Combatting Corruption with Mobile Phones
India’s right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public r...
ICT for Development (ICT4D)
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A seminar series gathering leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the influence of new communication technologies on development processes. Organised by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), the Department of International Development (ODID) and the Technology & Management for Development Centre (TMD) at the University of Oxford.
Africa’s Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality
Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attracted substantial media and academi...
Dying for an iPhone: The Hidden Struggle of China’s Workers
An in-depth study of the most powerful electronics contractor and the lives of its 1.4 million workers. During 2010, 18 workers attempted suicide at T...
Ethical Treatment of Data in New Digital Landscapes - bringing development practitioners and academics together
How can NGOs like Oxfam come together with academics and practitioners alike to tackle emerging privacy and security challenges when it comes to effec...
The (so far) grassroots success story of Farmerline, a social mobile tech enterprise for African farmers
Alloysius Attah discusses some of Farmerline's success factors, including its locally adapted technological solutions and strong local outreach Develo...
ICT, Civic Education and Civil Society Capacity Building in Iran
Since Tavaana's launch in 2010, the e-learning institute has safely educated thousands of Iranians about democracy and human rights. Since Tavaana's l...
What Hopes for ICT for Development?
Tim Unwin focuses on current work at the CTO, where his own personal contributions focus especially on the use of ICTs by people with disabilities. Ma...
Thoughts Towards a History of ICT4D - And Its Future Role
David Souter uses the history and development of ICT4D as a framework to critique ICT4D approaches and consider the relevance of ICTs and ICT4D to the...
How best to communicate with communities affected by disaster? Case Studies from Typhoon Haiyan
This seminar will investigate how different technologies were used by CDAC Network Members in the immediate response to Typhoon Haiyan, focusing parti...
The Internet in a post-PRISM world
Dan McQuillan examines the Internet in a post-PRISM world, and asks if its power to tackle global poverty will be lost. This seminar will examine the ...