Ann Macintosh


Ann Macintosh is emeritus professor of digital governance at the University of Leeds.

Early life and education

Macintosh has a bachelor's degree from University of St Andrews.

Career

In 1999 Macintosh founded the International Teledemocracy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University to support interdisciplinary research into eGovernment and eDemocracy.
Among other projects, from 1999, between the , and BT Scotland to create an e-petitions system. ITC later integrated this with the Parliament's and the Parliament's website. This led to a number of projects, investigating the implementation of e-petitions systems, including , working with the German Bundestag, and working with local authorities in England.
Macintosh led or collaborated in a , at the ITC, both theoretical and applied, in the areas of eGovernment and eParticipation, until 2007. She also acted as a specialist advisor for the OECD, the Council for Europe and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
In 2002, Macintosh became the UK's first Professor of e-Governance.
In 2007, Macintosh moved to Leeds University to establish and co-direct the Centre for Digital Citizenship, with Stephen Coleman, in the Institute of Communications Studies. Macintosh's involvement in high-profile eParticipation collaborations continued at Leeds. Macintosh has also been working with Craven and Harrogate Districts Citizens Advice Bureau on digital access and Universal credit.
Macintosh instigated research into evaluating eParticipation, creating frameworks which reflected the importance of social, political and technical elements.
Macintosh co-founded the IFIP International Conference on eParticipation.

Honors and awards

She has an honorary PhD from Örebro University for recognition of her work in eParticipation.

Key publications

  • Tambouris, E., Macintosh. A., Smith, S.O., Panopoulou, E., Tarabanis, K. and Millard, J.. , Information Systems Management. 29. pp. 321–330.
  • Smith, S., Macintosh, A. and Millard, J.. , International Journal of Electronic Governance. 4. pp. 304–321.
  • Macintosh, A., Gordon, T. and Renton, A.. , Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 6. pp. 43–59.
  • Xenakis, A. and Macintosh, A.. , International Journal of Public Administration. 31.pp. 1–15.
  • Macintosh, A.. . In P. Cunningham and M. Cunningham Exploiting the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications and Case Studies. Amsterdam: IOS press. pp. 364–369.
  • Macintosh, A. and Whyte, A.. . eGovernment Workshop ’06 , September 11, 2006, Brunel University, London.
  • Macintosh, A.. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ; Big Island, Hawaii, January 5–8, 2004
  • Macintosh, A., Malina, A., and Farrell, S.. . In W. McIver and A.K. Elmagarmid. Advances in Digital Government: Technology, Human Factors, and Policy. Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 137–148.

    Selected projects

  • 2010-2012 . European Commission, University of Leeds, with Fraunhofer, University of Amsterdam, University of Liverpool, User Interface Design GMBH and Zebralog GmbH & Co KG.
  • 2008-2009 Study and supply of services on the development of eParticipation in the EU. .
  • 2006-2008 : European Commission. This large-scale collaboration brought together many of the main research centres interested in eParticipation in Europe, before it was closed.
  • 2005-2006 .
  • 2004-2006 funded by the Scottish Executive.
  • 2004- 2006 Local eDemocracy National Project. ;.
  • e-Petitioning projects : ; ; ; .
  • e-Consultations: ; ; .