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Helen Margetts
Helen Margetts in Oxford
Born
Helen Zerlina Margetts

(1961-09-15) 15 September 1961 (age 62)
NationalityBritish
AwardsPolitical Scientists Making a Difference (with Patrick Dunleavy) by the UK Policy Studies Association
Academic background
Alma materLondon School of Economics and Political Science
ThesisComputerisation in American and British central government 1975-95: policy-making, internal regulation and contracting in information technology (1996)
Academic work
Main interestsPolitical science
Websitehttp://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/associates/helen-margetts.html

Helen Zerlina Margetts[1] (born 15 September 1961),[2][3] is Director of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Professor of Internet and Society at the University of Oxford.[4] She is a political scientist specialising in digital era governance and politics, and has published over a hundred books, journal articles and research reports in this field. Prior to joining the OII in October 2004, she was a Professor in Political Science and Director of the Public Policy Programme at University College London.[5][6] She holds many advisory positions, including sitting on the Digital Advisory Board of the UK Government Digital Service.[7][8][9]

Career

Margetts obtained her first degree, a BSc in mathematics, from the University of Bristol.[4] In her early career she was a computer programmer and systems analyst with Rank Xerox,[5][4] after which she took up postgraduate study at the London School of Economics.[10] There she earned a MSc in Politics and Public Policy (awarded in 1990) and a PhD in Government (in 1996).[10] From 1994 to 1999 she lectured at Birkbeck College, London.[10]

Amongst her research projects at the OII, she has used a variety of methods to investigate how the Internet can affect the relationship between citizens and government, and how informational cues can affect the success of online petitions and charity fundraising.[11][12] In March 2011 she was an expert witness for the UK Parliament's Public Accounts Committee's investigation into the cost of publicly funded information technology projects.[13]

Bibliography

Books

Margetts has co-authored a series of books which have helped to define the field of digital-era governance:

  • Margetts, Helen; Smyth, Gareth, eds. (1994). Turning Japanese?: Britain with a permanent party of government. London: Lawrence & Wishart. ISBN 9780853157854.
  • Margetts, Helen Zerlina (1996). Computerisation in American and British central government 1975-95: policy-making, internal regulation and contracting in information technology (Ph.D. thesis). University of London. OCLC 556741174.
  • Margetts, Helen (1999). Information technology in government: Britain and America. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203208038.
  • Margetts, Helen; Dowding, Keith; Hughes, James (2001). Challenges to democracy: ideas, involvement, and institutions. The Political Studies Association Yearbook 2000. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave. ISBN 9780333789827.
  • Margetts, Helen; Dunleavy, Patrick; Weir, Stuart; Trevor, Smith (2005). Voices of the people: popular attitudes to democratic renewal in Britain. London: Politico's. ISBN 9781842751343.
  • Margetts, Helen Z.; Hood, Christopher C. (2007). The tools of government in the digital age. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230001435.
  • Margetts, Helen; Dunleavy, Patrick; Bastow, Simon; Tinkler, Jane (2008). Digital era governance: IT corporations, the state, and e-government. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199547005.
  • Margetts, Helen; Hood, Christopher; 6, Perri (2010). Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199573547. {{cite book}}: |last3= has numeric name (help)
  • Margetts, Helen; John, Peter; Hale, Scott A.; Yasseri, Taha (2016). Political turbulence: how social media shape collective action. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691159225.
Chapters in books
Journal articles
Papers

Awards

In 2003 Margetts and Patrick Dunleavy were presented with the 'Political Scientists Making a Difference' award by the UK Policy Studies Association, in recognition for their work on a series of policy reports assessing the state of Government on the Internet for the UK National Audit Office.[4]

References

  1. ^ Margetts, Helen Zerlina (1996). Computerisation in American and British central government 1975-95: policy-making, internal regulation and contracting in information technology (Ph.D. thesis). University of London. OCLC 556741174.
  2. ^ "Margetts, Helen". Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 August 2016. data sheet (b. 9-15-1961)
  3. ^ "MARGETTS, Helen Zerlina". Who's Who. November 2015. ISBN 9780199540884.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ a b c d "Professor Helen Margetts". oii.ox.ac.uk. Oxford Internet Institute. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b Schofield, Jack; Doyle, Eric; Mathieson, S. A. (28 April 2004). "IT news". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Digital Advisory Board profile - Professor Helen Margetts". gds.blog.gov.uk. Government Digital Service. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ Lane Fox, Martha (25 April 2012). "Introducing the Digital Advisory Board | Government Digital Service". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ^ Solon, Olivia (25 April 2012). "Digital Advisory Board to support Government Digital Service (Wired UK)". Wired UK. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  9. ^ Hall, Kathleen (25 April 2012). "Government launches Digital Advisory Board". ComputerWeekly. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Helen Margetts | Associate Members | Academic | Profiles". www.politics.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  11. ^ Clarke, Amanda (20 December 2013). "Oxford Internet Institute". In Harvey, Kerric (ed.). Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics. SAGE Publications. p. 938. ISBN 9781452290263.
  12. ^ Lowther, Ed (4 September 2013). "First day 'is crucial for success of e-petitions'". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  13. ^ Committee, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select (28 July 2011). Government and IT - a Recipe for Rip-offs: Time for a New Approach, Twelfth Report of Session 2010-11, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence. The Stationery Office. ISBN 9780215561077.
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