Macintosh led or collaborated in a series of research projects, at the ITC, both theoretical and applied, in the areas of eGovernment and eParticipation, until 2007. She also acted as a specialist advisor for the OECD, the Council for Europe and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
In 2002, Macintosh became the UK's first Professor of e-Governance.[4]
In 2007, Macintosh moved to Leeds University to establish and co-direct the Centre for Digital Citizenship, with Stephen Coleman, in the Institute of Communications Studies (now School of Media and Communication). Macintosh's involvement in high-profile eParticipation collaborations continued at Leeds. Macintosh has also been working with Craven and Harrogate Districts Citizens Advice Bureau on digital access and Universal credit.[5]
Macintosh instigated research into evaluating eParticipation, creating frameworks which reflected the importance of social, political and technical elements.[6]
Macintosh co-founded the IFIP International Conference on eParticipation.[citation needed]
Macintosh, A. (2004). Characterizing E-Participation in Policy-MakingProceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37); Big Island, Hawaii, January 5–8, 2004
Macintosh, A., Malina, A., and Farrell, S. (2002). Digital Democracy through Electronic Petitioning. In W. McIver and A.K. Elmagarmid (eds). Advances in Digital Government: Technology, Human Factors, and Policy. Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 137–148.
2008-2009 Study and supply of services on the development of eParticipation in the EU (Contract number 30-CE-0132840/00-38, University of Leeds, with the Danish Technological Institute and the University of Macedonia (Greece). Final report.
2006-2008 DEMO-Net – Network of Excellence on eParticipation: European Commission (FP6-2004-027219). This large-scale collaboration brought together many of the main research centres interested in eParticipation in Europe, before it was closed.
^Macintosh, A. and Whyte, A. (2006). Evaluating how eParticipation changes local democracy. eGovernment Workshop ’06 (eGOV06), September 11, 2006, Brunel University, London.