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Creds

PROJECTS

  • G-Nation.co.uk- Youth volunteering magazine-site run by the The Giving Campaign (Producer, 2002)
  • HansardSociety.org.uk - Hansard Society corporate website (Producer, 2003 - 2007)
  • HeadsUp.org.uk - Forum website where young people and MPs deliberate on political events, policies and legislation (Producer and Moderator, 2003 - 2005)
  • TellParliament.net - Site hosting online consultations by Parliamentary select committees (Producer and Moderator, 2003 - 2006)
  • HousetoHomelive.com - Interactive exhibition website (Producer, 2004)
  • DiabetesDialogue.org.uk - Forum site for APPG on Diabetes (Producer and Moderator, 2004 - 2005)
  • OnlineSurgeries.co.uk - Site hosting realtime MPs surgeries (Producer, 2005 - 2006)
  • DigitalDialogues.org.uk - Series of 20+ forums, webchats and blogs commissioned by central government departments to facilitate public engagement exercises (Producer and Moderator, 2005 - 2008)
  • JamiesBigVoice.com - Homelessness policy blog maintained by Jamie McCoy and Crisis (Technical developer, 2005 - 2006)
  • MockElections.co.uk - Citizenship Education resource for UK schools (Executive Producer, 2005)
  • DemocracySeries.org.uk - Forum website focussing on the development of democracy in 21st Century (Producer, 2006)
  • Im-Local.net - Citizenship Education resource for English schools and local councils (Executive Producer, 2006)
  • CitizenCalling.com - Site used to host select committee evidence submitted by mobile phones (Producer and Moderator, 2006)
  • WorkJam.org - Social network site to facilitate discussion by community of young people of work-related themes, built for British Council (Producer, 2007)
  • P4tF.org.uk - Blog-based site to distribute the Parliament for the Future project report and encourage discussion of the themes of the report (Producer and Author, 2007)
  • LordsoftheBlog.net - Outreach blog maintained by Members of the House of Lords (Executive Producer, 2007)
  • Dogdigital.co.uk - Agency site (Producer, 2008)

ADVISORY ROLES

  • Youth Voting Network - Advisory panel (2003 - 2004)
  • All Party Parliamentary Group for eDemocracy - Secretariat (2003 - 2005)
  • Channel 4 - Political Awards Advisory panel (2003 - 2006)
  • Parliamentary Press Gallery - Schools Writing Competition Advisor (2003 - 2005)
  • Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Local eDemocracy National Project Steering Group (2004 - 2006)
  • Parliament in the Public Eye Commission - ICT Advisory Group (2005)
  • Bristol City Council - Campaign Creator Steering Group (2005 - 2006)
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations - Third Sector Foresight Expert Panel (2005 - 2007)
  • New Statesman - New Media Awards Judging Panel (2006)
  • Politics Online - Contributing Editor (2006 - 2007)
  • International Centre for Excellence in Local eDemocracy - UK Strategic Advisory Board (2007)
  • Cabinet Office - Social Media Review, External Advisor (2007)
  • Ministry of Justice - Innovations Fund Selection Panel (2007)
  • ESRC/Manchester & Southampton Universities - ‘Civic Behaviour’ Steering Group (2008)

ARTICLES & REPORTS

  • Learning and Skills Development Agency - ‘Dealing with controversial issues in Citizenship’ in Citizenship News (April, 2004)
  • Young People Now - ‘Should 18-year-olds be able to stand as election candidates?’ (April, 2004)
  • Hansard Society - Political Blogs - Craze or Convention? (July, 2004)
  • VoxPolitics.com - Guest blogger over the 2005 General Election campaign (March - May 2005)
  • Young People Now - ‘Young People have serious reservations about ID cards’ (April 2005)
  • Crisis/National Council for Voluntary Organisations - ‘Stepping into the blogosphere’ in Weblogs - a powerful voice for campaigns? (July, 2005)
  • Hansard Society - ‘Diving in the shallow end’ in Spinning the Web - Online Campaigning in the 2005 General Election (July, 2005)
  • The Guardian - ‘Heads up for democratic renewal’ in Guardian ePublic supplement (February, 2006)
  • Hansard Society/Oxford University Press - ‘Thin Democracy? Parliamentarians, Citizens and the Influence of Blogging on Political Engagement’ in Parliamentary Affairs (May, 2006)
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations - Consultation and Campaigning in the age of participatory media (October, 2006)
  • Ministry of Justice/Hansard Society - Digital Dialogues, Interim Report (December, 2006)
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations - ‘Commons in Cyberspace’ for ‘How online communities can make the net work for the VCS’ (April, 2007)
  • Hansard Society/Electoral Commission - Citizen Calling Evaluation Report (April, 2007)
  • International Centre for Excellence in Local Edemocracy - ‘Digital Dialogues: The Lowdown’ (May, 2007)
  • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Today’ in View (May, 2007)
  • Ministry of Justice/Hansard Society - Digital Dialogues, Second Phase Report (August, 2007)
  • Routledge - ‘Chattering Classes - moderation of deliberative online forums in Citizenship Education’ in Young people, Digital Media and Politics (September, 2007)
  • Hansard Society/Oxford University Press - ‘Convergent Evolution: The Development of Online Engagement in Westminster and Whitehall Through the Use of Online Forums’ in Parliamentary Affairs (January, 2008)

