Within this area of research, CSC is concerned with questions regarding the creation and diffusion of knowledge in networks of practice, knowledge management and the strategic use of IT, informal networks (from communities of practice to electronic networks of practice), and social capital and social networks.

Current Projects

NetPact: Structuring Effects of Community Research - The Impact of the Framework Programme on Research and Technology Development (RTD) Network Formation, 2007 to present.
Partners: AVEDAS AG, Centre for Science and Technology Studies of Leiden University (CWTS), FAS.Research Gmbh, and SSE.
Funded by European Commission, DG.

Developing Capabilities through Networks: A Longitudinal Study of a Swedish Stem Cell Multinational, 2004 to present.
Partner: A. Schenkel at Stockholm School of Economics.
Funded by Jan Wallanders & Tom Hedelius Foundation (Handelsbanken).

Real-time Monitoring of the Cluster Initiative Uppsala BIO, 2003 to present. Partners: A. Malmberg, P. Lundequist, D. Hallencreutz at CIND (the
Center for Research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics) at Uppsala University. Funded by Uppsala BIO, Uppsala University, and VINNOVA.

DIASPORA - Improving Ireland’s Competitiveness through Social Networks, 2007 to present.
Partners: B. Donnellan at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change at the National University of Ireland – Galway, J. Breslin at the Digital Enterprise Research Centre, NUI Galway, B. O’Donovan at the IBM Dublin Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS), J. Gorecki at Globe Forum Business Network.
Funded by IBM and IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology).

Using Internet-based Media such as Social Media and Virtual Worlds to Support Knowledge Flows and Improved Productivity within Organizations, 2007 to present.
Several collaborators: J. Allatta at Purdue University, B. Donnellan at the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change at the National University of Ireland – Galway, E. Hustad & B-T. Flåten at the University of Agder, S. Mahaley at Duke CE, M. Wasko at Florida State University, and E. Whelan at the University of Limerick.

Publications