Research Areas

The Group conducts an integrated set of programs in research, research training, graduate education, and professional and community engagement. The integration of these programs is essential for the success of the Centre.

The Group’s research programs are organised according to 6 interrelated programs:

1. Foundations of Organisational and Social Informatics

This program involves research relating to the development of theories, models and tools in this field, including research into appropriate research methods and techniques.

2. Health Informatics

This program includes the application of ICTs to the delivery of quality information to health consumers, and the use of mobile devices in the delivery of health care services.

3. eGovernment and Business Informatics

This program involves research into the application of ICTs in eGovernment and Business.

4. eResearch Informatics

This program relates to building eResearch governance frameworks and infrastructures to support collaborative research teams involving academics, industry and professional partners and community stakeholders.

5. eDemocracy and Community Informatics

This program includes research relating to the role of ICTs in eDemocracy, community networking, and community development.

6. Education Informatics

This program relates to the role of ICT in education and training.

Major themes running across all program areas include:

Human-centred ICT Design
Useability
Information Quality
Information Accessibility
Information Interoperability
Information Systems Interoperability
Governance Frameworks
Knowledge Commons
Effective technology systems design.

In addition to a core commitment of publishing research results in the highest quality scholarly journals, the Centre will use its website as a key resource for academics, professionals, industry and community stakeholders. Centre staff will maintain their high level of organizing involvement in major academic conferences and journals, as well as industry and community forums.