Institute of Communication Studies - Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications

Dr Simon Smith

PhD (Bradford)

Position: Research Associate

Most recently I worked on the European eParticipation study with Ann Macintosh and other partners in Denmark and Greece, funded by the European Commission. For further details see our project website

My research interests cut across geography, sociology, political science and communication studies:

- e-democracy and e-participation;

- interrelationships between new and old media;

- interrelationships between virtual and physical communities;

- questions of digital and social inclusion/exclusion;

- urbanisation, urban and rural space;

- e-health and the use of the Internet for health promotion;

- public participation in strategic planning and decision-making;

- local and regional governance - institutions and identities;

- European governance and identity;

- social, political and spatial transformation in Central and Eastern Europe;

- Czech, Slovak, French society and culture.

Conference presentations available online

'Media-hosted eParticipation and the journalistic field: case studies from Europe', paper to be presented at Médias09: entre communautés et mobilité, L'Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III, 16-17 December 2009. Paper Presentation

'What should participation achieve and how can technology help?' European eParticipation study workshop on eParticipation in Europe: current state and potential, Brussels May 16, 2008. http://195.251.218.37/ep/Smith.pdf

'Local Issues Discussion Forums in Comparative Perspective: Whose Voices are Heard?' ELOST workshop on eGovernment and Social Inclusion: Barriers, Opportunities and Future Direction, Brussels March 11, 2008. http://www.elost.org/smith.pdf

Publications

Simon Smith, Sally Lindsay & Paul Bellaby (2010) 'Social inclusion at different scales in the urban environment: locating the community to empower' Urban Studies 47(9).

Simon Smith & Efpraxia Dalakiouridou (2009) 'Contextualising Public (e)Participation in the Governance of the European Union' European Journal of ePractice no.7 (March 2009). http://www.epracticejournal.eu/about

Simon Smith (2009) 'From inclusive spaces to inclusionary texts: how eParticipation can help overcome social exclusion' in Ferro, E., Dwivedi, Y., Gil-Garcia, J. & Williams, M. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: constructing an equitable and competitive information society, Hershey, PA: IGI Global: Chapter XXIX Table of contents

Sally Lindsay, Simon Smith, Paul Bellaby & Rose Baker (2009) 'The health impact of an online heart disease support group: a comparison of moderated versus unmoderated support' Health Education Research 24(4):646-654 Abstract PDF

Simon Smith (2008) 'Local issues discussion forums in comparative perspective: whose voices are heard?' Innovation: the European Journal of Social Science Research 21(4): 371-87. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a907102426~db=all~order=page

Sally Lindsay & Simon Smith (2008) 'The role of social capital in research participation' in Kupta, K., Svendsen, G. & Maiti, P. (eds.) Reinventing Trust: Discourses in Social Capital, New Delhi: Atlantic Books, vol.1 ch.13. http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no58083.htm

Sally Lindsay, Simon Smith & Paul Bellaby (2008) 'Can informal e-learning bridge the digital divide?' Social Policy and Society 7(3): 319-30. Abstract

Sally Lindsay, Paul Bellaby, Simon Smith & Rose D Baker (2008) 'Enabling healthy choices: is ICT the highway to health improvement?' Health: An interdisciplinary journal in the study of health and illness 12(3): 313-31. http://hea.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/3/313

Sally Lindsay, Simon Smith, Frances Bell, Paul Bellaby (2007) 'Tackling the digital divide: Exploring the impact of ICT on managing heart conditions' Information, Communication & Society 10(1): 95-114. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a771335813~db=all~order=page

Simon Smith (2007) 'Strategic planning as region building on the eastern periphery of the EU' European Planning Studies 15(8): 1007-25. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a780846923~db=all~order=page

Simon Smith, (2006) 'Strategic planning, regional governance and regional identity building in Prešov region' Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review 38(6): 483-506.

Simon Smith (2006) 'Plánování pé e o zdraví v eské republice a Anglii (Planning for health and wellbeing in the Czech Republic and England)' Zdravotnictví v eské republice (Health Care in the Czech Republic) 9(3): 110-13.

Martin Myant, Simon Smith (2006) 'Regional Development and Post-Communist Politics in a Czech Region' Europe-Asia Studies 58(2): 147-68.

Simon Smith (2005) 'Partnerství, vládnutí a regionalizace. Kritická analýza pYíle~itostí dostupných místním aktérom, vytváYených plánováním regionálního rozvoje v Ústeckém kraji a komunitním plánováním v LitomYicích' (Partnership, governance and regionalisation. A critical analysis of the opportunities open to local actors in regional development planning and local community planning), in Šašek, M., Myant, M. & Smith, S. Regionální rozvoj Ústeckého kraje (Regional Development in Ústí nad Labem region), Ústí nad Labem: Acta Universitatis Purkynianae, June 2005.

Simon Smith (2004) 'Territorial Governance, Settlement Hierarchies and the Project for the Urbanisation of Slovakia', Hierarchy as the Strength and Weakness of Communist Rule. The Legacy of Communist Rule IV: A Volume of Papers from the Seminar Held in Prague on September 11-12, 2003, Prague: Sociologický ústav AV R.

Simon Smith (ed.) (2003) Local Communities and Post-Communist Transformation. Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, London & New York: RoutledgeCurzon.

Simon Smith (2001) 'Local Culture in Slovakia' Sociológia/Slovak Sociological Review 33(6): 569-92.

Martin Myant, Brian Slocock, Simon Smith (2000) 'Tripartism in the Czech and Slovak Republics' Europe-Asia Studies 52(4): 723-39.

Brian Slocock, Simon Smith (2000) 'Interest politics and identity formation in post-communist societies: the Czech and Slovak trade union movement' Contemporary Politics 6(3): 215-30.

Simon Smith (2000) 'Collective action and institutional transformation: a comparative review of Polish, Czech and Slovak trade union experience' European Studies Working Paper 21, University of Paisley, December 2000.

Martin Myant, Simon Smith (1999) 'Czech Trade Unions in Comparative Perspective' European Journal of Industrial Relations 5(3): 265-85.

Reports

Simon Smith (2008) The Digital Inclusion Project in Ferguslie and Moorpark, Renfrewshire. An independent evaluation report based on two surveys of participating residents Report for Renfrewshire Council, February 2008.

Simon Smith, Hugh Maguiness, Brian Slocock (2004) The West Johnstone Digital Inclusion Project: An Evaluation Study Report for Renfrewshire Council, University of Paisley, School of Social Sciences, August 2004. Main report. Appendices.