Current Positions

Assistant Professor in Media and Communications  London School of Economics and Political Science, London UK
(Jan 2013-present)

Research Associate  Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford UK
(October 2010-present)

Past Positions

LSE Fellow in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London UK (Sept 2010-Dec 2012)

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford UK
(Oct 2008-Sept 2010)

Research Fellow École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris, France
(May-October 2006)

Education
PhD, Communication Studies, 2008
Department of Communication, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

MA, Communication and Culture, 2004
Ryerson University and York University, Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Arts & Science and English, 2000
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Recent Publications Available Here

Research Grants
Powell, A [PI] and Brown, I. Social Issues in Ubiquitous Computing:  The Grand Challenge Video Project Ubiquitous Computing Grand Challenge (2009-2010)

Nash, Vicki [PI], Brown, I., Powell, A and Hills, M. Policy Forum on Freedom of Speech and Child Protection, Oak Foundation (2008-2011)

Crow, G [PI]., Dutton, W.H., Wiles, R.A.,Coffey, A., Powell, A. ‘Missing’ Data in Qualitative Research National Centre for Research Methods (2008-2009)

Powell, A [PI]. Missing Data in Online Research National Centre for E-Social Science (2009)

Powell, A [PI] and Media and Democracy Foundation. Public Interest Communications Infrastructure Taxonomy. Social Sciences Research Council (2007-2008)

Special Issues of Journals
Powell, Alison and Sascha Meinrath. (2008) Journal of Community Informatics: Special Issue on Wireless Networking as Social Justice Vol. 4 no 1.