Dr Niall Hayes
Reader
Organisation Work and Technology
Charles Carter BuildingLancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4YX
Other affiliations: Centre for the Study of Technology & Organisation
Research Overview
Niall Hayes is a Reader in Information and Organisation in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology at the University of Lancaster. His research interests relate to the social and organisational implications arising from the introduction and use of information systems in organisations. His specific research domains are fourfold: knowledge management, electronic government, plagiarism detection systems and information and communication technology in developing countries and for development.
PhD supervision
I am interested in supervising Ph.D. students in the following domains:E-Government: Social and Organisational aspects
Knowledge Sharing, boundary crossing and information technology
Information technology in non-western contexts
Information technology and International Development
Research Interests
General Interests
Social and organisational implications surrounding the development, management and use of computer-based information systems in contemporary organisations.
External Roles
Conference Co-Chair for IFIP 9.4 Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, Jamaica, May 19-22, 2013, http://ifipwg94.org/ifip-wg94-conference
Associate Member of the Centre for Development Informatics (CDI), University of Manchester
External Examiner for:
Undergraduate Information Systems Modules: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
BSc Information Technology Management for Business, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.
Current Teaching
Undergraduate
MNGT190 Perspectives on Information Systems
OWT.226 Management and Information Technology
Postgraduate
MSc Management: Module 8: Management of Organisational Change
MSc IT, Mangement and Organisational Change: ITO.005: Social Aspects of the Digital Age
MBA: Managing Information Technology in Organisations
Qualifications
BSc, MSc, PhD (Lancaster)
Current Research
- E-Government: Joining-Up and Modernisation
- Plagiarism, International Students and Technology
- Boundary crosing and technology
- Institutional theory and technology
- Technology in non-western contexts
- Technology and International Development
Guest Editor of the Information Systems Journal entitled "Theorising Development and Technological Change."
Research Grants
A £215,000 HEFCE grant - Plagiarism, Computers and Values (with Prof Lucas Introna at Lancaster and Dr Edgar Whitley at the LSE)
Professional Role
Member of the Centre for the Study of Technology and Organisation
Programme Director for Management and Information Technology
Department Part Two Director
Recent publications
- Hybridity, consulting and e-development in the making: inscribing new practices of impact assessment and value management
Brigham, M. & Hayes, N. 1/04/2013 In: Information Technology for Development. 19, 2, p. 112-132. 21 p.
Journal article - Power/knowledge and impact assessment: creating new spaces for expertise in international development
Hayes, N. & Westrup, C. 03/2012 In: New Technology, Work and Employment. 27, 1, p. 9-22. 13 p.
Journal article - Context and the processes of ICT for development
Hayes, N. & Westrup, C. 01/2012 In: Information and Organization. 22, 1, p. 23-36. 14 p.
Journal article - Competing institutional logics and sustainable development: the case of the Amazon rainforest monitoring systems
Hayes, N. & Rajao, R G L. 2011 In: Information Technology for Development. 17, 1, p. 4-23. 20 p.
Journal article - Information technology and the possibilities for knowledge sharing
Hayes, N. 2011 In: Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. Chichester : Wiley
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