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Yr Athro William Housley

PhD, DSc.Econ. FAcSS FLSW

Cadeirydd mewn Cymdeithaseg

Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol

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Yr Athro William Housley PhD, DSc.Econ. Mae FAcSS, FLSW yn arbenigwr a gydnabyddir yn rhyngwladol mewn dulliau ymchwil ansoddol a chymdeithasol, theori cymdeithasegol, astudio rheswm ymarferol, ethnomethodoleg, dadansoddi categoreiddio aelodaeth, rhyngweithio cymdeithasol a chymdeithaseg ddigidol. Roedd yn gyd-sylfaenydd ac yn aelod craidd o Arsyllfa Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol Ar-lein Cydweithredol (COSMOS) a ariannwyd gan yr ESRC a JISC ac sydd ar hyn o bryd yn cynnull y Grŵp Ymchwil Technoleg a Chymdeithaseg Ddigidol (EMTEDS) sy'n Dod i'r Amlwg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Cadarnhawyd ei gyfraniad i Gymdeithaseg trwy ddyfarnu DSc Econ. gan Brifysgol Caerdydd yn 2012 am ei waith a gydnabyddir yn rhyngwladol ym maes rhyngweithio, cyfathrebu a threfniadaeth gymdeithasol. Bu'r Athro Housley yn aelod o'r grŵp adolygu arbenigol ar gyfer datganiad meincnodi pwnc QAA (DU) yn 2016. Mae wedi cyhoeddi'n eang ar ddulliau ymchwil cymdeithasol, rhyngweithio a chyfathrebu, cyfryngau cymdeithasol, dinasyddiaeth, hunaniaeth a gwaith tîm cydweithredol. Mae ei ffocws presennol ar faes cymdeithaseg ddigidol sy'n dod i'r amlwg gan ei fod yn ymwneud â systemau cymdeithasol-dechnegol newydd, technolegau aflonyddgar, rhyngweithio, atebolrwydd algorithmig, awtomeiddio, rhyngddisgyblaeth, cymuned a chymdeithas sifil. Yn ddiweddar, cwblhaodd Gymrodoriaeth Ymchwil 12 Mis Prifysgol Caerdydd o'r enw 'Cyfryngau, Gweithgynhyrchu a Symudedd: Technolegau Digidol Aflonyddgar ar Waith'. Mae wedi gwasanaethu fel cyd-olygydd Qualitative Research (SAGE, 2012-2018) ac wedi gwasanaethu ar fyrddau golygyddol cyfnodolyn llongau baner BSA Sociology (SAGE), Big Data and Society (SAGE) a Discourse, Context and Media (Wiley). Dyfarnwyd cadair fawreddog Vincent Wright i'r Athro Housley yn Sciences Po, Paris, yn 2017. Mae wedi darparu adolygiad arbenigol ar gyfer nifer o gyllidwyr a sefydliadau ymchwil gan gynnwys ESRC (y DU), yr Academi Brydeinig a Chyngor Ymchwil Awstria ac ar hyn o bryd mae'n aelod rhyngwladol o'r panel ar gyfer rhaglen Momentwm Sylfaen Volkswagen. Bu'r Athro Housley yn aelod o Banel Cymdeithaseg REF (DU) 2021.

Rwy'n croesawu goruchwyliaeth yn y meysydd canlynol:

  • Cyfuchliniau cymdeithasau digidol sy'n dod i'r amlwg
  • Ethnomethodology a bywyd cymdeithasol dulliau a data
  • Goblygiadau cymdeithasol technolegau digidol aflonyddgar
  • Cyfathrebu a rhyngweithio
  • Cymdeithaseg celf a dylunio
  • Gweithio ar y cyd ac ymarfer rhyngddisgyblaethol
  • Penderfyniadau a sefydliadau

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Funded Research Projects:

2015 – 2016 Digital Wildfires, responsible citizenship and social media. Funded by the British Academy, £10,000 (with Girvan, Edwards, Jirotka and Procter).

2015 - Media, Manufacture and Mobilities: Disruptive Digital Technologies in Action. Cardiff University Research Fellowship, £15,000

2014 – 2016, Digital Wildfire: (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance. Funded by ESRC, Cardiff Lead Co-investigator (Global Uncertainties), £248,413 (with Jirotka, Procter, Edwards et al)

2014 – 2015, Detecting Tension and Cohesion in Local Communities with Social Media, Funded by Airbus Group, £51,040 Co-investigator (with Rana, Burnap, Edwards and Williams)

2014 – 2016, Sage Postdoctoral Fellowship Funding, Co-sponsored Research Methods Fellowship at Cardiff University, Co-investigator (with Coffey, Edwards and Brindle, SAGE) £38,000

2013 – 2015, Understanding the role of social media in the aftermath of youth suicides. Funded by Department of Health, England. £200,000, Co-investigator (with Scourfield, Williams, Burnap and Edwards).

2013-2014, Hate Speech and Social Media: Understanding Users, Networks and Information Flows.Funded by ESRC and Google (Google Data Analytics Social Science Research Call) £124, 986, Principal- Investigator (with Williams, Edwards, Burnap, Rana, Procter, Voss and Knight).

