[LINK] Fwd: OII News [2004.04.22]: Announcement (New Professor of Society and the Internet)

[Roger Clarke]

I'm not sure that link has ever had much in the way of postings about 
the Oxford Internet Institute.

I visited Bill Dutton (the Director) a couple of years ago, trying to 
convince him that OII needs to embed adequate technological 
understanding within the organisation, to ensure that the social, 
economic and political theorising is well-founded.  We had a pleasant 
chat;  but my key message was unwelcome.

As far as I can see, a single person has any technical background at 
all (Paul Jeffreys, Director of the Oxford University Computing 
Services, and of the Oxford University e-Science Centre);  but he 
only serves on the Management Committee.

It's great that Ted Nelson's (finally!) been invited to participate 
(Latest News, 25 Feb 2004).  But I fear he's going to find an 
organisation with a fairly shallow grasp of what the underlying 
technologies do, and, very importantly, don't do.


From: "Enquiries" <enquiries at oii.ox.ac.uk>
To: <oii-contacts at maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: OII News [2004.04.22]: Announcement (New Professor of 
Society and the Internet)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:03:39 +0100

Dear Colleagues,

Please may we bring your attention to the following announcement:

Professor of Society and the Internet appointed for the Oxford 
Internet Institute
Helen Margetts, currently Professor of Political Science and Director 
of the School of Public Policy at University College London, will be 
Oxford University's first Professor of Society and the Internet and a 
Fellow of Mansfield College. Professor Margetts will join the OII in 
October 2004.

See Press Release at:
<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/oiipress_helenmargetts_20040422.pdf>http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/oiipress_helenmargetts_20040422.pdf

Best wishes,

Kunika Kono
Information Officer
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
1 St Giles
Oxford OX1 3JS
United Kingdom
tel. +44 (0)1865 287210
fax. +44 (0)1865 287211
<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk>http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk


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