The University of Sheffield
Information School

Current research students

All Information School Research Students are listed below by Research Group. For further information, please visit our Research Group pages.

Chemoinformatics Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Daniel Butler Investigation of novel pharmacophore elucidation and fast shape search Professor Val Gillet lip08dsb@sheffield.ac.uk
João-Pedro Franco Development of a quantitative model to support the assignment of orphan drug status Professor Peter Willett lip10jpf@sheffield.ac.uk
Sonny Gan Data Mining for Drug Discovery Professor Val Gillet liq09sg@sheffield.ac.uk
Iain Mott Investigations of multiobjective optimisation in scoring functions Professor Val Gillet lip06ipm@sheffield.ac.uk
Richard Sherhod Computational approaches for prediction of toxicity of chemicals Professor Val Gillet lip07rjs@sheffield.ac.uk
Jorge Valencia Multiobjective design of novel antiprion compounds Professor Val Gillet lip09jmv@sheffield.ac.uk
Hua Xiang TBA Professor Peter Willett lip09hx@sheffield.ac.uk

Educational Informatics Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Nordiana Ahmad Kharman Shah Dr Andrew Cox Web2.0 in Higher Education lip11na@sheffield.ac.uk
Ridvan Ata An investigation into teaching Second Life Dr Julia Davies (School of Education); Ms Sheila Webber r.ata@sheffield.ac.uk
Christopher Blackmore How does presentation of self online affect participation in elearning? Professor Philippa Levy, Professor Digby Tantum c.m.blackmore@sheffield.ac.uk
Stephen Burtoft How Could Internet Resources that are Specifically Designed for Adults at the Lowest Levels of Literacy Skill Benefit their Teaching and Learning? Professor Nigel Ford S.burtoft@sheffield.ac.uk
Tuan Dang Information Technology Benchmarking in Developing Countries Dr Jonathan Foster D.C.Tuan@sheffield.ac.uk
Joseph Essel Information Literacy Instruction: A tool for promoting distance education teacher quality in Ghana Ms Sheila Webber; Professor Phil Levy lip10jee@sheffield.ac.uk
Linda Kemp Critical approaches to LIS Dr Andrew Cox, Professor Nigel Ford lip09lk@sheffield.ac.uk
M. Ramin Naderi Multimedia Children's Digital Libraries (MCDL): A Constructivist Environment for Learning Improvement Professor Phil Levy lip11mrn@sheffield.ac.uk
Robinah Namuleme The Contribution of Information Seeking Behaviour on the Students' Academic Performance in Higher Institution of Learning in Uganda Dr Peter Bath, Professor Nigel R.K.Namuleme@sheffield.ac.uk
Hatoon Qadiee TBA Dr Miguel Nunes lip10hq@sheffield.ac.uk
Muhammad Muhtar Arifin Sholeh The Information Behaviour of Academics in Indonesian Universities Ms Sheila Webber, Professor Nigel Ford lip08mms@sheffield.ac.uk

Health Informatics Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Rabab Aljishi The Use of Data Mining Approaches to Gain a Better Understanding of Older People and their Health Problems Dr Peter Bath lip10ra@sheffield.ac.uk
Tomislav Dimitrovski Preparedness for e-health in Macedonia Dr Peter Bath T.Dimitrovski@sheffield.ac.uk
Hanadi Husain The effect of health seeking behaviour on the practie of Kuwait Physicians: A case study of Al-Farwania Hospital Mrs Barbara Sen, Dr Peter Bath lip11hah@sheffield.ac.uk
Jacqueline Macdonald The use of information by health care planners operating within a population health framework in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr Peter Bath, Mr Andrew Booth lip03jm@sheffield.ac.uk
Eliza Mazlan TBC Dr Peter Bath lip11emm@sheffield.ac.uk
Thomas Poulter Requirements and benefits of electronic patient record systems in cancer treatment services Dr Peter Bath lip09twp@sheffield.ac.uk
Jean Stevenson-Ågren Documentation of in-hospital patients' vital signs in electronic patient records prior to cardiac arrest - a patient safety issue Dr Peter Bath liq10js@sheffield.ac.uk