2013-2014, Social Media and Prediction: Crime Sensing, Data Integration and Statistical Modelling. Funded by ESRC /NCRM Methodological Innovation, £195,000, Co-Investigator (with Williams, Edwards, Burnap, Rana, Procter, Voss and Knight).

2013-2014, Supporting Empirical Digital Social Research for the Social Sciences with a Virtual Research Environment. Funded by JISC, £55,519, Co Investigator (with Burnap, Williams, Rana, Edwards & Avis).

2011-12, Digital Social Research Tools, Tension Indicators and Safer Communities: A Demonstration of the Cardiff Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS). Funded by the ESRC £79,000 Co-Investigator (with Matthew Williams, Adam Edwards, Malcolm Williams, Omer Rana and Nick Avis).

2012, Requirements Analysis for Social Media Research Tools. Funded by the ESRC £5,000, Co Investigator (with Burnap, Housley, Rana, Edwards, Avis & Proctor).

2010 – 2012, Alternative Dwelling Construction, Lifestyle and Green Expertise. Funded by the British Academy, £5000.

2005 – 2006, Coal, Slate and Culture. Funded by the Board of Celtic Studies, £7000.

2001 – 2002, Art and Devolution in Wales: Perceptions and Expectations. Funded by the British Academy, £5000.

Research Impact

My current impact activities focus on Disruptive Digital Technologies: Governance, Regulation and Responsible Innovation. This has been identified as an emerging impact narrative for SOCSI.

Activities

  • ESRC Impact Acceleration Award: In addition to the above I  recently secured (as a co-applicant) an ESRC Impact Acceleration Award  (£20,000, 2016 - 2017) with colleagues based at Oxford University (Professor Marina Jirotka, Computer Science) and Warwick University (Professor Rob Procter, Computer Science). This will help accelerate a range of impact initiatives that are connected to a suite of interconnected research projects that I have been undertaking over the last four years (2012 – 2016).

Addysgu

I have been employed in a number of different teaching positions. This has provided me with considerable teaching experience and time to develop a range of effective strategies for carrying out tutorials, seminars, workshops and lectures. I am aware of the issues surrounding assessment and delivery of course material within a changing environment in Higher Education. I am grounded within the practical challenges of teaching and have a reservoir of experience in teaching mainstream social science in a number of diverse settings and to range of learning audiences. This has included full time and part time students, undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals on short training courses. I represented the Welsh social science and sociology community as a panel member for the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) sociology subject benchmark review carried out during the course of 2015/2016.

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Social Theory (S1006);
  • Sociology of Culture (S10134);
  • Power, Culture and Identity (S10164);
  • New Frontiers in Sociology (S10163)

Postgraduate Teaching 

MSc/Diploma Social Science Research Methods

  • Discourse and Conversation Analysis (SIT072) 
  • Advanced Concepts in Sociology(SIT074)
  • Qualitative Research

Bywgraffiad

Yr Athro William Housley, PhD, DSc.Econ, FAcSS, FLSW

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

FLSW. (Cymrawd Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru, a roddwyd yn 2024)

Vincent Wright Cadeirydd, Sciences Po, 2016 - 2017

FAcSS. (Ailgyfeiriad oddi wrth Academi y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, 2016)

DSc.Econ. (Uwch Ddoethuriaeth) Prifysgol Caerdydd, 2012

Cymrawd Ymchwil Gwadd Sefydliad Materion Cymdeithasol a Diwylliannol Cymru (WISCA), Prifysgol Cymru, Bangor  (2006)

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Member of British Sociological Association

Member of Association for Studies in Innovation Science and Technology (AsSIST - UK)

Associate member of WISERD ESRC/HEFCE/WAG research institute (Cardiff, Bangor, Aberystwyth and Swansea Universities, Wales, UK) 


Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

  • Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr, Ymchwil ac Ysgol i Raddedigion yn y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol; (2004 – 2007)
  • Darlithydd mewn Cymdeithaseg, SOCSI (1998 – 2007)

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

Cardiff University

2016 - present, Director MSc Social Science Research Methods (SSRM), Cardiff University

2011 - 2014 Research Committee member, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences (2011/12 – 2013/14)

2010 - present, Pathway Convenor for Sociology (ESRC, Wales, DTP)

2011 – 2014, Cardiff University School of Social Sciences – Member of the Senior Management Team (SOCSI)

2009 - Member of Qualitative Methods Training and Capacity Building Committee - WISERD

2004 – 2007 Deputy Director of the Research and Graduate School in the Social Sciences (Cardiff University, RGS)

External

2015 - 2016, Member of Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (UK) Benchmarking Committee (Sociology) 2015/2016

2014 - present, Member of ISRF Digital Social Science Forum

Meysydd goruchwyliaeth

I welcome PhD supervision in the areas of:

  • The emerging contours of digital societies 
  • Ethnomethodology and the social life of methods and data
  • Social implications of disruptive digital technologies (e.g. social media, robotics, 3D printing, automation, A.I.)
  • Communication, talk and interaction
  • The sociology of art and design
  • Collaborative working and interdisciplinary practice
  • Decision-making and organisations

Contact Details

Email HousleyW@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 75236

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