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Lynne Hamill is now a Visiting Fellow at the University of Surrey, working with the Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS).

In March 2010 Lynne was awarded a PhD for her thesis Communications, travel and social networks since 1840: a study using agent-based models.
Thesis abstract (PDF)
Summary chapter (PDF)
Complete thesis (PDF, 2.2MB)
Zip archive of NetLogo simulation files
For NetLogo, see http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/

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).
Full paper (PDF)

Biography

For her PhD studies Lynne was based in the multidisciplinary Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. She was supervised by Prof Nigel Gilbert with external supervisor Prof Richard Harper of Microsoft Research, which sponsored her studies. (Lynne also holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southampton and a master's degree from University College London, both in economics.)

Prior to her PhD research, 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.

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 and benefits, public expenditure policy, investment appraisal, and corporate and business planning.

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, the British Horse Driving Trials Association, and is treasurer of the South Downs Harness Club.

Email: lynne at hamill dot co dot uk

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