Information Retrieval Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Munirah Abdulhadi Towards enriching metadata descriptions with tags in a bilingual academic library context Dr Paul Clough, Ms Barbara Sen MAbdulhadi1@sheffield.ac.uk
Murad Abouammoh Investigation into Diversity in Information Retrieval Dr Paul Clough M.Abouammoh@sheffield.ac.uk
Mazen Al-Dahiyat Personal Information Management Dr Andrew Cox M.Al-Dahiyat@sheffield.ac.uk
Basheer Al Farwan Enriching gazeteers by detecting the informal vernacular place names from the web Dr Paul Clough lip10ba@sheffield.ac.uk
Paula Goodale Constructing Personal Narratives through exploration in Cultural Heritage Spaces Online Dr Paul Clough p.goodale@sheffield.ac.uk
Monica Lestari Paramita Methods to Build Comparable Corpora Dr Paul Clough m.paramita@sheffield.ac.uk
Johannes Schanda Federated search of cross-language databases Professor Mark Sanderson, Dr Paul Clough lip06jcs@sheffield.ac.uk
Simon Wakeling User-centred Design of a Recommender System for a Universal Library Catalogue Dr Paul Clough, Ms Barbara Sen s.wakeling@sheffield.ac.uk
Rita Wan-Chik Answers from the Quran: Online information seeking needs Dr Paul Clough lip08rzw@sheffield.ac.uk
Fei Xie Building an Intelligent Multimedia Meta-Search Engine Dr Paul Clough lip08fx@sheffield.ac.uk

Information Systems Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Mohamed Adil TBC Dr Miguel Nunes; Dr Alex Peng m.adil@sheffield.ac.uk
Maram Alajamy The Role of Academic Librarians in University-wide IS Strategic Planning Dr Miguel Nunes M.Alajamy@sheffield.ac.uk
Solomon Alexis Constructivist online teaching and learning Dr Miguel Nunes lip03sa@sheffield.ac.uk
Shaghayegh Asgari Cultural conflict in grouop work within the text of e-learning in multicultural UK Higher Education Institutions Dr Miguel Nunes s.asgari@sheffield.ac.uk
Si Chen The risks of coexistence of mixed IS in manufacturing SOES Dr M Nunes; Dr A Peng si.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Thangositt Chuleekorn Information systems development for SMEs in Thailand Dr Angela Lin T.Chuleekorn@sheffield.ac.uk
Jorge Durães Martins Towards a grounded theory of e-learning policies for secondary education Dr Miguel Nunes Jorge.Martins@sheffield.ac.uk
Linhao Fang Challenges in the Introduction of Digital Technologies in Chinese SOEs - the Potential Risk of the Digital Archive Dr Miguel Nunes l.fang@sheffield.ac.uk
Hasan Hashim Multi-professional learner support teams in higher education Dr Angela Lin H.A.Hashim@sheffield.ac.uk
George Katakalos An investigation into multicultural constructivist learning environments to complement traditional teaching Dr Miguel Nunes liq03gk@sheffield.ac.uk
Reza Mojtahed Study the socio-behavioural factors influencing on behaviour of UK citizens in term of utilising mobile government services. Dr Miguel Nunes; Dr Alex Peng lip10rm@sheffield.ac.uk
Sayed Naser E-Voting risk management Dr Miguel Nunes lip07sjn@sheffield.ac.uk
Nor Osman Mardziah Adopting effective knowledge sharing in the Public Sector: a study on Royal Malaysian Customs Dr Miguel Nunes, Dr Alex Peng lip10nmo@sheffield.ac.uk
Zefeng Wang How do Chinese companies respond to the rapid development of e-business and e-commerce in China? Dr Angela Lin ZWang8@sheffield.ac.uk

