We feature two fascinating talks exploring the role of AI and other technologies in addressing challenges and driving innovation.
Venue: Moore Auditorium
Date: 28 April 2025, 11:00am–2:00pm UK time
Agenda:
RHUL-DOS-IITD Virtual Symposium on UK-India AI Collaboration for Social Purpose to foster collaboration between researchers, industry experts and policymakers from the UK and India, highlighting how AI and technology can drive meaningful social impact.
Venue: MS Teams
Date: 25-26 November 2024, 10:00am-14:00pm UK time
Agenda:
In-person research seminar on ‘AI in Search Generative Experience’ with two distinguished speakers: Dr. Uche Onyekpe from Ofcom and Antony Cousins from Cision.
Venue: The Shilling Lecture Theatre
Date: 17 September 2024, 13:30pm-16:00pm
Agenda:
13:30 – 13:45 Welcome and introduction
13:45 – 14:45 Responsible AI in Search Generative Experience by Dr. Uche Onyekpe, Ofcom
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:00 The past, present and future of AI in Communications and Marketing by Antony Cousins, Cision
Venue: Shilling LT
Date: 8 March 2024, 14:00-16:30
Professor Chee Siang (Jim) Ang
Bio: Jim Ang is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computing and Kent and Medway Medical School at the University of Kent. Additionally, he serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries. His primary research interest lies in digital health, with a focus on smart sensing and immersive technology.
Jim Ang is involved in multidisciplinary research in digital health. His research approach is centred around co-design of healthcare systems to achieve real-world impacts through an in-depth understanding of stakeholders and healthcare organisational contexts. Currently, his research focuses on designing, developing and deploying digital technologies, such as virtual/augmented reality, sensing technologies integrated with machine learning in real-world settings to improve the quality of healthcare and ultimately to improve human wellbeing.
Title: Video game, Violence and Dementia
Abstract: When ‘video games’ and ‘health’ are mentioned together, it is often depicted in a negative light. For example: ‘video games can cause addiction and violent behaviours.’ What if we could flip it around and use video games to improve health? In this talk, I will explore ways to address the global challenge of healthcare through the multidisciplinary field of ‘digital health,’ leveraging video game technology to enhance patient outcomes.
Professor Nav Mustafee
Bio: Nav Mustafee is a Professor in Analytics and Operations Management at the University of Exeter Business School. His research focuses on Modelling and Simulation methodologies and their application in healthcare, supply chain management and the circular economy. A particular area of interest is Hybrid Modelling. He is the Primary Investigator for an NHS Devon ICB-funded project related to urgent care, a Co-Investigator for EU projects investigating systemic solutions for resilience to climate change (ARSINOE) and circular economy of water (ULTIMATE), a UKRI-funded project on healthcare redesign (SPHERE) and a new MRC/NIHR-funded project on sharing tools and artefacts for reproducible simulation (STARS) in healthcare. Nav is the recipient of the OR Society’s Lyn Thomas Impact Medal for 2022 for developing a platform informing attendance choices for urgent care. Nav is a Joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Simulation and Vice-President of Publications at The Society For Modeling & Simulation International. He is the Founder and Chair of the Health and Care IMPACT Network, a collaboration between the Business School and NHS Trusts in the South West of England.
Title: Digital Health and Opportunities with Real-time Data and Digital Twins in A&E Departments
Abstract: The talk will discuss digital health in the context of using real-time data for operations management in A&E departments and other centres of minor injuries. A REF2021 impact study on using nudges (indirectsuggestions) to support patients in making informed decisions about available healthcare choices will be presented. The impact study led to the development of a real-time platform called NHSquicker, which provides digital nudges based on live waiting time from a network of A&E departments and urgent care centres (UCCs) in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset (approx. 35 centres). The NHSquicker app allows the patients to make informed decisions, for example, whether they visit a facility which may be nearer to them but with a long waiting time or travel to an alternative location that is further away but with a shorter waiting time. He will discuss the potential of combining live feeds from multiple sources will be discussed with reference to work on integrating NHSquicker with the NHS Directory of Services (DOS). The talk will conclude by discussing current work on using real-time data to develop digital twins.
Joint Research Consortium with the British Academy of Management ‘Working together towards a better Digital Business and Society research’ which will be taking place at RHUL campus in Egham. This collaborative Consortium serves as a nexus for academics engaged in multidisciplinary research, catering to individuals at various stages of their careers, including senior scholars, early career researchers, and Doctoral students.
Venue: The Shilling Auditorium, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX
Date: 5 April 2024, 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
Keynote Speakers
Keynote: Challenges and Opportunities in Working Together Towards a Better Digital Business and Society
Professor Nancy Pouloudi, Professor of Information Systems, Athens University of Economics and Business, President in the Council of Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Keynote: Habits of Innovative Organisations
Ved Sen, Head of Business Innovation, Tata Consultancy Services, UK
Keynote: A Path Less Travelled: from Z to A Making it in Higher Education
Dr Lucy Gill-Simmen, Vice Dean for Education and Student Experience, Royal Holloway, University of London
Panel Discussion: Publishing ‘Digital Research’ in Top Journals and Generating Research Impact
Professor Thanos Papadopoulos, University of Kent, Associate Editor, British Journal of Management
Professor Suprateek Sarker, Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Eminent Professor of Commerce, Editor-in-Chief, Information Systems Research
Professor Giampaolo Viglia, University of Portsmouth, Editor-in-Chief, Psychology and Marketing
Panel discussion: Managing a successful ‘Digital’ Focused academic career
Professor Savvas Papagiannidis, Vice Dean of the BAM College of Fellows, Professor of Innovation & Enterprise, Head of Information Systems & Operations, Newcastle University Business School
Professor Sameer Hosany, Professor of Marketing, Head of Department of Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr. Mina Tajvidi, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Queen Mary University of London
Presentations (parallel sessions)
The event is open to all academics within and beyond RHUL, at any stage of their career. Abstracts submissions can be made via email to DOSdirectors@rhul.ac.uk.
