRG aims to:

• promote societally contextualised research into information, communication and technologies; these contexts include, but are not restricted to, the social, historical, and philosophical
• provide support to group members developing expertise in these research areas
• provide a focus for contact with others within or outside the OU who have related interests
• create a space to explore the implications for practice of our research

Our objectives are:

• to meet at approximately monthly intervals to present informal papers, discuss published work, and provide an opportunity for peer review of collective and individual work of the group
• to support and encourage group members in writing refereed papers for publication
• to disseminate information within and beyond the group on significant research in the field
• to support and encourage bids for external funding