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Lynne is currently a PhD student in the multidisciplinary Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, supervised by Prof Nigel Gilbert. She is being sponsored by Microsoft Research, with Prof Richard Harper as her external supervisor. She has recently submitted her thesis Communications, Travel and Social Networks since 1840: A Study Using Agent-based Models.
Thesis abstract (PDF)

In January 2010, her paper "The social shaping of British communications networks prior to the First World War" was published in the journal Historical Social Research, based on her presentation at the Telecommunication and Globalization Workshop: Information Flows in the 19th and Early 20th Century (University of Heidelberg, September 2009).

Biography

Prior to her PhD studies, Lynne was Deputy Director then Executive Director of the Digital World Research Centre at the University of Surrey, where she was involved in a wide range of projects investigating the relationship between people, society and digital technologies — see publications below.

In 1995 she founded Lynne Hamill Associates (later Hamill Internet, then Hamill and Hamill Ltd) to exploit the opportunities offered by the expanding internet.

However, most of Lynne's career was as a civil servant: she was an economic adviser in the Government Economic Service and later an administrator. During that time she worked for the Department of Health and Social Security, the National Audit Office, HM Customs and Excise, and the Department of Transport. She covered issues including consumer behaviour, taxation, public expenditure policy, investment appraisal, and corporate and business planning. She also edited the annual report of the Department of Transport, which was voted the best departmental report by The Economist magazine.

Lynne holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southampton and a master's degree from University College London, both in economics.

Lynne enjoys driving her Welsh mountain pony. She was chairman of the British Mule Society, and is now a vice president. She is a member of the Donkey Breed Society and the British Driving Society, and is treasurer of the South Downs Harness Club.

Email: lynne at hamill dot co dot uk

Publications

Below is a list of publications by Lynne Hamill. Some of them are available to download as PDF files, and others will be made available as time allows. (If you are interested in a particular publication, please email me and I'll do my best to produce a PDF for you.)

The publications are categorised as attributed publications, unattributed publications, and other publications. Within each section the papers are in reverse chronological order.

Attributed Publications

Publications of which Lynne Hamill is a named author:

Contributions to Publications

Publications in which Lynne is acknowledged as a contributor:

Unattributed Publications

During her time as a civil servant, Lynne made unattributed contributions to many UK government publications, including the following.

Other Publications, Reports, Presentations Etc.

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