Laurence Brooks

Personal profile

Laurence Brooks is Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His research interests are around the area of ICT and people, whether at the individual, group or societal level. I have engaged with this in a number of areas, including social media, eGovernment, ICT4D and health, and mostly using a range of social theory (ie. Sociomateriality, Structuration Theory, Actor Network Theory), as well as developing an interest into the ethics of emerging technologies.

Research interests/expertise

• Ethics of emerging technologies
• ICT for development (ICT4D)
• Social Theory
• Social Media
• Emerging technologies (Big Data)
• eGovernment
• Policy Informatics
• Healthcare ICT
• Socio-Technical
• Qualitative Approach
• ICT and information ethics

Areas of teaching

• Ethics
• Social Media
• IS Strategy and Management
• Research Methods
• Digital Innovation

Qualifications

• PhD University of Liverpool, UK
• BSc. (Hons.) Psychology, University of Bristol, UK

Honours and awards

• Brunel University London, Star award, 2012
• Short listed by students for Brunel Innovative Teaching award, 2012
• Volunteer spotlight award for outstanding contributions to AIS membership task group, 2008
• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) best paper award nomination, 2005
• European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) best paper award, 2000