"The principal focus of my research and writing is television, having been both a producer and what some call a ‘medium theorist’ for many years. In this video, I describe one of the major research projects I lead, Video Active, which is a major EU-funded project aiming to create access to digitised television programme content from archives around Europe. It involves collaboration between the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway and Utrecht University, and eleven European archives including the BBC to provide access to content and supporting contextual materials via a specially designed web portal. Other members of the Video Active team from Royal Holloway's Department of Media Arts are Cathy Johnson and Rob Turnock."
Professor John Ellis
"My research interests centre on understanding the moral rules-in-use in organisations. I have published widely on business ethics and more recently corporate social responsibility (CSR). A particular focus is the impact of organisational form on ethics and CSR, especially small and medium sized enterprises. Within this broad area, strands of research include entrepreneurship, family business, social capital, attitudes to the environment, supply chains, competitive intelligence gathering and sustainability. I am also interested in the research methods of the Chicago School, in particular Erving Goffman, and applications in management research. In this video I look at the work of CRIS - the Centre for Research into Sustainability"
Dr Laura J Spence
Reader in Business Ethics and Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainability
"In 2007-2008 I was Director and then Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum's Partnerships for Education programme with UNESCO. From 2001-2004 I also led the UK Prime Minister's Imfundo initiative based in the Department for International Development, creating partnerships to deliver ICT-based educational initiatives in Africa. Since returning to Royal Holloway, University of London, I have created an ICT4D Collective, which undertakes research, teaching and consultancy in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development. This research concentrates on the use of information and communication technologies to empower poor and marginalised communities."
Tim Unwin, Professor of Geography and UNESCO Chair in ICTD