Elizabeth Shepherd
Biographic Data
| ID | 355826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Shepherd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Shepherd |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPHERD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2404-0149 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 111 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Diabetes Connections Initiative
Introduction: Diabetes has a high prevalence and high morbidity among First Nations communities, exacerbated by a complex history of intersectional determinants of health, including intergenerational trauma from colonization and structural racism. Thus, our team chose a co-design approach to developing a model of care to help to reorient diabetes care in our region to support community empowerment, autonomy, and ownership. Background: Diabetes ha…
Working with care leavers and young people still in care
An important element of social research is the ethical treatment of research participants. This paper outlines the ethical issues pertaining to a study (MIRRA: Memory-Identity-Rights in Records-Access) that developed a ‘participatory recordkeeping system specification’ for young people in care. The research team worked with members of the cohort themselves (aged 13–17 years) and care-experienced adults. It discusses in general terms the various e…
Archives of Childhood
Les enfants et les jeunes vivant en dehors du foyer familial, par exemple en famille d’accueil, dans des foyers ou dans d’autres structures d’accueil, pris en charge par les autorités locales ou par des associations pour enfants, souffrent souvent, tout au long de leur vie, de répercussions sur leur bien-être, leur sentiment d’appartenance et d’identité et leur perception d’eux-mêmes. Les personnes ayant été dans cette situation peuvent être priv…
Constraints of hierarchy on meso-actors’ agency
This paper contributes to recent discussions of levels of agency in Language Policy and Planning (LPP) research. It specifically aims to understand the role and importance of meso-level actors as arbiters of policy implementation. It argues that, whilst understanding of both macro- and micro-agency has grown over the past decade, little is understood about the experience of meso-level agents. The paper seeks to address this by focussing on the LP…
Towards a human-centred participatory approach to child social care recordkeeping
In 2019, there were over 75,000 children and young people in out-of-home care in England and Wales. Recent estimates suggest that up to half a million British people were in state or voluntary care as children, around 1% of the adult population. While individual experiences vary enormously by time and place, care-experienced people share in common the intensive documentation of their lives by social workers, educators, health professionals and as…
Recordkeeping and the life‐long memory and identity needs of care‐experienced children and young people
In family settings stories, photographs and memory objects support narratives of identity and belonging. Such resources are often missing for people who were in care as children. As a result, they may be unable to fill gaps in their memories or answer simple questions about their early lives. In these circumstances, they turn to the records created about them by social workers and care providers to reconstruct personal histories. Research suggest…
Child Social-Care Recording and the Information Rights of Care-Experienced People
Recent reports by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) emphasised the critical importance of records throughout the lives of care-experienced people. Records not only contain information about what happened to a person in their past, but also have long-term effects on memory and identity. Research emerging in the context of analogous national inquiries into the systemic abuse and neglect of children in care—particularly the Roy…
The role and nature of consent in government administrative data
This article draws on research undertaken by the authors as part of the Administrative Data Research Centre in England (ADRC-E). Between 2014 and 2017, we conducted four case studies on government administrative data for education, transport, energy and health. The purpose of the research was to examine stakeholder perspectives about the sharing, linking and re-use (secondary use) of government administrative data. In relation to the role and nat…
A balance of trust in the use of government administrative data
Government departments and agencies around the world routinely collect administrative data produced by citizen interaction with the state. The UK government increasingly frames data as an ‘asset’. The potential in administrative data can be exploited by sharing and linking across datasets, but when the rhetoric of the benefits of data sharing is bound up in commercial exploitation, trustworthy motivations for sharing data come into question. Such…
Pioneering women archivists in England
This paper explores the life of Miss Ethel Stokes who was significantly involved in several major historical, literary and archival enterprises in early twentieth-century England. She established the Records Preservation Section of the British Records Association, she edited historical records and wrote for publication in works of reference including local and British Record Society volumes, the Victoria County History of England and the Complete…
