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Ella Taylor-Smith

Ella joined the International Teledemocracy Centre in September, 2001.

Ella Taylor-Smith

Ella is now working on the WEB.DEP project - Western Balkans Democratic Participation. The project's primary aim is to establish a communication and information management network, to be hosted by the National News Agencies of the Western Balkan countries. Napier's main role within the project is in specifying e-participation aspects of the network, based on a survey of best practice as appropriate to the project.

Ella's previous responsibilities (2001 -6) included development of a suite of e-democracy tools for Highland Youth Voice (a youth parliament for the Highland region of Scotland). These tools take the form of a website, including an online policy debating forum, a content management system for news and information and an e-voting section, which was used to elect new HYV members in Autumn 2002 and 2004.

Ella has also worked with the University's Secretariat to provide e-voting systems to support elections to Napier's Academic Board.

Ella's first degree is in Fine Art (M.A.), studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art. She majored in sculpture and printmaking and wrote "American Minimalist Sculpture and the Search for the Definition of Art" as her first dissertation. After completing her first degree, Ella worked as a chef until February 2000 when she came to Napier to study.

Ella worked for ITC on the "What sort of Scotland do we want to live in?" e-consultation as part of her dissertation: "Usability and Community in a Dynamic e-Democracy Website.", completing an MSc in Multimedia Technology (Napier University, Edinburgh).

Ella maintains this website and should be contacted if you have any problems with it.

Note that some publications can be found under Ella's maiden name: Ella Smith.

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