Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
ICTs in collective action
ICTs for development
Data privacy and surveillance
Biography
Evronia has a diversified portfolio of working in private and third sector technological organisations, as well as teaching and research in Higher Education in the UK (UCL, and Royal Holloway University of London).
With a background in software engineering, she is broadly interested in how technology can provide innovative and creative solutions for societies’ problems; ICT4D, particularly in contexts where technology can have a paradoxical oppressive role. She is specifically interested in ICTs in collective action, and data privacy and surveillance.
Evronia is currently part of the Data, Organisations and Society research cluster in the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS). She is Ethics Lead for CBiS and takes part in DBA and PGR supervision. She also supports the enriching of teaching with research through designing research focused case studies and guest lectures. She has won the competitive 2021-2022 Trailblazer Studentship by Coventry University to support early-career researchers to recruit a funded PhD student and lead a supervisory team, for the topic "Technology-Enabled Monitoring, Privacy and Datafication of Home Working in the UK".
Education/Academic qualification
Technology and Information Management, Doctorate, Royal Holloway, University of London
2015 → 2019
Management, Information Systems and Innovation, MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science
2013 → 2014
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Making voices heard: Exploring opportunities and challenges of technology use for people with disabilities to engage in politics
1/06/23 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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The NHS COVID app is closing down – here’s where it succeeded and where it went wrong
Azer, E., Ferreira, C. & Meadows, M., 24 Apr 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Technology Legitimation and User Resistance: The NHS COVID-19 App
Ferreira, C., Meadows, M. & Azer, E., 2022, The Role of Digital Technologies in Shaping the Post-Pandemic World. Papagiannidis, S., Alamanos, E., Gupta, S., Dwivedi, Y. K., Mäntymäki, M. & Pappas, I. O. (eds.). Springer , p. 416-421 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 13454).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Remote working has led to managers spying more on staff – here are three ways to curb it
Azer, E., 6 May 2021, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as Oppressors of Social Movements: A Power Perspective
Azer, E., Zheng, Y. & Harindranath, G., Oct 2020, AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. AoIRResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Oppression vs. liberation through digitisation
Azer, E., Elswah, M., Hopkins, C. & Masiero, S., 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Activities
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Cambridge Data School
Evronia Azer (Participant)
3 Jun 2019 → 6 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Democratization (Journal)
Evronia Azer (Peer Reviewer)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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35th EGOS Colloquium
Evronia Azer (Speaker)
4 Jul 2019 → 6 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Sprint: Women’s development programme for undergraduates
Evronia Azer (Speaker)
2017 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The 24th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2016 (Event)
Evronia Azer (Peer Reviewer)
2016 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Prizes
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3-Minute Thesis Competition (Winner)
Azer, Evronia (Recipient), Mar 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award at the 12th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS2018)
Azer, Evronia (Recipient), Sept 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Poster at the SEDTC 5th Annual Conference
Azer, Evronia (Recipient), 16 Jun 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Civil Society Scholar Award
Azer, Evronia (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Royal Holloway University of London Dean’s Scholarship
Azer, Evronia (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)