Interrogating Institutional Change
Since the beginning of the 1990s the public healthcare system in England has been subject to reforms. This has resulted in a structurally hybrid system of public service with elements of the market. Utilizing a theory of new institutionalism, this article explores National Health Service ( NHS ) managers' views on competition and cooperation as mechanisms for commissioning health services. We interrogate the extent of institutional change in the …
Introduction
In June 2012 a conference on ‘Secrecy and Disclosure: Freedom of Information and the Commonwealth’ was convened by Dr Mandy Banton and Dr Susan Williams at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Sc
Freedom of Information, Right to Access Information, Open Data
Many national governments have adopted the idea of the ‘right to access information’ (RTI) or ‘freedom of information’ (FOI) as an essential element of the rights of citizens to freedom of opinion and expression, human rights, trust in public discourse and transparent, accountable and open government. Over 100 countries worldwide have introduced access to information legislation: 50+ in Europe; a dozen in Africa; 20 in the Americas and Caribbean;…
Questions of trust (and distrust)
Freedom of Information and records management in local government
Research into the impact of the UK Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 on records management services in public authorities, especially in local government was carried out by the Department of Information Studies at UCL in 2008–2009, funded by the
Information governance, records management, and freedom of information
New frameworks for community engagement in the archive sector
This article uses ethnographic research methods to explore the various forms of engagement between mainstream publicly‐funded archives in the UK and independent ‘community archives’. Shifts in the understanding of the role of archives in society, combined with pressure from historically marginalised groups for greater visibility for their histories, have led mainstream organisations to develop more flexible working practices. These practices cove…
Whose memories, whose archives? Independent community archives, autonomy and the mainstream
Culture and evidence
Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates
The discovery of carbonized date stones in the United Arab Emirates has made a contribution to the dating of early date consumption in the Near East
Populonia, un mosaico e l'iconografia del naufragio
Elizabeth J. Shepherd, Populonia, un mosaico e l'iconografia del naufragio, p. 119-144. Prendendo spunto dal riesame di un mosaico di età tardorepubblicana trovato a Populonia nel 1842, raffigurante un fondo marino popolato di pesci in cui è inserita una rara scena di naufragio, l'A. svolge alcune considerazioni sull'iconografia del naufragio nell'antichità, e propone che nel mosaico debba essere vista una scena affine agli ex-voto. L'A. riconsid…
Whose memories, whose archives? Independent community archives, autonomy and the mainstream
Towards a human-centred participatory approach to child social care recordkeeping
In 2019, there were over 75,000 children and young people in out-of-home care in England and Wales. Recent estimates suggest that up to half a million British people were in state or voluntary care as children, around 1% of the adult population. While individual experiences vary enormously by time and place, care-experienced people share in common the intensive documentation of their lives by social workers, educators, health professionals and as…
Freedom of Information, Right to Access Information, Open Data
Many national governments have adopted the idea of the ‘right to access information’ (RTI) or ‘freedom of information’ (FOI) as an essential element of the rights of citizens to freedom of opinion and expression, human rights, trust in public discourse and transparent, accountable and open government. Over 100 countries worldwide have introduced access to information legislation: 50+ in Europe; a dozen in Africa; 20 in the Americas and Caribbean;…
Freedom of Information and records management in local government
Research into the impact of the UK Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 on records management services in public authorities, especially in local government was carried out by the Department of Information Studies at UCL in 2008–2009, funded by the
Information governance, records management, and freedom of information
Recordkeeping and the life‐long memory and identity needs of care‐experienced children and young people
In family settings stories, photographs and memory objects support narratives of identity and belonging. Such resources are often missing for people who were in care as children. As a result, they may be unable to fill gaps in their memories or answer simple questions about their early lives. In these circumstances, they turn to the records created about them by social workers and care providers to reconstruct personal histories. Research suggest…
Interrogating Institutional Change
Since the beginning of the 1990s the public healthcare system in England has been subject to reforms. This has resulted in a structurally hybrid system of public service with elements of the market. Utilizing a theory of new institutionalism, this article explores National Health Service ( NHS ) managers' views on competition and cooperation as mechanisms for commissioning health services. We interrogate the extent of institutional change in the …
