Whitley, Edgar


Dr Edgar Whitley  

Department

Position held

Department of Management

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG)

Reader in Information Systems

Experience keywords:

innovation; policy; plagiarism; identity assurance; information systems; Commons-based peer production; identity cards

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Edgar is the research co-ordinator of the LSE Identity Project and represented the project at the Science and Technology Select Committee review of the UK Identity Cards Scheme. Edgar has written extensively about the Identity Cards Programme for both academic and trade audiences and is a frequent media commentator on the Scheme.

Edgar's research draws on his interests in social theory and its application to information systems. His recent publications include work on FLOSS, international students and academic writing, and the technological and political aspects of the UK Identity Cards Scheme.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

BankingConsultancyInformation TechnologyPolicy and Regulatory BodiesPublic Administration

Languages:

Welsh [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7410

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2009

Willcocks, Leslie P. and Whitley, Edgar A. (2009) Developing the information and knowledge agenda in information systems: insights from philosophy. Information society, 25 (3). pp. 190-197. ISSN 0197-2243

2008

Whitley, Edgar A. and Cordella, Antonio and Kallinikos, Jannis (2008) Personal reflections on Claudio Ciborra's life and work. European journal of information systems, 14 (5). pp. 437-438. ISSN 0960-085x

Willcocks, Leslie P. and Whitley, Edgar A. and Avgerou, Chrisanthi (2008) The ranking of top IS journals: a perspective from London School of Economics. European journal of information systems, 17 (2). pp. 163-168. ISSN 0960-085X

Whitley, Edgar A. and Grous, Alexander (2008) How international postgraduate students tackle writing assignments: an empirical study. International journal of applied linguistics, 156 (1). pp. 329-330. ISSN 0019-0810

2007

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. and Angell, Ian and Davies, Simon (2007) Reflections on the academic policy analysis process and the UK identity cards scheme. The information society, 23 (1). pp. 51-58. ISSN 1087-6537

Whitley, Edgar A. and Galliers, Robert D. (2007) Vive les differences? Developing a profile of European information systems research as a basis for international comparisons. European journal of information systems, 16 (1). pp. 20-35. ISSN 0960-085X

Galliers, Robert D. and Whitley, Edgar A. and Paul, Ray J (2007) The European Information Systems Academy. European journal of information systems, 16 (1). pp. 3-4. ISSN 0960-085x

2006

Hayes, Niall and Whitley, Edgar A. and Introna, Lucas D. (2006) Power, knowledge and management information systems education: the case of the Indian learner. In:International Conference on Information Systems (10-13 Dec 2006 : Milwaukee, WI., USA).

Whitley, Edgar A. and Galliers, R.D. and Clemmensen, T. and Vidgen, R.T. (2006) Panel: determining the profile of the ECIS community a bibliometrics approach. In:Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Conference on Information Systems (12-14 Jun 2006 : Goteborg, Sweden).

Whitley, Edgar A. and Darking, M. and Dini, P. (2006) The challenge of building public technology infrastructure: issues of governance and sustainability in a digital business ecosystem. In:Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Conference on Information Systems (12-14 Jun 2006 : Goteborg, Sweden).

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2006) The LSE identity project. House of Lords : All party briefing : on the amendment concerning designated document powers. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Whitley, Edgar A. (2006) The LSE Identity Project : third report : Home Office accounting. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2006) The LSE identity project. House of Lords : All party briefing : "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear”. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2006) The LSE identity project. House of Lords : All party briefing : identity fraud. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2006) The LSE identity project. House of Lords : All party briefing for report stage : Amendments 38 & 54, and 46 & 52 : voluntary v. compulsory regime. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2006) ID Cards - LSE declines to issue further costings because of 'secrecy and contradictions'. Press Release,

Whitley, Edgar A. (2006) The identity project: research status report. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cadili, Sarah and Whitley, Edgar A. (2006) Interpretative flexibility and hosted ERP systems. In: Desouza, Kevin C., (ed.) Agile information systems: conceptualization, construction, and management. Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 188-206. ISBN 9780750682350

Whitley, Edgar A. and Darking, Mary (2006) Object lessons and invisble technologies. Journal of information technology, 21 (3). pp. 176-184. ISSN 0268-3962

Whitley, Edgar A and Darking, Mary (2006) Object lessons and invisible technologies. Journal of information technology, 21 (3). pp. 176-184. ISSN 0268-3962

2005

Whitley, Edgar A. (2005) Visiting the red-light zones with Claudio. European journal of information systems, 14 (5). pp. 477-479. ISSN 0960-085X

Cordella, Antonio and Whitley, Edgar A. and Kallinikos, Jannis (2005) Editorial Personal reflections on Claudio Ciborra's life and work : special issue. European journal of information systems, 14 (5). pp. 437-438. ISSN 0960-085x

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2005) LSE team responds to Home Office criticisms of The Identity Project report. Press release,

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2005) LSE team responds to Home Office’s criticisms of The Identity Project report. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2005) On double counting costs for an ID system. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Department of Information Systems, LSE (2005) The LSE identity project report : executive summary. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cadili, Sarah and Whitley, Edgar A. (2005) On the interpretative flexibility of hosted ERP. Journal of strategic information systems, 14 (2). pp. 167-195. ISSN 0963-8687

Cadili, Sarah and Whitley, Edgar A. (2005) On the interpretive flexibility of hosted ERP systems. The journal of strategic information systems, 14 (2). pp. 167-195. ISSN 0963-8687

Hayes, Niall and Introna, Lucas and Whitley, Edgar A. (2005) Plagiarism, values and computing: differing cultural expectations of academic work in information systems education. In:Business, Management and Accountancy Subject Centre (BEST) Conference (6-8th April 2005 : Ealing, London, UK).

