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Osama Mansour

Osama Mansour is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science with a major in Information Systems at the School of Computer Science, Physics, and Mathematics at Linnaeus University (Lnu) in Sweden since November 2008. He holds a Masters degree in Information Systems from Lund University, Sweden. His Ph.D. research focuses on exploring the use of Social Media and Web 2.0 technologies in organizations. In particular, the research aims to provide an understanding of the effects and implications of using social network and collaborative technologies to support collaborative activities, social interactions, and knowledge sharing.

He is affiliated with the Center for Learning and Knowledge Technologies (CeLeKT) where he participates in research seminars and other research activities to explore about the role of Social Media in different social and organizational contexts. He is also affiliated with the Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology (MIT) where he attends regular MIT seminars and discusses his research with junior and senior researchers.

Key research interests: Social Media, New Media, Web 2.0, Computer-Mediated Communication, Collaborative Technologies, Social Networks, Internet Research, Research Methods.

Contact info

Email: osama (DOT) mansour (AT) lnu (DOT) se
Mobile: +46 76 824 2984
Phone: +46 (0) 47 076 7548
Office: B3009
Google Map: http://bit.ly/officeaddress

Website

http://www.celekt.info/profiles/index/33

Latest publications

Mansour, O. (2009). Group Intelligence: a distributed cognition perspective. In Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, IEEE Computer Society, Barcelona, Spain, 4 - 6 November, pp. 247 – 250. ISBN 978-0-7695-3858-7.

Mansour, O. & Ghazawneh, A. (2009). Research in Information Systems: Implications of the constant changing nature of IT capabilities in the social computing era, in Molka-Danielsen, J. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 32nd Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, IRIS 32, Inclusive Design, Molde University College, Molde, Norway, August 9-12, 2009. ISBN 978-82-7962-120-1.

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Researchers

Jorge de Sousa Pires

Lisbeth Frølunde

Andreas Kerren

Arianit Kurti

David Metcalf

Marcelo Milrad

Anita Mirijamdotter

Simon Winter

PhD Students

Claudio Alvarez

Marianne Björn

Didac Gil

Ilir Jusufi

Miranda Kajtazi

Osama Mansour

Oskar Pettersson

Daniel Spikol

Martin Svensson

Bahtijar Vogel

Anna Wingkvist

Jorge L. Zapico

Research Assistants

David Johansson

Sandra Kaltofen

Katrin Lindwall

Magnus Persson

Sadaf Salavati

Others

Richard Guilfoyle

Students

Lars Lorenz

Former members

Lusia Erldorfer

Martin Hult

Martin Maczkowski

Flavio Ruvalcaba

Doina Stoica

Dennis Willuhn

Janosch Zbick

Per Flensburg

Astrid Wichmann

Andreas Jeansson

Fredrik Alserin

Jonas Gustafsson

Philipp Rossmanith

Marine Karlsson

Carina Hallqvist

Taha Taha

Gunnar Mosnik

Ola Andersson