We will be organising and contributing to a number of sessions at the Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG 2015) which will be held here in Oxford on 19-23 August, 2015. Of interest for those working at the intersection of… Continue Reading
As part of the ICTD2015 conference I presented in the open session ‘Thinking about Market Information Systems: Bridging Theory and Practice” organised by Elisa Oreglia, Janaki Srinivasan and Susan Wyche. I made a more critical presentation based on findings from… Continue Reading
Over the past four years we have been working on a project to explore the impacts of changing internet connectivity in East Africa. In particular, we have focussed on the impact of connectivity on key sectors of production in the… Continue Reading
We are excited to announce the preliminary schedule for the 2015 ICT for Development seminar series. The series looks to gather leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the influence of new communication technologies on development processes. All are welcome to… Continue Reading
As part of research we are doing on internet connectivity and economic development, we want to understand the resources that academics are using to navigate these debates. Below is a (very) short survey. We would appreciate it if you could… Continue Reading
Update: Times, locations and links to abstracts now available. Please see listings below Our recent call for papers for two sessions at the 2015 Association of American Geographers meeting (Apr 21-25 2015) yielded an excellent response. We received a large… Continue Reading
Last week I attended an insightful workshop “IT sourcing and development: New Drivers, Models and Impacts” at the University of Manchester. The idea of this workshop was to revisit IT outsourcing which has become a significant industry and employer in… Continue Reading
This is the second part of a three part series that discusses the outcomes of recent outreach meetings in Rwanda for our ESRC/DFID-funded project on changing internet connectivity in East Africa (part 1, part 3). In this article Chris Foster… Continue Reading
This is the first of a three part series that discusses the outcomes of recent outreach meetings in Rwanda for our ESRC/DFID-funded project on changing internet connectivity in East Africa (part 2 , part 3). In this article Chris Foster… Continue Reading
As part of our research work on changing connectivity in East Africa we will be undertaking three meetings this week in Kigali, Rwanda. These will summarise the findings around our research work in the tourism, tea and BPO sectors in… Continue Reading