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iSchool faculty engaged in sociotechnical information systems research investigate a wide range of topics concerning the interaction between social systems and digital technological systems. Some faculty study how organizations design, develop and use information technology to advance strategy and serve society. Others focus on how individual users use information technologies and assets to meet individual needs and carry out social movements to change society. In all cases, we apply a critical lens to also investigate how the technologies we develop and use affect our social norms, structures and culture.

Researchers

  • Hala Annabi
  • Joe Bak-Coleman
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  • Koko Koltai
  • Jin Ha Lee
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Current Projects and Grants

Organization of Video Game Engine Documentation

PI: Jin Ha Lee
Funding: Epic Games, $215,877
Dates: 2020

A Conceptual Data Model and Schema for Video Game Development Artifacts

PI: Jin Ha Lee
Funding: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), $254,072
Dates: 2018-2020

Seattle Civic User Testing (CUT) Group Pilot

PI: Nicholas Weber
Funding: City of Seattle Department of Information Technology, $4,529
Dates: 2017-2018

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Photos of Harkiran Saluja and Duaa Zaheer

Student leaders give high schoolers a taste of Informatics at hackathon

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Twenty-six middle and high school students in Washington state spent four days brainstorming technology solutions in an online challenge hosted by Information School student leaders.  The event, “Fear Less, Tech More,” is...
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Ashley Farley

MLIS alum is on a mission for open access

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Countless hours and billions of dollars go into academic research each year. The product of all that time and money often lands behind paywalls or in expensive journals that collect dust on library shelves. It’s a system that values...
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