Jennifer Welch

Jen is a Web Science PhD student researching the web and related technologies for post-conflict peacebuilding. Jen has a BSc in International Relations from the LSE, an MSc in Global Security and MSc in Web Science from the University of Southampton. She has worked in marketing and communications for ten years and authored the first Social Brands 100 report in 2011.

Web Science - beyond the Web as an everyday tool Web Science is an emerging interdisciplinary field or subject. Quite a few of us use the web on a daily basis and take many of its features for granted. Thinking critically about it as a piece of technology that shapes and is shaped by social forces allows us to understand what differentiates the web from other communication technologies. Doing this however is not easy. Continue reading →