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Bill Johnston is a retired academic from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Before retiring in 2010 Bill was Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director at Strathclyde University’s Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement. At an earlier stage in his career Bill was a professional librarian and worked in both public and academic library settings.
Following retirement, he was an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences and Health at the University of Strathclyde for over a decade. His academic interests include information literacy; strategic academic development; the First Year Experience at university; curriculum and course design; critical pedagogy.
Bill remains active in pursuing these interests and developing Information Literacy as a discipline with a variety of applications. He has also been involved in advocacy on older people’s rights and issues with the Scottish Government and has contributed to the campaign for Scottish Independence through the Common Weal think tank.

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Information Literacy (IL) and political engagement in a time of information dystopia: Supporting Deliberative Democracy and Citizen’s Assemblies

by Bill Johnston June 4, 2026 0

Citizen’s assemblies are forms of civic participation, which can be enhanced by insights from Information Literacy, thereby countering dis/misinformation, promoting... Read more.