معرفی
Professor Elizabeth Lomas is a Professor in Information Governance and Cultural Policy within the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL), Faculty of Arts & Humanities. With extensive practitioner experience across diverse organizations including banks, charities, government bodies, archives, museums, and libraries, she brings real-world expertise to her academic work. Currently on secondment with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, she maintains active engagement with professional practice through consultancy projects while contributing significantly to academic discourse in information governance.
Her research interests span information governance, cultural policy, information rights law, security, risk management, records and information management, archives, and heritage management, with particular focus on how new technologies like AI intersect with these domains. Professor Lomas has made significant contributions through projects including MIRRA (Memory-Identity-Rights in Records-Access), which addresses information rights for care-experienced people, Brexit impact studies on the ICT sector, and ethical innovation frameworks for AI systems. Her work consistently bridges academic research with practical policy applications.
Professor Lomas's scholarly output reveals a strong trajectory toward addressing contemporary challenges at the intersection of information governance, digital ethics, and rights management. Recent publications demonstrate growing emphasis on emerging technologies (particularly AI auditing), child welfare records, and the evolving regulatory landscape. Her collaborative work, often with Elizabeth Shepherd and others, shows interdisciplinary reach across information science, social work, and policy studies, with increasing attention to participatory approaches in recordkeeping and ethical frameworks for digital transformation.
- Lifetime Achievement Award from Information and Records Management Society (2022)
Professor Lomas actively supervises doctoral students in areas related to cultural shifts, information rights, law and ethics, change, and trust. She has been instrumental in shaping educational frameworks as Chair of the Forum for Archives and Records Management Education and Research. Her professional activities extend to policy contributions, including work with the House of Lords on care leavers' access to records and engagement with international standards bodies like BSI/ISO. She teaches key modules including Management of Information Organisations, Creation and Capture, and Information Governance across UCL's MA programs.
Professor Lomas leads significant research initiatives including the MIRRA project which focuses on recordkeeping for children in care, and contributes to policy development through her current secondment with DCMS. She maintains leadership roles in professional organizations including the Archives and Records Association, CILIP, and the Information and Records Management Society, demonstrating sustained commitment to advancing both academic and professional practice in information governance.
