Biography
Professor Maria Burke joined the VHI in 2019 as a Research Associate and became a Senior Research Associate in 2022. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Institut for Kommunikation, Københavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen) and a Professor at the University of Winchester.
She holds a PhD in Information Systems, an MBA and a postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies. Maria is also interested in experimenting with the craft of writing and was recently awarded the MA in Critical and Creative Writing (Winchester) graduating with a Merit Award.
Research
Professor Burke’s research area is in the application of new digital technology to social systems. She is interested in how digital technology impacts on the person and the need for new digital frameworks that will help to analyse digital research in the future.
She works at the boundaries between disciplines and combines cultural interests with a background in technology, examining the issues of ethics surrounding new technologies from new and different perspectives. Her work concerns the connections between Culture, Technology and Ethics and centres on questions concerning control. She is a core member of the Fragility and Flourishing Initiative at the VHI which seeks to ensure that human dignity is at the forefront of new technological developments.
Professor Burke is also currently working on her latest book Russia, Poland and the UK: Searching for Everyday Information, which will critique the way in which information is used (and misused) in different cultures.
Publications
- Burke, M. (2018) Making choices: developing digital research frameworks for information management. Journal of Documentation. Vol. 74 (1) pp. 247-254
- Burke, M. (2017) The design and value of early-adopter low-energy houses. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, and Management. Vol. 17 (3) pp. 262-272
- Burke, M. (2016) The party’s over at the digital society: some thoughts towards the search for serious theoretical frameworks. International Journal of the Human Digital. Vol. 1 (2) July pp. 195-201
- Burke, M. and Speed, C. (2014) Knowledge Recovery: Applications of Technology in Uberveillance and the Social Implications of Microchip Implants: Emerging Technologies, Chapter 5, edited by Michael, K. and Michael, M., IGI Publishing pp. 133-142
- Burke, M. O Callaghan, & Quigley, M., (2013) The business of digital storytelling: augmenting information systems with QR Codes. Journal of Systems and Information Technology Vol. 15 (4) pp. 347-367
- Quigley, M. & Burke, M. (2013) Low Cost Internet of Things: Digital Technology Adoption in SMEs. International Journal of Management Practice, Special Issue: ICT Adoption in Small Businesses: Beyond The Rhetoric, Vol. 6 (2) pp. 153-164
- Emmanouilidou, M. & Burke, M. (2013) A Thematic review and the policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the Greek National Health System. Health Policy Vol. 109 (1) pp. 31-37
- Burke, M. (2011) Knowledge Sharing in Emerging Economies. Guest Editor Library Review Vol. 60 (1), pp. 5-14
- Leder, K., Karpovitch, A., Burke, M. et.al. (2010) Tagging is connecting: shared object memories as channels for social cohesion M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture Vol. 13 (1) e-journal.
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