iSchools Doctoral Seminar Series 2026

The iSchools Doctoral  Seminar Series is an ongoing forum in which PhD students can present and  promote their research, and receive feedback from peers and more senior  scholars. It also allows them to establish partnerships and  collaborations across boundaries. PhD students at all stages of their  academic career are welcome to listen  or to present, regardless of  location. Please contact Anika Meyer to join the events.

13:00 Laura Woods (University of Sheffield)

Title: Information experiences of female engineering undergraduates

Abstract: 

This presentation reports on preliminary results from a PhD study into the information experiences (Gorichanaz, 2020) of female engineering undergraduates in the UK. The study uses a phenomenological approach to examine how the lived experience of being a woman in an engineering classroom interacts with and shapes women’s information experiences.

The study uses qualitative methods to examine women’s information experiences from a reflective lifeworld perspective (Dahlberg et al., 2008). Data collection…