Ever since I started my research career at Horizon I knew that I wanted to make contributions throughout the PhD process. I have my name attached to two papers as a result of my previous work in education, however, I wanted to go through the process of writing papers and getting them to peer review…
Blast from the past
As part of my efforts to keep mildly sane through lockdown, I have been actively catching up with friends. From the first interaction I had with my friend Alex, I knew he was a bit of a talker – but five years later I didn’t expect that I would have regular 60 min+ chats with…
Writing & Writing Groups
It’s been a long while since I last blogged; seems like an ongoing theme over the past few years. It’s not that I purposefully don’t, I honestly just forget. Anyway, here we are, in the middle of a pandemic and boy aren’t we feeling it. In a lot of ways life in my household has…
I am not done changing
“I am not done changing Out on the run, changing I may be old and I may be young But I am not done changing”– Changing by John Mayer 2017 In the last week I have started to phase in my new surname, O’Leary, as I move away from Green. I spent a lot of…
[Less than] 331 days to go
It’s been a long time since I blogged. A lot has happened in my personal life – like getting married – that took my attention far FAR away from writing anything remotely bloglike. So we are now officially at 331 days until I must submit my PhD thesis. I honestly cannot understand how three years…
Narrating our professional identities: Kate Green at HCA Launchgrad
[Reposted from Hereford College of Arts’ online journal] During her keynote at a recent Launchgrad session, Kate Green provoked us into thinking hard about how we negotiate the space between ‘private’ and ‘open’, sharing practical tips and advice along the way. Our identity performance is fluid (Green, 2019) Kate shared her journey, beginning with how,…
Values and personal data
I come across the term ‘value’ a lot in my day-to-day PhD exploration, but we can talk about value in two ways: in the economic and the ideological sense. Put it this way, “data is the new oil” and “we don’t pay for services with money, but with data” determines personal data as an asset…
2019, let’s go
Crikey, as if it’s already 10 days into the year. I feel really excited about this year. I’m not one for new years resolutions or any of that, but I am determined to make this year a good one. First and foremost, my health comes first – learning when to slow down is crucial and…
Finishing up at Cambridge
So the Michaelmas term at Cambridge has come to an end which means that I have finished my 3 month internship with the Trust and Technology Initiative. A lot has happened over the course of three months and I would like to take this time to reflect on some highlights: The Trust and Technology Initiative…
Trust and Technology Initiative Launch
I presented my research area in a short 1 minute… My research has demonstrated that patients have a good understanding and vocabulary to convey social privacy concerns and mitigating behaviours they employ. What is less understood is how data is collected and processed by social media platforms, making risks difficult to articulate. When there is…