PRESENTATIONS

  • UNDP/Law University of Lithuania - ‘Young People and Online consultation’ at Public Online Consultations Conference (May, 2004)
  • Electoral Commission - ‘Build Your Own Politician’ at Liberal Democrat Party Conference (September, 2004)
  • DfES - ‘Embedding ICT@Secondary: Citizenship’ Conference in Newcastle (December, 2004)
  • Hansard Society - ‘The Web, Young people and Participation’ at Young People do It Online seminar (March, 2005)
  • British Council - Young People and Citizenship Online Working visit to Recife, Brazil (April, 2005)
  • British Council - Café Society Video conferences with Turkey, Georgia, Chile and Bulgaria on ‘Young People, Technology and Democracy’ (September, 2005)
  • Headstar/Hansard Society - ‘Democratic Deficit - digital divide and participation’ at UK eDemocracy Conference (September, 2005)
  • York University - ‘P2P Politics: Young people and policy deliberation online’ at Logged On but Disaffected? Young People, Citizenship and ICTs Symposium (September, 2005)
  • De Montfort University - ‘Use of Online Consultation in Parliament’ at Can e-democracy re-engage the public? Conference (October, 2005)
  • Oxford Internet Institute/Berkman Centre - ‘Blogging in Parliament’ at The Internet and Democracy in Eastern Europe Symposium (December, 2005)
  • Goldsmiths College - Political Blogging in the UK (December 2005)
  • Government Communications Network - ‘Digital Dialogues - ICT for consultation’ for eCommunicators Network (February and October 2006, and February 2007)
  • Napier University - Parliament and Online Consultation Seminar (April, 2006)
  • Wellcome Trust - ‘Participation Online’ at Engaging Science (April, 2006)
  • Initiative ProDialog/Politik Digitale - eDemocracy in the UK (June, 2006)
  • British Council - ‘Alternative Media’ for visiting students (August, 2006)
  • Scottish Parliament - ‘Democratic Innovations’ for Festival of Politics (August, 2006)
  • Headstar/Hansard Society - Chair of ‘eDemocracy in the UK’ and ‘Political parties and the internet’ seminars at UK eDemocracy Conference (October, 2006)
  • Institute for Public Policy Research - ‘Citizen Calling’ at ‘Young people and the use of new media technologies’ (December, 2006)
  • Oxford Internet Institute - ‘Digital Dialogues - Government, Citizens and Online Policy Deliberation in the UK’ at ‘Engaging with the ‘Google Generation’ (December, 2006)
  • Apple - Ten Political Websites That Matter (January, 2007)
  • World Trade Group - ‘Transformational Government and Political Engagement’ Keynote Speech, eGov Summit 2007 (March, 2007)
  • Constitution Unit - ‘Blogging Unfolding’ at ‘Blogging and Democracy in the UK’ seminar (March, 2007)
  • Public Administration Select Committee - Putting People First? inquiry evidence session (March, 2007)
  • Editorial Intelligence - How will the internet change politics? (March, 2007)
  • Council of Europe - ‘Digital Dialogues - Government, Citizens and Online Policy Deliberation in the UK’ at ‘Symposium on E-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation’ (April, 2007)
  • Government of Canada - ‘Digital Dialogues - Government, Citizens and Online Policy Deliberation in the UK’ (May, 2007)
  • Parliament of Canada - eDemocracy in the UK (May, 2007)
  • United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs/International Parliamentary Union - Keynote presentation to Global Centre for ICT in Parliaments symposium (May, 2007)
  • Oxford Internet Institute - ‘Parliaments and ICT - You can lead a horse to water but can you make it surf?’ at ‘Parliaments and the Digital Age’ (June, 2007)
  • UNDESA/IPU - ‘Are legislators and citizens ready for new technologies?’ at World e-Parliament Conference (October, 2007)
  • Headstar - Chair of ‘The people’s voice or a waste of time? The value of online petitions’ and ‘Electronic voting: an unnecessary risk?’ seminars at UK eDemocracy Conference (November, 2007)