Avison, David and Kautz, Karlheinz and Sigala, Marianna and Whitley, Edgar A. and Winter, Robert (2005) Becoming engaged with conferences: Reputations and networks. Communications of the ais, 16 (46). pp. 895-903. ISSN 1529-3181

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2005) Policy discourse and data retention : the technology politics of surveillance in the United Kingdom. Telecommunications policy, 29 (11). pp. 857-874. ISSN 0308-5961

Whitley, Edgar A. and Avison, David and Kautz, Karlheinz and Sigala, Marianna and Winter, Robert (2005) Panel: becoming involved with conferences: lessons from ECIS. In: Bartmann, D. and Rajola, F. and Kallinikos, J. and Avison, D., (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems. ECIS, Regensburg, Germany, pp. 1763-1764. ISBN 3937195092

2004

Whitley, Edgar A. and Mosse, B. (2004) Assessing UK e-government websites: classification and benchmarking. In:12th European Conference on Information Systems (14-16 June 2004 : Turku, Finland).

Whitley, Edgar A. (2004) Virtual society? Technology, cyberbole, reality edited by Steve Woolgar [book review]. British journal of sociology, 55 (2). pp. 311-312. ISSN 0007-1315

Whitley, Edgar A. and Sieber, Sandra and Cáliz, Cristina and Darking, Mary and Frigerio, Chiara and Jacucci, Edoardo and Noteberg, Anna and Rill, Michael (2004) What's it like to do an information systems PhD in Europe ? Diversity in practice of IS research. Communications of the AIS, 13 (21). pp. 317-335. ISSN 1529-3181

Whitley, Edgar A. (2004) Ruling the root: internet governance and the taming of cyberspace [book review]. Information technology and people, 17 (4). ISSN 0959-3845

Mlcakova, Adela and Whitley, Edgar A. (2004) Configuring peer-to-peer software : an empirical study of how users react to the regulatory features of software. European journal of information systems, 13 (2). pp. 95-102. ISSN 0960-085x

Salvador, Tony and Rose, Jeremy and Whitley, Edgar A and Wilson, Melanie (2004) New insights into studying agency and information technology. In: Kaplan, Bonnie and Truex, Duane P. and Wastell, David and Wood-Harper, A. Trevor and De Gross, Janice I., (eds.) Information systems research: relevant theory and informed practice. Springer, pp. 653-654. ISBN 9781402080944

Whitley, Edgar A. (2004) A computer called LEO: Lyons teashops and the world's first office computer [book review]. Information technology and people, 17 (1). pp. 102-104. ISSN 0959-3845

Whitley, Edgar A. (2004) Sociology of information systems: external programme study guide. University of London, London, UK.

2002

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. (2002) The regulation of electronic commerce : learning from the UK's RIP act. Journal of strategic information systems, 11 (1). pp. 31-58. ISSN 0963-8687

Tsiavos, Prodromos and Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2002) An exploration of the emergence, development and evolution of regulatory characteristics of information systems. In:23rd International Conference on Information Systems (15-18 December 2002 : Barcelona, Spain).

Lee, Heejin and Whitley, Edgar A. (2002) Special issue on time and information technology: temporal impacts on individuals, organizations, and society. The information society, 18 (4). pp. 235-240. ISSN 0197-2243

2001

Whitley, Edgar A. and Pouloudi, Athanasia (2001) Studying the translations of NHSnet. Journal of end user computing, 13 (3). pp. 30-40. ISSN 1063-2239

2000

Whitley, Edgar A. and Pouloudi, Athanasia (2000) Representing human and non-human stakeholders: on speaking with authority. In: Organizational and social perspectives on information technology. Kluwer, Aalborg, pp. 339-354. ISBN 9780792378365

Introna, Lucas D. and Whitley, Edgar A. (2000) About experiments and style : a critique of laboratory research in information systems. Information technology & people, 13 (3). pp. 161-173. ISSN 0959-3845

1998

Whitley, Edgar A. (1998) Method-ism in practice : investigating the relationship between method and understanding in web page design. In:19th International Conference on Information Systems (13-16 December 1998 : Helsinki, Finland).

1997

Whitley, Edgar A. (1997) In cyberspace all they see is your words : a review of the relationship between body, behaviour and identity drawn from the sociology of knowledge. Information technology & people, 10 (2). pp. 147-163. ISSN 0959-3845

Whitley, Edgar A. (1997) Against method-ism : exploring the limits of method. Logistics information management, 10 (5). pp. 235-245. ISSN 1741-0398

1993

Whitley, Edgar A. (1993) Proceedings of the First European Conference on Information Systems. Operational Research Society, Birmingham, U.K.. ISBN 0903440075

1992

Poulymenakou, Angeliki and Cornford, Tony and Whitley, Edgar A. (1992) Knowledge acquisition for organisational problem solving : developing expert systems and beyond. Expert systems with applications, 5 (1-2). pp. 121-130. ISSN 0957-4174

1990

Whitley, Edgar Albrecht (1990) Embedding expert systems in semi-formal domains : examining the boundaries of the knowledge base. London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London;Department of Information Systems

1988

Whitley, Edgar A. and Doukidis, Georgios (1988) Developing expert systems. Chartwell-Bratt, Bromley. ISBN 0862381967

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