This section includes activities that have arisen because of my professional roles and my expertise, rather than as output of research.
1980 - 1986: Advisory or Consultancy work within ICI plc
1986 - 1988: External consultancy to ICI plc, since leaving, on KBS technology and Knowledge Engineering in general.
2003 onwards: Member of Scientific Steering Committee of the Department of Systems, University of Luleå.
1983 - 1985: Invited to take part in the SPL-Insight workshops on Building Expert Systems.
1984 - 1987: Invited to take part in the Alvey Deep Knowledge Workshops.
1984: Invited to take part in the Alvey Workshop on Very Large Data Bases.
1994: Asked to prepare two contributions towards the Government's Technology Foresight Programme, describing the current situation in Computer Games and System Development Methodologies. They were included in the Foresight documents 1994.
1996: Academic Catalyst at "Safety Critical Systems and Artificial Intelligence" working group of projects within the DTI Safety Critical Programme.
1997: Convenor of the University of Salford Interdisciplinarity Working Group.
1998: Convenor of the User Interface Working Group for the Industry Council for Open Amiga.
1999: Internal examiner for PhD 'Multi-Aspectual Approach to Urban Sustainability', Univ. Salford, Dept. of Surveying.
2000: External assessor for twelve Masters Theses, University of Luleå, Sweden, Jan 2000.
2000: External assessor for Masters Theses, University of Luleå, Sweden, Dec 2000.
2001: External assessor for Masters Theses, University of Luleå, Sweden, Dec 2001.
2002: Internal assessor for PhD on Sustainability in the Urban Environment.
2007: External examiner for Masters Thesis, Northwestern University, South Africa
2007: External examiner of PhD for Marita Holst, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
2007: External examiner of PhD for Jonathan Clarke, University of Central England, UK.
2012: Internal examiner for PhD of Alice Shemi, Universify of Salford.
1996-present: Referee for Expert Systems, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, International Journal of Construction Information Technology, and also for the British Computer Society Specialist Group for Expert Systems Annual Conferences.
1999: External Quality Examiner for BSc Year 3 Top-up degree course at University of Central England, School of Computing.
1987 - 1992: Committee Member of the British Computer Society Northern HCI/ES Group.
2003 - present: On Editorial Board of the International Journal of Knowledge Sciences.
2004 - present: Committee Member of European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management (ECRM).
2010 - present: On Editorial Advisory Board, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Multi-aspectual Practice.
2010 - 2011: Associate Editor on Philosophy Track of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).
2013: Editorial Board for UK Association for Information Systems.
Many of the early services I rendered were in a private capacity, but because my interest in environmental matters gradually impinged on my work in information systems and then in philosophy, I have included them here.
1985: Member of Green Party Party Organisation Working Group.
1986: Invited to participate in H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh's workshops on The Christian Attitude to Nature, St. George's House, Windsor, UK.
1987: Member of Green Party Policy Working Group on Transport.
1987: Member of Green Party Policy Working Group on Agriculture.
1987: Invited to participate in the Evangelical Alliance Consultation 'Salt and Light' re. Environmental Issues.
1987-1994: Stood for election at parliamentary, county council and borough council levels as candidate for the Green Party.
1988: Invited participant to 'Salt and Light' consultation of the Evangelical Alliance.
1989: Presented evidence to Public Inquiry on the Vale Royal Borough Plan.
1991: Invited to participate in the Department of the Environment's Examination In Public of the Cheshire Structure Plan.
1990-5: Member of the Policy Working Group of the Green Party on Responsibilities and Rights.
1992: Invited to participate in Cheshire County Council Working Group on Transport Issues for the State of the Environment Project.
1993: Gave evidence at Public Inquiry into the proposed closure of Ditton Station, 18th March 1993.
1993 - 1994: Invited to participate in Cheshire County Council Advisory Committee on Long Term Envrionmental Planning.
1994: Member of Policy Working Group on the Environment for the Movement for Christian Democracy.
1995/6: Presented evidence at Public Inquiry into Warrington Borough Plan.
1997: Invited to participate in the Examination In Public of the Cheshire 2011 Structure Plan, November 1997.
2000: Called as Expert Witness on Computer Gaming at Crown Court, Harrow.
2001: Invited to participate in discourse on Environmental Action and Christianity, University of Toronto Chaplaincy, Oct 26th 2001.
This section lists papers and book chapters that I have been invited to write, that is, where the proposal came from those who invited me rather than from myself. Most are also listed in the Publications section. Some of them are connected with invited lectures, below.
Basden A (1989) "On the use of Expert Systems to handle corrosion knowledge", in Jovanovic A S, Kussmaul K F, Lucia A C, Bonissone P P (eds.) Expert Systems in Structural Safety Assessment, Lecture Notes in Engineering, No 53, Springer-Verlag. (Contribution to chapter: 90%)
Basden A (2000), "Guidelines for a Proximal User Interface", pp.339-356 in Vanderdonckt J, Faraenc C (eds.) Tools for Working with Guidelines, Springer, ISBN 1-85233-355-3. (Contribution to chapter 100%)
Basden A (2000), "On the Multi-Aspectual Nature of Information Systems" pp.49-60 in Heimonen J-M, Ruohonen M, eds.) Pertti Järvinen - 60 Years Work for Science, Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland, ISBN 951-44-4794-8 ISSN 1457-2060. (Contribution to chapter: 100%)
Basden A (2003) "Levels of Guidance" pp. 23-7 in Jacko J, Stephanidis C (eds.) , Human-Computer Interaction: Theory and Practice (Part 1). Proc. HCI International 2003, Crete, 25-27 June 2003.
Basden A (2003) "Guidelines and freedom in proximal user interfaces" pp 28-32 in Jacko J, Stephanidis C (eds.) , Human-Computer Interaction: Theory and Practice (Part 1). Proc. HCI International 2003, Crete, June 2003.
Ball E, Chadwick DW, Basden A (2003) "The implementation of a system for evaluating trust in a PKI environment" pp.263-79 in Petrovic O, Ksela M, Fallebblock M, Kittl C (eds.) Trust in the Network Economy, Wien: Springer-Verlag. (Contribution to chapter: 20%)
Jones G.O., Basden A. (2003) "How Habermas' Action Types Can Influence KBS Design and Use" Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation. (Contribution to paper: 60%)
Basden A (1990) "Towards a methodology for building Expert Systems, Part 1", Codex, v.2, n.1, pp.(unknown). (Contribution to paper: 100%)
Basden A (1990) "Towards a methodology for building Expert Systems, Part 2", Codex, v.2, n.2, pp.(unknown). (Contribution to paper: 100%)
Basden, A (1999), "Ill-structured knowledge: Implications for KBS technology", Expert Update, v.2,n.2, Summer 1999, pp.30-39. (Contribution to paper: 100%)
This section lists presentations (seminars and lectures) that I have been invited to give, as opposed to submissions to conferences. Some are listed in the Publications section, but many, that did not result in a publication, are not.
1983: "On the benefits and limitations of Expert Systems", invited tutorial lecture at the Management Tutorial of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems.
1984: There were sundry other invited lectures around this time of which I have lost the details.
1985: "Expert Systems and Appropriate Computing" invited lecture to the ICI company-wide Mathematics and Statistics Panel.
1986: "What is ICI doing in Expert Systems?" given to the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
1986: Member of panel on Methodologies for Building Expert Systems at Expert Systems 86, the Annual Conference of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems. (Invited lecture.)
1986: Presentation of the RICS/Alvey project at Expert Systems 86, the Annual Conference of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems.
1986: "On the use of Expert Systems to handle corrosion knowledge", DeChema, Germany.
1987: "An Expert Systems for setting a budget at an early stage" invited lecture at the Cost Modelling and Computers conference at University of Salford.
1987: (with P.S. Brandon) Presentation of the RICS/Alvey project at the Grand Meeting of Alvey Clubs, London.
1987: "Industry and the Environment", Talk as Green Party representative to the Sixth Form Conference on Bangor University, 18-20th Sep 1987.
1988: "Expert systems and quality control", Symposium on Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Paint and Allied Industries, May 1988, The Paint Research Association, Teddington, Middx, UK.
1988: "Expert Systems for construction cost estimating", Quality Assurance/Design '88, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 21-22 September, 1988.
1990: "Methodology for Expert Systems", invited lecture to the Leonardo User Group.
1990: "Research Directions in Knowledge Representation", invited British Computer Society SGES Evening Series lecture. London.
1992: "A study of Knowledge Based Systems in Use", invited lecture at DTI JFIT Technical Conference, University of Sussex, March 1992.
1993: "A Radical Re-appraisal of Intelligent Authoring and Information Systems", Invited Talk, presented at "Informing Technologies for the Construction Industry", Sep 1993, Brunel University, UK.
1993: Invited to shared panel with MPs and General Secretaries of Trades Unions at regional meeting on Railway Privatisation, 20th March 1993, in my role as representative of the Green Party.
1995: "Knowledge Based Systems and Dooyeweerdian Philosophy", University of Lulea, Sweden, April 1995.
1995: "Roles and Benefits in Artificial Intelligence", Department of Philosophy, Free University of Amsterdam, Nov. 1995.
1995: "The problem of transport", Local Agenda 21 Conference, Warrington Borough Council; .
1996: "Artificial Intelligence and Cosmonomic Philosophy", invited lecture at Free University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Philosophy, Sep. 1996.
1996: (Invited to give Key Lecture on the application of Dooyeweerdian thinking to information systems at INFORMS 1996, Barcelona, Spain, but unable to.)
1997: "Integration and Interdisciplinary Working", an invited seminar on Dooyeweerdian philosophy and its application to interdisciplinarity, to the Open University Knowledge Media Institute, March 1997.
1998: "Normalisation - An Intuitive Approach", University of Lulea, Sweden, April 1998.
1998: "Towards Proximal User Interfaces", invited lecture at City University, Feb 1998.
1998: "Towards the Knowledge Level of Data Storage", University of Lulea, Sweden, April 1998.
1998: "User Interfaces", University of Lulea, Sweden, April 1998.
1998: "Knowledge Based Systems and Ill-Structured Knowledge", invited to give a tutorial at Expert Systems '98, Dec 1998, Cambridge, UK.
1998: "Multi-Modal Theory of Information Systems" and "Virtual Environments", two invited lectures/seminars at University of Tampere, Finland, 8-11 August, 1998.
1998: "Virtual Environments Systems and Applications", invited lecture to School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, London.
1999: "Knowledge Based Systems and Ill-Structured Knowledge", Invited to give a tutorial at Expert Systems '99, Dec 1999, Cambridge, UK.
2000: "KBS for DSS", invited lecture on the use of knowledge based systems for decision support at University of Luleå, Sweden, January 2000.
2000: Paper and lecture solicited for TFWWG'2000, Biarritz, France, on "Guidelines for a 'Proximal' User Interface".
Basden A (2001) "The Means of Evaluating Information Technology", Invited Faculty Seminar, Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, 22nd October 2001.
Basden A (2001) "Getting the Most out of Information Systems: A Philosophical Approach", Invited Seminar, Brock University, Ontario, 23rd October 2001.
Basden A (2001) "Christian Philosophy and Information Systems", Invited Faculty Seminar, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, 25th October 2001.
Basden A (2001) "Christianity and Information Systems", Invited Talk, Chaplaincy, York University, Toronto, 25th October 2001.
Basden A (2001) "Dooyeweerdian Philosophy and Christian Faith", Invited Lecture, La Jolla Presbyterian Church, La Jolla, California, 28th October 2001.
Basden A (2002) "An Overview of Western Philosophy - and how it can aid teaching and research at the University of Salford" Invited whole-day seminar under the auspices of the Staff Development Department of the University of Salford, in which the role and an overview of philosophy was presented to colleagues. From this a study group is being set up.
Basden A (2002) "Diversity, Responsibility and Change in Information Handling", Invited lecture to Record Managers Association of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 6th December, 2002.
Basden A (2002) "All Things Complete in Christ", Invited Day Seminar, Faith and Action Trust, Wellington, New Zealand, 7th December, 2002.
Basden A (2003) "Application of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy to Information Systems", Invited to give Seminar at Temple University Graduate Program, by invitation of Heinz Klein, 27th March 2003.
Basden A (2003) "Guidelines and freedom in proximal user interfaces" HCI International 2003, Crete, 25-27 June 2003. (Invited Paper.)
Basden A (2003) "Levels of Guidance" HCI International 2003, Crete, 25-27 June 2003. (Invited Paper.)
Invited to sit on Panel on "'Exploring the Meaning of 'Critique' in Electronically-Kediated Work'" at Critical Management Studies 3 Conference, University of Lancaster, UK, 9 July 2003.
Invited to give lecture 'Faith and the Study of Information Systems', at the Organisational Analysis Research Theme Group, University of Lincoln, January 2005.
September - October 2007: Invited lecture Northwest University, South Africa.
September - October 2007: Invited lecture University of Pretoria, South Africa.
October 2007: Keynote paper given at the annual conference of the South African Institute for Computer Science and Information Technology: 'Understanding the 'whole story' of information technology'.
1995-present. Founder member of the Centre for Philosophy, Technology and Social Systems, a collaboration for research, scholarship and teaching between the Information Technology Institute, University of Salford, the Faculty of Philosophy in the Free University, Amsterdam, and the Department of Informatics and System Sciences, University of Luleå, Sweden. The Centre has organised annual Working Conferences in Maarssen, Netherlands, at which researchers present papers for criticism and refinement, a Summer School Workshop on Dooyeweerdian Philosophy, at which papers were prepared, delivered and criticised as well as lectures given, and sundry collaborations in research, publication and teaching. The Centre has expanded to include the Computer Science Department, University of Potschefstroom, South Africa, and is currently preparing a new International Master's Course on Philosophical Management and Systems Science. It celebrates its 10th year in 2004.
1997. Secondment to University of Luleå, Sweden, for two months to prepare and deliver course on information technology that was based in multi-modal (Dooyeweerdian) systems theory. See the Teaching section for details. In addition, I share in the teaching and assessment of Masters Theses at the University of Luleå, Sweden once a year.
1997-1999. Two years' secondment to National Industrial Centre for Virtual Environments (CVE), University of Salford. The purpose of this secondment was to help start the new Centre, contributing to its teaching, research, planning and administration. I brought a much-needed focus on the human factors to balance the technical focus of my colleagues. My teaching contribution included devising, preparing and presenting a module on Human Factors in Virtual Environments, managing the Team Projects (basing them on the successful model developed in the Information Technology Institute over the years and modifying it to the special circumstances of a one-year Master's Course), and supervising Master's Dissertations. As it turned out, most of the rest of my effort had to be devoted to seeking grant funding and setting up a Strategic Web Site on Virtual Environments that would keep abreast of developments in virtual environments worldwide. To create the site involved me in considerable analysis of worldwide virtual environments activity. Nevertheless, I was also able to undertake significant research activity, directed towards capitalizing on the opportunity afforded by my secondment to enrich my research ideas, extending them to cater for the different context and requirements of virtual environments, and then to feed those refined ideas back to the benefit of topics in virtual environments. This led to the papers: 'Three Levels of Usability in Virtual Environments' (1998), 'Applying Dooyeweerd's Ideas to Virtual Environments' (1998), 'On the ontological status of virtual environments' (1999).
1998. Visiting Chair. On the basis of my application of Dooyeweerd's concepts to information technology, and my involvement in virtual environments, I was offered a Visiting Chair by the University of Tampere, Finland (by Prof. Pertti Järvinen, Dept. of Computer Science), as keynote speaker and main seminar and discussion leader in the 'X In Residence' programme held in Tampere in August 1998. During this time I lectured on the application of Dooyeweerdian ideas to information systems, on levels of meaning, and on virtual environments, and gave critical guidance to ten researchers.
1999-2000. Collaboration with Tarja Kuosa, University of Tampere, who sought to work with me on research and publication in the field of attitudes to Information Systems.
October 2001: Lecture tour of Canada and USA, giving six lectures, including: The Fall 2001 Faculty Colloquium, "A Means of Evaluating Information Systems", at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, and the Seminar and Paper "Christian Philosophy and Information Systems" at the Toronto Institute for Christian Studies. See section on Presentations.
February - August 2003: Awarded Study Leave to write academic work on 'A Practical, Interdisciplinary, Philosophical Framework for Information Systems' exploring how the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd can provide frameworks for understanding areas of interest in information systems, from the raw technologies through its human use, to the 'ecology' of technology in society.
April 2005: Awarded grant by Leverhulme Trust to invite Prof. Heinz Klein to work at the University of Salford for 10 months 2006-2007 and give six Leverhulme Lectures on the philosophical turns in information systems, as well as assist the research in the department.
September 2007: Invited tour of academic institutions in South Africa, to give invited lectures at Northwest and Pretoria Universities, to present keynote paper to SAICSIT conference, and to contribute to postgraduate and staff research by means of seminars and workshops.
Copyright (c) Andrew Basden 2003.
Last updated: 19 December 2003, 24 September 2004. 3 May 2005 18 February 2006 cpts. 24 November 2006 ECRM. 16 April 2007. 30 April 2007. 11 September 2007. 18 March 2008. 14 July 2011 added some committees and editorial positions but there are other things to update. 11 February 2013 ukais, split assessor.