Whitley, Edgar
Dr Edgar Whitley
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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.
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Banking; Consultancy; Information Technology; Policy and Regulatory Bodies; Public Administration
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Languages: Welsh [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
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 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 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 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). Whitley, Edgar A. and Darking, Mary (2006) Object lessons and invisble technologies. Journal of information technology, 21 (3). pp. 176-184. ISSN 0268-3962 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 invisible technologies. Journal of information technology, 21 (3). pp. 176-184. ISSN 0268-3962 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 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). 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 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 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 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) Ruling the root: internet governance and the taming of cyberspace [book review]. Information technology and people, 17 (4). ISSN 0959-3845 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. 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 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 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 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 Whitley, Edgar A. (1993) Proceedings of the First European Conference on Information Systems. Operational Research Society, Birmingham, U.K.. ISBN 0903440075 Whitley, Edgar A. and Doukidis, Georgios (1988) Developing expert systems. Chartwell-Bratt, Bromley. ISBN 0862381967
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