Maha Shaikh

Research Associate

Information Systems and Innovation Group,

Dept of Management,
LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Email: M.I.SHAIKH@LSE.AC.UK
Phone: +(44) 207 955 6397
Fax: +(44) 207 955 7385

 

Research Fellow

LERO Research Centre,

University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland

Email: MAHA.SHAIKH@LERO.IE
Phone: +(353) 61 23 3707


 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Free/Libre/Open Source Software

2. Open Source Adoption by the Public and Private Sector

3. Open Standards, Open Government, and Open Data

4. Business Models for Open Source Innovation
5. Organizational Learning

6. Organizing and Governance
7. Science and Technology Studies

TEACHING INTERESTS

1. Information Systems
2. Systems Analysis and Design

3. E-Business

4. Business Information Systems Design
5. Social Studies of ICT's

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2010-present, Research Fellow: OpenForum Europe

2010-2011, Visiting Lecturer: Warwick Business School

2007-present, Research Fellow: Professor Brian Fitzgerald, LERO, University of Limerick

2009-2010, Research Associate: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Group, Imperial College Business School

2007-2009, Research Officer: Professor Leslie Willcocks, The London School of Economics and Political Science

2007-present, co-Chief Examiner for Unit 60: Introduction to Information Systems, External Programme, University of London

2007 (March)-2007 (September), Research Fellow: Dr Julia Kotlarsky, Warwick Business School

2007 -2010 (March-April): Revision Session Lecturer: External Programme, University of London representative in Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), Singapore

2006 (Feb)-2006 (Dec): Research Coordinator: Information Systems and Innovation Group, London School of Economics and Political Science

2000-2009, Class Teacher: The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
2001-2004, Research Assistant to Dr Susan Scott: The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

2000-present, External Examiner: The University of London

2000-2010, Process Coordinator for External Examinations: The University of London
2001 (January)-2006 (November), Subwarden of LSE residence: Sidney Webb House, The London School of Economics and Political Science

2002-2003, Guest Lectured: Sheffield University

2003, Lectured: London School of Economics and Political Science's Higher Education Summer School

2000-2002, Occasional Research Assistant: The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Systems), 2007
The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
Dissertation Title: Version Control Software in the Open Source Process: A Performative View of Learning and Organizing in the Linux Collectif

Dissertation Supervisor: Dr Tony Cornford

PhD Viva Examiners: Professor Brian Fitzgerald and Professor Debra Howcroft

 

Master of Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems (ADMIS), 1999
The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

Dissertation Title: The Motivation of Hackers in Open Source

Bachelor of Economics, 1998
The University of London

 

COURSES TAUGHT

IB2430, Business Systems Development, 2010-2011

IB2420, Foundations of Information Systems, 2010-2011

IS 470, Social Studies of Information Systems, 2007 - 2009

MG 150, E-Business in the Digital Age, 2008 - 2010 (Summer School)

IS 471, Systems Development, 2000 - 2004 (4 Terms)
IS 143, Information Technology and Society, 2003 - 2006 (6 Terms)

 

SOME PUBLICATIONS

 

CONFERENCE, and OTHER EVENTS

 

SPECIAL AWARDS and HONOURS

 

Teaching Award for Outstanding Contribution based on Peer Review and Student Feedback, Information Systems Department, LSE 2006

ECIS Doctoral Consortium, LSE representative, 2002
Research Studentship, LSE, 2003.
Research Studentship, LSE, 2004.
Research Studentship, LSE, 2005.

 

 

OTHER ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

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