Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Information Technology
Department of Informatics
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
The research foci in the Department of Informatics are information science and organisations, information science and education and information and communication technology (ICT) for sustainable development. Each focus area is associated with one or more workgroups of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) and incorporates the following focus areas: theoretical aspects of informatics, the socio-economic impact and implications of information systems and information technology, information technology in the service of the organisation and society, and knowledge discovery from data to enhance organisational decision-making.
Contributions were made on chronism theory, culture and system delay: a longitudinal study of post-apartheid South Africa, ethical considerations during human-centred overt and covert research, selective exclusions resulting from the digital divide in the context of indigenous knowledge systems in South Africa, an assessment of knowledge management growth from a South African perspective, and the use of action research to link practice and theory in information systems strategy development.
Contact person: Prof C de Villiers.
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