Dr. Miguel Nunes has been
awarded a High-end Expert National Fellowship at the School of Information
Resources Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing (ranked as a top 10
university in China and 1st in Social Sciences). This National Fellowship is awarded for the
period of January 2015- December 2017 by the Chinese
National State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA).
Dr
Nunes visited Renmin University of China in April and June 2015 and
during June 2015 he also attended and chaired a session at
the International Conference on Digital Archival Resources organised by
the School of Information Resources Management. On a more relaxed and
celebratory note, Dr Nunes also attended the 2015 School's graduation
and thoroughly enjoyed the interaction with recent graduates and staff.
As part of his duties in Renmin, Dr Nunes will continue to support and help develop the
areas of qualitative research methods and information systems change
management. Dr Nunes already has some
active engagement with PhD students and young staff members in these areas and
is also involved in a number of research proposals to the Natural Science
Foundation of China (NSCF) and the British Academy. Dr Nunes has found the experience of working
with staff and students in Renmin University extremely rewarding and positive
and looks forward to visiting China again in March 2016.
This is not the first professional engagement
of Dr Nunes with Chinese Universities, having been previously Visiting
Professor at the Information Schools of Wuhan University and Nanjing University
as well as at the Business School of Wuhan Huazhong University. The
collaboration with Wuhan University has been particularly productive, resulting
in a number of referred academic journal and international conference
publications and co-investigator roles in one NSCF and one Wuhan University
funded research projects.
Further information on the April visit to
Renmin University of China can be found here. Details on the June
visit can be found here
with more information on the June Conference here.
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