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.
Returning to Sheffield after more than a decade has been a mixture of nostalgia and new opportunities. I first came here in 2011 to complete my MA in Librarianship, and now, I find myself back as a visiting scholar at the Information School. My time as a visiting researcher at the University of Sheffield has been truly rewarding. I am an academic staff at Harran University in Turkey supported for this visit by Tubitak (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). This visit has been a great opportunity for my academic and professional development. I am conducting research on artificial intelligence within GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) institutions. I have especially valued the support of my supervisor Dr. Andrew Cox who has guided me through this process. He is an extremely helpful, supportive and understanding person. The University of Sheffield has provided me with an excellent working environment, surrounded by helpful staff and dynamic research...
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