Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr, BA, MSc, PhD, PGCTHE, FHEA
Aberystwyth University
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Research activity per year
Areas of interest include Human Information Behaviour, Information Needs, Information Seeking and Searching Behaviour, Serendipity, Interdisciplinarity, Information Literacy and Information Skills, Knowledge Management, Technology and Communication, Mediated Communication, Information Problems, Service development and User Experience modelling.
Specialising in the areas of information management and information behaviour. Over the years I have supervised research students (MPhil, PhD, DProf) in a variety of related areas with aspects of information, communication access, behaviour and technology, serendipity, institutional repositories, technological adoption, health and justice systems and knowledge management. External activities include Joint Editor in Chief for the Journal of Information Science and have included research panels, advisory groups and consultancy, and external examiner roles for research and taught degrees.
Teaching in a number of areas including Information Retrieval, Information Services, Information Literacy.
Coordinator for Postgraduate Research Student and Postgraduate Research Student Admissions
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
Research output: Working paper
Allen Foster (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Allen Foster (Editor) & Pauline Rafferty (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Allen Foster (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Allen Foster (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Allen Foster (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
Allen Foster (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Allen Foster (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity