BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Data sharing and privacy in multi-agency working - Adam Warren\, D epartment of Information Science\, Loughborough University DTSTART:20070206T161500Z DTEND:20070206T171500Z UID:TALK5846@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Saar Drimer DESCRIPTION:This paper analyses empirical data from a major\, ESRC-funded research project concerning data-sharing and privacy in multi-agency worki ng. The study provides the first systematic evidence about the ways in whi ch local partnerships working in sensitive policy fields – including Men tal Health and Crime and Disorder - attempt to strike settlements between sharing and confidentiality\, Over 200 interviews were conducted in 77 org anisations\, covering four policy sectors\, across England and Scotland. T he analysis was framed by theory developed from the neo-Durkheimian tradit ion\, and the research demonstrates that this theory has the power to iden tify and explain patterns of information sharing styles adopted in local c ollaborative working. \n\nThe overall conclusion is that the stronger for mal regulation by national government may well be leading to the greater p rominence of hierarchical institutional forms. However\, the findings demo nstrate that reliance on such policy tools does not always lead to consist ent and acceptable outcomes\, not least because of unresolved conflicts of values and aims. \n\nThe project\, Joined-up Public Services: Data-shari ng and Privacy in Multi-Agency Working\, was a £230\,000 ESRC-funded stud y concerning the tensions between collaborative working and respect for co nfidentiality in the spheres of health and criminal justice. It was co-man aged by Professors Chris Bellamy (Nottingham Trent University)\, Perri 6 ( Nottingham Trent University) and Charles Raab (Edinburgh University). It h as produced a number of outputs\, including conference papers\, book chapt ers and journal articles. A co-authored book\, Partnership and privacy in the information state\, will be published by Palgrave-MacMillan in 2007. \n\nDr Adam Warren has been a Research Officer at the Department of Inform ation Science (DIS)\, Loughborough University since September 2005 He comp leted his PhD thesis Fully Compliant? A Study of Data Protection Policy in Public Organisations at DIS in June 2003. He was subsequently employed fo r two years as a Research Fellow on the Data sharing and privacy project.\ n\nDr. Adam Warren's homepage LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR