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Robin Williams (academic)
Robin A Williams (born 1952) is a Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and director of the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation. He is an interdisciplinary researcher in the field of Science and Technology Studies and contributed much to the social shaping of technology by studying the interplay between 'social' and 'technical' factors in the design and implementation of a range of technologies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stis.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/williams_robin )〕
== Biography ==
After gaining his PhD at Aston University in 1984, Robin Williams remained as a research fellow in the Technology Policy Unit for another 6 years. In 1986 he joined the Research Centre for Social Sciences (RCSS) at the University of Edinburgh and coordinated the Edinburgh PICT Centre, one of the six university research centres established under the ESRC Programme on Information and Communications Technologies (1986 - 1995).〔Melody, William H (1987). "Innovative research in support of more informed decision making", ''Aslib Proceedings'', 39(6)〕 During this time Robin Williams and other researchers in Edinburgh PICT Centre published on issues regarding social, economic and political aspects of the design and implementation of technology.〔PICT Report (1994). "Edinburgh PICT Centre 1987-1994 End of Award Report", ''University of Edinburgh''〕 Concluding the findings of a decade's research Robin Williams and David Edge published a notable paper on the ‘broad church’ of social shaping of technology.〔Williams, Robin, and David Edge (1996). "The social shaping of technology", ''Research policy'', 25(6)〕 He became director of RCSS in 1997.
In 2001 Robin Williams established the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI) to bring together groups of academics and individual researchers across the University of Edinburgh who are involved in research, teaching and knowledge transfer on social and policy aspects of science, technology and innovation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.issti.ed.ac.uk/about )〕 He also was a director of SUPRA (Scottish Universities Policy Research and Advice Network) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.supra.ed.ac.uk/people.html )〕 and is currently co-director of ESRC Innogen Centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/innogen/people/academicstaff/forename,2414,en.html )〕
Professor Williams established institutional links to and between research centres and institutions throughout the UK, Europe and Asia. His various involvements included chairing the UK Association for Studies in Innovation Science and Technology (AsSIST),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/assist/ASSIST.html )〕 being representative of Britain on the COST A4 European Research Collaboration initiative on the Social Shaping of Technology〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/technology )〕 and coordinator of the China-EU Information Technology Standards Research Project (2008-2010).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.china-eu-standards.org )〕
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