|
Name: Judith Gregory
Office: (+47) 2285
2897
Private: (+47) 924 58527
...site under
construction 11 July
2005...
Associate Professor
(Førsteamanuensis), Information Systems, Institutt for Informatikk,
Universitetet i
Oslo
(IFI/UiO)
Professor II (20%), Institute for Form, Theory
and History,
Oslo:School:of
Architecture and Design (AHO), see http://www.aho.no/
Research
interests: My research interests can be described in four
interrelated areas:
- Theory:
Social theory approaches to design and use of information systems
and information and communication technologies in large technical
systems; conceptualizing standardization of practices (work
practices) and systems (technical design and practices) in balance
with local autonomy, flexibility and participation
- Design:
design research, understanding design practices and processes;
alternative design strategies including participatory design;
computer-supported collaborative work; potential uses of mobile
technologies; interactive media and web design
- Health
informatics: design and use of electronic patient records;
clinical information systems and health management information
systems, mobile technologies in medical education and clinical
practice; health information systems in developing countries
- Methods:
developing qualitative research methods (from social theory
perspectives) for IS/IT design and for understanding work
practices and social interactions through ethnographic research.
Teaching
- In
Spring 2005, I led the Doctoral Design course, Transdisciplinary
Research in the Making Professions, at the Oslo School of
Architecture and Design, with Thomas Binder, Danish Centre for
Design Research, and Halina Dunin-Woyseth, AHO, with UiO guest
lecturers from IFI, InterMedia and Communication & Media. See
course
readings.
- In
Spring 2005, I co-taught the
Doctoral Theory Course (INF 9200) with Sundeep Sahay and guest
lecturers from IS, IFI, UiO and Communication & Media. This is
a national Norwegian course – for information, contact Ann-Helen
Lang, annl@ifi.uio.no.
- In
Autumn semester 2004, I taught Qualitative
Research Methods (INF5220), a course for IFI/UiO masters and
doctoral students. See http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF5220/index-eng.html.
- Recent
PHD dissertations of interest – an ad hoc working list for PHD
assignment: critique of a recent PHD dissertation.
- In
Autumn 2003, I taught Computer Supported
Cooperative Work (CSCW) (INF 5200). See http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF5200/
or http://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF5200/index-eng.html.
- I
work in the International Masters Programme in
Informatics-Information Systems and Public Health, an
international collaboration between IFI, UiO
(Oslo,
Norway) and
University of
Eduardo Mondlane
(Maputo,
Mozambique),
faculties of Computer Science and Medicine, with funding from
NORAD/NUFU, see http://www.ifi.uio.no/english/international_master/ClassOf2003.html.
The International Master Programme is associated with the Health
Information System Programme (HISP). See for example, http://www.admin.uio.no/sfa/sip/nord-sor/nufu/afrika/sorafrikawcit.html(Additional
links to be added).
- In
the Spring of 2001, I co-taught the STS Design Seminar,
in the Science & Technology Studies Department, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York State.
- In
the Summer of 2000 at the International Women's University (IFU),
I taught Social
Theory Approaches to Information Technology.
Links ...
- Biennual
Participatory Design Conference (PDC), PDC 2006, 'Expanding
Boundaries in Design,' will be held in
Trento,
Italy, July
31-August 6,
2006. To see PDC 2004 - 27-31 July 2004,
Toronto,
Canada, http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2004/
To join Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, see http://www.cpsr.org/
- ISCAR 2005,
International Society for Cultural and Activity Research,
"Acting in Changing Worlds: learning, communication, and minds in
intercultural activities,"
Seville, 20-24
September 2005. To join ISCAR, see http://www.iscar.org/membership.html Presenter, ‘Immaterial
and Affect Labor in the Changing and Enduring Worlds of Patient
Care and Health Systems: from Spinoza to radical Italian sociology
and ethics in relations,’ Judith Gregory, Margaret Yard and
Stanley Aronowitz, in symposia Semiotic
Mediation: Theoretical And Practical Aspects,’ organized by Jonna
Kangasoja, Tarja Knuuttila and Jussi Silvonen, U.of Helsinki,
Finland.
- IFIP
WG 9.4, "Enhancing Human Resource Development through ICT,"
Abuja,
Nigeria,
25-28 May 2005. Member, Program Committee. See http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/
To join IFIP WG 9.4, Social Implications of Computers in
Developing Countries, see http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/.
The next IFIP WG 9.4 conference will be held in
Sao Paulo,
Brazil
in 2007.
- MEDINFO
2004: "Building Informatics for Enhancing Health Care, Research
and Education," 7-11 September, 2004, San
Francisco. Co-organizer of panel, "Sociotechnical
Theoretical Approaches to IT in Health Care" and presenter,
‘Towards
a politics of practices in health information systems design,
research & development.’ See http://www.medinfo2004.org/members/corp.html
-
- ‘To
Err is System’: Socio-Technical Approaches to IT and Health
Care, 13-14 September 2004,
Portland,
Oregon. See special issue of International Journal of
Medical Informatics, Jos Aarts and Paul Gorman, editors,
forthcoming. The next ITHC
conference will be held in Australia in 2006.
-
- 3rd Nordic Conference on
Cultural and Activity Research, 3-5 September,
Copenhagen. See http://www.iscar.org/dk/3NC/. Presentation ‘Designing
learning resources for patients and relatives during
recovery,’ with A. Moen, O. Smørdal, J. Gregory.