New frameworks for community engagement in the archive sector
This article uses ethnographic research methods to explore the various forms of engagement between mainstream publicly‐funded archives in the UK and independent ‘community archives’. Shifts in the understanding of the role of archives in society, combined with pressure from historically marginalised groups for greater visibility for their histories, have led mainstream organisations to develop more flexible working practices. These practices cove…
Constraints of hierarchy on meso-actors’ agency
This paper contributes to recent discussions of levels of agency in Language Policy and Planning (LPP) research. It specifically aims to understand the role and importance of meso-level actors as arbiters of policy implementation. It argues that, whilst understanding of both macro- and micro-agency has grown over the past decade, little is understood about the experience of meso-level agents. The paper seeks to address this by focussing on the LP…
Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates
The discovery of carbonized date stones in the United Arab Emirates has made a contribution to the dating of early date consumption in the Near East
The role and nature of consent in government administrative data
This article draws on research undertaken by the authors as part of the Administrative Data Research Centre in England (ADRC-E). Between 2014 and 2017, we conducted four case studies on government administrative data for education, transport, energy and health. The purpose of the research was to examine stakeholder perspectives about the sharing, linking and re-use (secondary use) of government administrative data. In relation to the role and nat…
A balance of trust in the use of government administrative data
Government departments and agencies around the world routinely collect administrative data produced by citizen interaction with the state. The UK government increasingly frames data as an ‘asset’. The potential in administrative data can be exploited by sharing and linking across datasets, but when the rhetoric of the benefits of data sharing is bound up in commercial exploitation, trustworthy motivations for sharing data come into question. Such…
Questions of trust (and distrust)
Populonia, un mosaico e l'iconografia del naufragio
Elizabeth J. Shepherd, Populonia, un mosaico e l'iconografia del naufragio, p. 119-144. Prendendo spunto dal riesame di un mosaico di età tardorepubblicana trovato a Populonia nel 1842, raffigurante un fondo marino popolato di pesci in cui è inserita una rara scena di naufragio, l'A. svolge alcune considerazioni sull'iconografia del naufragio nell'antichità, e propone che nel mosaico debba essere vista una scena affine agli ex-voto. L'A. riconsid…
Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates
The discovery of carbonized date stones in the United Arab Emirates has made a contribution to the dating of early date consumption in the Near East
Whose memories, whose archives? Independent community archives, autonomy and the mainstream
Culture and evidence
Information governance, records management, and freedom of information
New frameworks for community engagement in the archive sector
This article uses ethnographic research methods to explore the various forms of engagement between mainstream publicly‐funded archives in the UK and independent ‘community archives’. Shifts in the understanding of the role of archives in society, combined with pressure from historically marginalised groups for greater visibility for their histories, have led mainstream organisations to develop more flexible working practices. These practices cove…
Questions of trust (and distrust)
Freedom of Information and records management in local government
Research into the impact of the UK Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 on records management services in public authorities, especially in local government was carried out by the Department of Information Studies at UCL in 2008–2009, funded by the
Introduction
In June 2012 a conference on ‘Secrecy and Disclosure: Freedom of Information and the Commonwealth’ was convened by Dr Mandy Banton and Dr Susan Williams at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Sc
Freedom of Information, Right to Access Information, Open Data
Many national governments have adopted the idea of the ‘right to access information’ (RTI) or ‘freedom of information’ (FOI) as an essential element of the rights of citizens to freedom of opinion and expression, human rights, trust in public discourse and transparent, accountable and open government. Over 100 countries worldwide have introduced access to information legislation: 50+ in Europe; a dozen in Africa; 20 in the Americas and Caribbean;…
Pioneering women archivists in England
This paper explores the life of Miss Ethel Stokes who was significantly involved in several major historical, literary and archival enterprises in early twentieth-century England. She established the Records Preservation Section of the British Records Association, she edited historical records and wrote for publication in works of reference including local and British Record Society volumes, the Victoria County History of England and the Complete…