Knowledge and Information Management Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Dimitris Bibikas Towards a holistic model of the third generation of enterprise knowledge management systems Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos D.Bibikas@sheffield.ac.uk
Farshid Golzadeh Kermani The Role of 'Absorptive Capacity' of Knowledge in Implementing Knowledge Management Processes and its Effect on Business Performance Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos fgolzadeh1@sheffield.ac.uk
Ana Guedes Rosa An investigation into knowledge creation, sharing and integration practices across organisational boundaries in eGovernment initiatives: a case study approach in the United Kingdom Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos agrosa1@sheffield.ac.uk
Inaam Idrees Knowing Sharing in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos; Dr Andrew Cox I.Idrees@sheffield.ac.uk
Soureh Latif Shabgahi The impact on information seeking and
sharing behaviour of the adoption of social networking tools by SMEs		 Dr Andrew Cox lip11sl@sheffield.ac.uk
Xuguang Li The Moderation of Online Communities Dr Andrew Cox, Professor Nigel Ford lir09xl@sheffield.ac.uk
Gibran Rivera Gonzalez Organisational culture that promotes the existence of communities in practice Dr Andrew Cox Gibran.Rivera@sheffield.ac.uk
Alexander Schauer A cross-cultural case study on the degree of knowledge sharing openness and externalisation methods in the financial services industry Dr Ana Cristina Vasconcelos, Ms Barbara Sen liq10as@sheffield.ac.uk

Libraries and Information Society Research Students

Name Research Supervisor(s) Email
Abdelkarim Agnawe Use of the internet by academic staff members in Libya Dr Andrew Cox lip07aa@sheffield.ac.uk
Nabhan Al Harrasi Academic Library Collaboration in Oman Dr Jonathan Foster N.Harrasi@sheffield.ac.uk
Mashael Al Omar Use of Electronic Resources by Faculty Members in Academic Libraries Dr Andrew Cox liq09ma@sheffield.ac.uk
Dakhil Al Houti Information Marketing in Academic Libraries of Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET)in Kuwait Ms Sheila Webber lip09daa@sheffield.ac.uk
Wafaa Al-Motawah The role of Kuwait University Libraries in supporting graduate students' research. Professor Sheila Corrall, Mrs Barbara Sen lip08waa@sheffield.ac.uk
Faisal Altamimi Total Quality Management Implementation in Saudi Academic Libraries Professor Sheila Corrall, Mrs Barbara Sen lip08faa@sheffield.ac.uk
Briony Birdi An investigation of the reading of, and engagement with, minority genre fiction in public libraries, with a particular focus on materials written by Black British and British Asian authors Professor Nigel Ford b.birdi@sheffield.ac.uk
Sahlee Bualat Leadership development of library and information service professionals in higher education institutions in the Philippines Professor Sheila Corrall, Mrs Barbara Sen lip08sb@sheffield.ac.uk
Liz Chapman Provision of LGBT-related fiction to children and young people in public libraries Mrs Briony Birdi, Professor Nigel Ford e.chapman@sheffield.ac.uk
Halima Egberongbe Quality Circles in Academic Libraries in Nigeria Professor Sheila Corrall, Ms Barbara Sen lip11hse@sheffield.ac.uk
Linda Kemp Critical Approaches to Information Dr Andrew Cox, Professor Nigel Ford  
Nicolas Kylilis TBC Dr Andrew Cox NKylilis1@sheffield.ac.uk
Abdulhalik Pinar Digital preservation: Preservation in Web 2.0 environment Ms Barbara Sen, Dr Andrew Cox apinar3@sheffield.ac.uk
Angharad Roberts Conceptualising the library collection for the digital world: a case study of social enterprise. Professor Sheila Corrall; Professor Peter Marsh angharad.roberts@sheffield.ac.uk
Alice Schofield Evaluating the intellectual assets of the scholarship and collections directorate at the British Library Professor Sheila Corrall, Ms Barbara Sen lip10ams@sheffield.ac.uk
Mohammed Muhtar Arifin Sholeh The Information Behaviour of Academics in Indonesian Universities Ms Sheila Webber, Professor Nigel Ford lip08mms@sheffield.ac.uk
Barbara Sen Market Orientation: Its Value as a Strategic Option for Library and Information Services Ms Sheila Webber B.A.Sen@sheffield.ac.uk
Martin Simmons Evaluating the impact and value of cultural services. Ms Briony Birdi, Dr Andrew Cox, Mr Robert Gent and Mr Roger Jones msimmons1@sheffield.ac.uk
Mostafa Syed An investigation into the effectiveness of Public Library diversity training (PLDT) in a Black and Minority Ethnic (BEM) context Ms Briony Birdi, Professor Nigel Ford lip10mss@sheffield.ac.uk