Abstract submission deadline: 20th February 2024 (Closed)
Authors notification deadline: 25th February 2024
Registration deadline: 27th March 2024
Registration is now open through BAM’s website: https://www.bam.ac.uk/events-landing/ems-event-calendar/working-together-towards-a-better-digital-business-and-society-research.html
Upcoming online research seminar on Generative AI in Research, with two expert speakers Professor Mark Lycett and Professor Jason Thatcher.
Venue: Online via Teams
Date: 30th January 2024, 4pm-5:30pm
Digital Organisation and Society (DOS) research centre upcoming research seminar with Dr Vincent Miller, Reader in Sociology and Cultural Studies in the SSPSSR, University of Kent.
Room: BOILER-0-07-Hybrid (the event will be hybrid and colleagues can join via Teams too)
Date: 20th November 10:30-12pm
About
Dr Miller is an active researcher, writer, and teacher in the inter-disciplinary areas of digital culture/new media studies, social theory and cultural/social/urban spatial studies. Dr Miller completed his PhD in Sociology at Lancaster University (under John Urry and Bulent Diken) and his BA and MA in Geography at the University of Alberta, Canada.
We are delighted to announce the 2023 DOS impact event. This is the time of the year when we celebrate the impactful research of our DOS members and engage with industry experts and Editors of top journals for new research ideas and potential future collaborations.
This year’s DOS impact event will be taking place on the 28th (online via Teams) and 29th June (in person at Stewart House, London, Room 2/3). Please find the event poster attached for more details.
On the 28th June, Professor Andrew Burton-Jones, The University of Queensland, EIC of MIS Quarterly will be providing a talk. We will then welcome our first industry speaker John O’Shanahan, Managing Director of LeanBPI to provide a talk, sharing his experience in academic-industry collaborations.
On the 29th June, we will welcome our second industry speaker, Aaron Roberson, Co-founder of CityVue, who will provide a talk on smart technologies for safety. We will then be celebrating the great impactful work of our DOS members Professor G. ‘Hari’ Harindranath, Dr Ling Xiao and Dr. Lucy Gill-Simmen, Dr LakshmiNarasimhan Chari. Finally, to celebrate the end of another successful year for DOS, we will be visiting Frameless for a live digital immersive experience with 42 masterpieces in 4 galleries.
The event will be open to colleagues and academics from other UK-universities.
Digital Organisation and Society (DOS) research centre upcoming research seminar with Professor Israr Qureshi, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and ICT for Development at Australian National University, who will be delivering a talk on Social Intermediation – Role of ICTs.
Room: Picture Gallery (the event will be hybrid and colleagues can join via Teams too)
Date: 21st June 3pm-4pm
About
Israr Qureshi is a Professor at the Research School of Management, Australian National University (ANU). He is the Director of ASCEND (Australian Social Cohesion-Exploring New Directions) Grand Challenge Project. He is a member of ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions and an associate editor at Business & Society and Information Systems Journal. He recently concluded his associate editorship at MIS Quarterly. He was a member (Civil Society Group) and observer (Technical Working Group) on the recently concluded Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. His research projects focus on social value creation through alternative organizing, drawing from his extensive pro-bono experience of advising social enterprises and ventures. Israr’s work highlights the potential of ICTs for social transformation while emphasizing the need for inclusivity, sustainability, and participatory approaches in ICT4D interventions. He has extensively studied social intermediation and social entrepreneurship initiatives.
DOS Research Centre is pleased to invite you to an event with its Distinguished Speaker Professor Sundeep Sahay, Professor of Information Systems, at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
16 November 2022 DOS Distinguished Speaker Lecture
Tea and Coffee from 13:30 Moore Auditorium, Moore Building, Royal Holloway, Egham Campus
Speaker: Prof Sundeep Sahay, University of Oslo, Norway
Engaging with health inequities in the Global South is a key priority, which is inscribed in a number of the SDGs, e.g. SDG3 (health and well-being for all), SDG5 (women’s equality and empowerment) and SDG10 (reduce inequality within and among countries). Digital technologies indeed have a role to play in supporting efforts to mitigate health inequities and contribute towards achieving these goals. But, what has been our experience till date? They oscillate between visions of deep despair with 90% of digital initiatives being branded as total or partial failures or extreme optimism with AI and Machine Learning being positioned as the silver bullet to address health challenges. A summary inference which can be drawn from experiences to date is that the potential of digital technologies to address health inequities has not been adequately materialized in practice, in the context of the Global South. Understanding what are some of the reasons underlying this inference and reflecting on what can be done about it, will be the focus of this talk. Sundeep will draw upon his 20+ years of experience of studying and working with health information systems in the Global South, to raise some relevant questions and seek to find approaches to engage with this urgent issue.
About
Sundeep Sahay is Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway. He currently holds affiliate appointments at the Centre of Sustainable Healthcare Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and at the Information School, Sheffield University, UK. The focus of his work has been on the design, development, integration, use and sustainability of health information architectures in developing countries, with a primary focus in the Indian public health system. Sundeep has worked closely with policy makers, health programme managers and field level health functionaries. He has extensive experience with management of research projects involving partners from universities, public health sector, and also running an NGO.