-
- 4S
Annual Meeting, 15-18 October, 2003,
Atlanta, GA
USA.
Presented paper, "Imaginaries at work:
Conceptualizing technology beyond individual projects," with
Jonna Kangasoja and Sampsa Hyssalo,
University of
Helsinki.
- HELINA
(Health Informatics in Africa), Conference devoted to
Communication and Information Technology in the Global Fight
Against HIV/AIDS, 12-15 October, 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa.
See http://www.mrc.ac.za/conference/helina2003/
- EASST
2002, European Asssociation for the Study of Science &
Technology, "Responsiblity under Uncertainty", conference in
York,
UK, 31 July-3
August, 2002. Panel
co-organizer with Jonna Kangasoja and Sampsa Hyysalo,
University of
Helsinki: "Diverse
Imaginaries in Design" EASST Panel
- ISCRAT
’02, Fifth Congress of the International Society for Cultural
Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, 18-22 June, 2002
Co-organizer of two symposia: “Design and Activity:
Conceptualizing Diverse Resources of Imagination in Design and
Technology Production,” J. Gregory, U. of Oslo, S. Hyysalo and J.
Kangasoja, U. of Helsinki, and “Conceptualizing Critical Incidents
in Complex Environments and Systems,” with Christine Owen,
University of Tasmania. Discussant for symposium, “Conceptualizing
Design as an Activity,” organized by Kari Kuutti, University of
Oulu, Finland.
- Health
Information System Project (HISP), a collaboration comprising the
Informatics/Computer Science and Medical faculties of University
of Oslo, Norway, University of Eduardo Mondlane and Ministry of
Health, Mozambique, University of Western Cape and Department of
Health, South Africa, and India (beginning in Bangalore area). See
for example, http://www.admin.uio.no/sfa/sip/nord-sor/nufu/afrika/sorafrikawcit.html(Additional
links to be added)
- STS
Focus on Design, Science & Technology Studies Department,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New
York,
USA http://www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/
- Doctoral
Education in Design and PHD-Design discussion list: to join,
PHD-DESIGN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK.
Recent Publications and Papers
·
F.
Mukama and J. Gregory, ‘Organization
Culture and its impact in information systems development and
implementation: A case from the health information system in
Tanzania.’ In Proceedings of IRIS 28, 6-9 August 2005,
Kristiansand,
Norway.
·
M.
Gouws and J. Gregory, ‘Push-Pull Factors in Routine Health
Management Information Systems: Towards a Conceptual Framework to
Evaluate, Plan and Improve the Capacity and Influence of RHMIS
Actors in Developing Countries.’ In Proceedings of IFIP 9.4 Working
Conference, May 2005, Abuja,
Nigeria.
Corresponding author: Marius Gouws, mggouws@mweb.co.za
- Scandinavian
Approaches to Participatory Design, International Journal
of Engineering Education, 19(1), 2003, 62-74, Special Issue
edited by Clive Dym and Langdon Winner, papers from the Mudd
Design Workshop III, Social Dimensions of Engineering Design,17-19
May 2001, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA.
- "Cross-Cultural
Cooperation in Designing Information Resources," Mona
El-Tobgui and Judith Gregory, with Djesika Amendah, Tone
Bratteteig, Luiza de Mello e Souza, Khatuna Dzotsenidze, Emebet
Hassen, Hoda Zaki Helmy, Lunna Hemed-Kyungu, Veronika Schulze,
Zubeeda Banu Quraishy, and Kwartarini Yuniarti. In C. Floyd et al.
(editors), Feminist Challenges in the Information Age.
Verlag Leske: Budrich, Germany, 2002
- "Designing
Health Information Resources Across Diverse Cultural Contexts: A
Case Study and Work-in-Progress," Judith Gregory, Mona
El-Tobgui, Tone Bratteteig, Zubeeda Banu Quraishy. In S. Krishna
and S. Madon (editors), Proceedings of the 7th International
Working Conference of IFIP WG 9.4, Information & Communication
Technologies and Developing Countries: New Opportunities,
Perspectives & Challenges, May 29-31, 2002, Bangalore,
India.
- PDAs in Medical Education
and Practice, Smørdal, O., Gregory, J. and Langseth, K.J.
Presented at the International Workshop on Mobile and Wireless
Technologies in Education, Växjö, Sweden, 29-30 August 2002. From
the KNOWMOBILE project, Knowledge access in distributed training:
Mobile opportunities for medical students, in collaboration with
InterMedia, Department of Informatics and Faculty of Medicine,
University of Oslo; Telenor R & D, Ericsson Norway, Hewlett
Packard Norge, Centre fr Educational Technology, Umeå University.
About KNOWMOBILE, see http://www.intermedia.uio.no/prosjekter/knowmobile/
....writings in progress...
- When a "beautiful logic"
meets the logics of practice: the IT interface of an electronic
patient record , in preparation, presented at the EASST,
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology,
Vienna, 2000.
- Imaginaries at work:
Conceptualizing technology beyond individual projects, in
preparation, with Jonna Kangasoja and Sampsa Hyysalo, University
of Helsinki.
- Looking for Trouble:
Ethnography, Design & Change, presented at 4S Annual
Meeting, Society for Social Studies of Science, Cambridge, MA, 31
October to 4 November, 2001.
- Changing Patient Care:
Creating an Electronic Health Record, presented at the 4S
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1999.
|