Australia Public Libraries and the support services for newly settled refugees
The aim of this study is to explore the role of Australian Public Libraries and their support services for newly settled refugees.
Research Theme
Digital Work & Society
The Digital Work & Society theme examines the opportunities and challenges afforded by digital transformation in workplace settings. Our interests include: the interaction between digital technology and workers, organisations, industries and the wider society; how technology can create agency and transform work and society; and how technology adds value to workers, organisations, industries and society. We specialise in research that can lead to impact for workers and organisations, as well as communities and society, and inform policy.
Theme Leaders
Vanessa’s research in information systems and knowledge management examines the impact of technology in complex contexts such as environmental sustainability, emergency management and the future of work. Her current research program in the future of work focuses on topics such as how technology shapes flexible, remote and distanced work (e.g. co-working hubs), the impact of technology on the information behaviours of workers (e.g. disclosure of information on social media) and responses to the use of technology for monitoring worker productivity (e.g. worker perceptions of applications such as MyAnalytics). Vanessa’s research has been published in leading information systems outlets. She is currently a Senior Editor for the Information Systems Journal and Co-Chair of the Association of Information Systems (AIS) Women’s Network College.
Elizabeth is an interdisciplinary academic interested in digital curation, heritage, political participation and the socio-cultural impact of technology. Before joining RMIT in 2018 she worked as a lecturer/senior lecturer at Robert Gordon University in Scotland and a Research Fellow in the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub at the University of Aberdeen. She is an active researcher and has worked on large multi-partner projects in areas such as: Cultural Heritage, Transport Policy and Labour Market Studies. She has been a chief or co-investigator on research grants from funding bodies such as Horizon 2020, RCUK, INTERREG, Heritage Lottery Fund and ERDF. Elizabeth collaborates extensively with researchers from other disciplines including Computing Science, Communications and Media and Built Environment Visualisation.
Researchers
Current Projects
Past Projects
Explaining the Development of Information Security Climate and an Information Security Support Network: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis
The research team performed the longitudinal social network analysis on six networks, which described six forms of socialisation in the workplace over a three-month period,
Platforms and the emergency management sector: understanding the use by organisations and citizens
The study investigates how organisations and citizens use social media to share information in the context of emergencies. Funding: Emergency Management Victoria Dates: October 2017
Events
(Dis)connection in times of social distancing: a round table discussion
Virtual Round Table | Monday, 31st August 2020