Interrogating Institutional Change
Since the beginning of the 1990s the public healthcare system in England has been subject to reforms. This has resulted in a structurally hybrid system of public service with elements of the market. Utilizing a theory of new institutionalism, this article explores National Health Service ( NHS ) managers' views on competition and cooperation as mechanisms for commissioning health services. We interrogate the extent of institutional change in the …
A balance of trust in the use of government administrative data
Government departments and agencies around the world routinely collect administrative data produced by citizen interaction with the state. The UK government increasingly frames data as an ‘asset’. The potential in administrative data can be exploited by sharing and linking across datasets, but when the rhetoric of the benefits of data sharing is bound up in commercial exploitation, trustworthy motivations for sharing data come into question. Such…
Child Social-Care Recording and the Information Rights of Care-Experienced People
Recent reports by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) emphasised the critical importance of records throughout the lives of care-experienced people. Records not only contain information about what happened to a person in their past, but also have long-term effects on memory and identity. Research emerging in the context of analogous national inquiries into the systemic abuse and neglect of children in care—particularly the Roy…
The role and nature of consent in government administrative data
This article draws on research undertaken by the authors as part of the Administrative Data Research Centre in England (ADRC-E). Between 2014 and 2017, we conducted four case studies on government administrative data for education, transport, energy and health. The purpose of the research was to examine stakeholder perspectives about the sharing, linking and re-use (secondary use) of government administrative data. In relation to the role and nat…
Constraints of hierarchy on meso-actors’ agency
This paper contributes to recent discussions of levels of agency in Language Policy and Planning (LPP) research. It specifically aims to understand the role and importance of meso-level actors as arbiters of policy implementation. It argues that, whilst understanding of both macro- and micro-agency has grown over the past decade, little is understood about the experience of meso-level agents. The paper seeks to address this by focussing on the LP…
Towards a human-centred participatory approach to child social care recordkeeping
In 2019, there were over 75,000 children and young people in out-of-home care in England and Wales. Recent estimates suggest that up to half a million British people were in state or voluntary care as children, around 1% of the adult population. While individual experiences vary enormously by time and place, care-experienced people share in common the intensive documentation of their lives by social workers, educators, health professionals and as…
Recordkeeping and the life‐long memory and identity needs of care‐experienced children and young people
In family settings stories, photographs and memory objects support narratives of identity and belonging. Such resources are often missing for people who were in care as children. As a result, they may be unable to fill gaps in their memories or answer simple questions about their early lives. In these circumstances, they turn to the records created about them by social workers and care providers to reconstruct personal histories. Research suggest…
Archives of Childhood
Les enfants et les jeunes vivant en dehors du foyer familial, par exemple en famille d’accueil, dans des foyers ou dans d’autres structures d’accueil, pris en charge par les autorités locales ou par des associations pour enfants, souffrent souvent, tout au long de leur vie, de répercussions sur leur bien-être, leur sentiment d’appartenance et d’identité et leur perception d’eux-mêmes. Les personnes ayant été dans cette situation peuvent être priv…
Working with care leavers and young people still in care
An important element of social research is the ethical treatment of research participants. This paper outlines the ethical issues pertaining to a study (MIRRA: Memory-Identity-Rights in Records-Access) that developed a ‘participatory recordkeeping system specification’ for young people in care. The research team worked with members of the cohort themselves (aged 13–17 years) and care-experienced adults. It discusses in general terms the various e…
The Diabetes Connections Initiative
Introduction: Diabetes has a high prevalence and high morbidity among First Nations communities, exacerbated by a complex history of intersectional determinants of health, including intergenerational trauma from colonization and structural racism. Thus, our team chose a co-design approach to developing a model of care to help to reorient diabetes care in our region to support community empowerment, autonomy, and ownership. Background: Diabetes ha…
Political science (17 works) · Law (12 works) · Public relations (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Digital and Traditional Archives Management (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Business (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · History (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)