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 ''' The Centre for the Study of Technology and Organisation  '''

The Centre for the Study of Technology and Organisation is a Research Centre within Lancaster University, UK. It was established in 2002. It undertakes research on the social dimensions and processes through which technologies are designed, implemented and used in organisations. Research intersects a number of academic disciplines including sociology, management and organization studies, science and technology studies and information systems. It primarily conducts both theoretically informed empirical research.

''' Management '''

From 2001, Prof Brian Bloomfield served as the first Director, followed in 2007 by Prof Theo Vurdubakis, and Dr Neyland in 2011. Dr Niall Hayes became Director in 2013.

The Centre has fifteen staff members in addition to research students. In addition to its past and current Directors, notable members of the Centre include Prof Lucas Introna, Prof David Knights, Prof Luis Araujo and Professor Monideepa Tarafdar.

''' Research areas '''

The center has eight research themes

•	Healthcare and IT

•	ICT-enabled public sector transformation

•	Information technology and international development

•	Information technology and the environment

•	Knowledge, expertise and technology

•	Order and control in networked organisations

•	Technology and ethics

•	The dark side of information technology