Wasim
Ahmed, a second year PhD student at the Information School, and member of
the Health Informatics
Research Group, has recently been featured in the thirteenth
edition of the White Rose Social Sciences DTC newsletter; “DTC Matters”.The feature highlighted Wasim’s post on Twitter tools posted in July 2015, which received 13 thousand views and was ranked as the fourth most read all year.The post also highlighted the media attention surrounding a follow up post Amplified messages: How hashtag activism and Twitter diplomacy converged
at #ThisIsACoup – and won which was
cross posted on Democratic
Audit UK, LSE
European Politics and Policy,
LSE British Politics & Policy, and is now indexed within Google News
Search results.
We are pleased to announce that Dr Kate Miltner has joined the UK Young Academy, an interdisciplinary network of early-career professionals and researchers working together to tackle pressing global and local challenges and promote lasting change. Dr Miltner is among the 42 emerging leaders from across the UK selected as the newest members of the UK Young Academy. The new members come from a wide range of sectors, with backgrounds in political science, engineering, government, communications and the creative and performing industries, and more. As members of the UK Young Academy, they will have the opportunity to take action on both local and global issues. Through interdisciplinary projects and working across sectors, they will bridge gaps, drive innovation, and develop the solutions needed to address critical challenges – all while advancing their professional development and contributing to a global network of Young Academies focused on achieving positive outcomes. "I'm tru...
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