Oxford Internet Institute
Presentation :
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multidisciplinary Internet institute based in Oxford University, exclusively devoted to the study of the impact of the Internet on society. Wide-ranging collaborative relationships with experts from academe, government, business, and industry in the UK and around the world play a central role in its strategic vision. Possible research areas for the OII include :
- Global law enforcement - Governance and regulation - Privacy and security - Confidentiality and trust - The boundaries of the nation state - Participation in the information society - e-Government - The delivery of public services - e-Democracy - Internet-enabled healthcare - Innovation and knowledge creation - Effects on education - The digital divide - Problems and prospects for e-money - Impact on music and the creative arts - Community building and development - e-Learning
The OII undertakes a wide range of academic research projects including both qualitative and quantitative studies. They recently undertook a survey of 2,030 Britons age 14 and upwards, interviewed face to face between 23 May and 28 June 2003 examining British people have responded to the rise of the Internet. The results will inform other studies on the socio-economic circumstances, political attitudes and social relations of Internet users and non-users.
Internationally, the OII is particularly active, networking and collaborating with foreign universities, research institutes and foundations. At the national level the OII works hard to ensure through dissemination and collaboration that its research findings are translated into policy and practice.
All the OII research fellows and associated members will be involved in the co-regulation network, whenever the issues addressed fall within their area of expertise.
The OII will be represented by William H. Dutton (BA, University of Missouri ; MA, PhD, Political Science, SUNY Buffalo, 1974), Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College, which honoured him with an Oxford MA in 2002. He was previously a Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California which he joined in 1980.
