IPID News: May (2) 2009
From IPID
Dear IPID Members, enjoy this latest issue of IPID News! If you have any ICT4D-related news, please send an e-mail to gudrun.wicander@kau.se
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[edit] NEWS
News from IPID
- IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009
11th-12th September 2009
Call for Papers and Themes The 2009 Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D will be held at Royal Holloway, University of London on 11th and 12th September 2009, hosted by the ICT4D Collective and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (http://www.ict4d.org.uk).
Conference format
In line with previous IPID events, the conference is intended to be informal. Its main purpose is twofold: • To let postgraduate students present short papers about their research in a supportive environment where they can gain positive feedback from other participants; and
• To provide an opportunity to discuss key themes of interest to ICT4D postgraduates. The conference organisers would be pleased to hear from potential participants about the themes they would like to have discussed.
Registration and conference fee
To register for the conference and submit offers of papers and topics for themed discussions, please complete the registration form now available at http://www.humanit.org/PID/wiki/index.php/ICT4D_Symposium_2009:_Registration. All enquiries should be directed to Uduak Okon (u.akpan-okon@rhul.ac.uk). A fee of £20 will be charged to cover lunches, refreshments and materials.
Travel and Accommodation
The conference will be held at the splendid Royal Holloway, University of London campus, which is situated only 15 minutes from London’s Heathrow Airport, and 40 minutes by train from central London. Limited bed and breakfast accommodation in the Founder’s Building in single rooms with shared facilities is available on campus (at £28.70 a head B&B). Delegates preferring to make their own arrangements can avail themselves of a range of local bed and breakfast establishments and more expensive hotels in the vicinity.
Paper presentations and themed discussions In order to maximise the number of presentations, each will be limited to a maximum of 15 minutes including questions. If more than 32 offers of papers are received, we will run parallel sessions.
It is envisaged that there will be 8 themed discussions on aspects of ICT4D research practice. These will run in parallel, so that smaller group interaction will be possible. Suggested themes include:
• Managing your supervisor
• Being multidisciplinary
• Combining theory and practice
• Writing ICT4D
• Working in partnership
We welcome other suggested topics for themed discussion.
Workshop team
Members of the ICT4D Collective with prime responsibility for delivering the conference will be Tim Unwin and Uduak Okon. Other colleagues involved in managing the event will be David Hollow, Ugo Vallauri and Win Tun. Gudrun Wicander, Annika Andersson, Mathias Hatakka, Ismael Peña-López and Marcus Duveskog from IPID will also be assisting with the conference preparations.
For further information please see: http://www.humanit.org/PID/wiki/index.php/ICT4D_Symposium_2009 http://www.humanit.org/PID/blog/
Sponsorship
Participants affiliated with a Swedish University can apply for funding to gudrun.wicander@kau.se in support of their attendance.
- Report from IPID course - “Blended technologies for development”
IPID has now finished this spring’s series of courses on “Blended technologies for development”. The aim of the course was give all students interested in ICT4D some hands-on experience and practical information about which technologies can be used for development. We considered it important to introduce students to a variety of different technologies in order for them to not by default conduct research or take action with only one technology in mind. The technologies covered this spring were mobile communication, satellite communication and broadband/fibre optics. Some 30 different students participated from Örebro University, Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology, Göteborg University, Jönköping International Business School, Uppsala University and Blekinge Institute of Technology.
The seminar on mobile technologies for development was arranged by Ericsson who shared their view on what is happening in the field of M4D, and informed us about what actions they are taking in regards to environmental-friendly solutions. We were also physically introduced to different solutions for base-stations, antennas and power supplies. The second seminar on fibre optics, cables and broadband opportunities for developing countries was arranged by Professor Björn Pehrsson from KTH who shared his knowledge and experiences from Africa. Main topic of the day was challenges and opportunities for building networks in developing countries – a discussion that was further enriched by all participants’ experiences. The third seminar on satellite communication was arranged by the consultant Olavi Trydhed who shared his knowledge and expertise on the potentials for satellite communication within developing and under-developing regions. Topics of the day were different types of satellite communication, their bandwidth cost and comparisons to other contemporary technologies.
News from GAID
- ICTD – Is it a new species of development?
by Anita Gurumurthy, IT for Change http://www.itforchange.net/media/presentations/ICTD-Species_of_Devlp.pdf
News from the ICT4D Collective
- Seminar on OLPC in Ethiopia
http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/ict4d/NinaandTom.pdf
News from ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)
- The first newsletter
from the Organizational and Strategic Communication section. http://www.ecrea.eu/uploads/news/sections/osc/ECREA_OSC_Newsletter_1-March_2009.pdf
News from UniPID (Finnish Universities' Partnership for International Development)
- The UniPID May 2009 Newsletter
https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/unipid/en/news
News from TIER (Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions)
- A "new" global health blog
The blog is focused on documenting innovations and solutions in global health with a strong bias towards technology (including ICT). http://globalhealthideas.org http://globalhealthideas.org/?feed=rss2
Blogging and tweeting from Global Health Council annual meeting (May 26 - May 30) which is all about technology for humanity. http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2009
[edit] JOURNALS
- IT and People
Volume 22 Issue 1 Special issue: Using social theory to make sense of IS Guest editorial: Using social theory to make sense of IS: what's it all about? by Gamila Shoib and Joe Nandhakumar The full ITP back catalogue (going back to 1982) is now available online - see http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-3845.htm http://www.itandpeople.org
- African Journalism Studies
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?UWPressJournals/8f841207d7/509cc08645/7c57b5b9b5 Special Issues: Education in Africa, Vol. 28-1/2, Africa and the Search for Global Media Ethics Vol. 29-2, Rural and Community Radio in Africa, Vol. 30-1
- International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)
Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009 www.igi-global.com/ijdsst
- Journal of Systems and Information Technology
Issue 11(2) 2009 http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jsit Content include: • A Knowledge Centered Culture As An Effective Antecedent of Knowledge Management at Information Technology Centres in Jordanian Universities Mahmoud Mohammad Migdadi (pp. 89-116)
- International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
(IJAPUC) Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009 www.igi-global.com/ijapuc
- The International Journal of Communication (IJoC)
published by the University of Southern California, announces the publication of the following new articles to its journal's Web site in April and May 2009 at http://ijoc.org
- International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR)
Volume 6, Issue 2, April-June 2009 www.igi-global.com/ijwsr
- Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)
A free copy of this inaugural issue can be downloaded at http://kmel-lab.edu.hku.hk/ojs/index.php/online-publication/index
- The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS)
Vol 1 No.2 (2009) http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17517974 Free online access for current and future issues is available to low-income countries: https://webmail.wmin.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp
- International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking
Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009. www.igi-global.com/ijitn
- EJIS and JIT
Palgrave Macmillan, have placed all their journal content on a free trial for the month of May. http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/archive/index.html http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/archive/index.html
[edit] CALL FOR ARTICLES
- International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE)
Special Issue on Digital Divide The primary objective of the special issue on Digital Divide is to provide a new vision into the emerging issues of the nature of the 'new digital divide'. The main purpose of this issue is to examine and provide new thinking about digital divide in terms of its impact on social equity, ethical ramifications, the efficacy of the collective parameters that are used to determine whether indeed the digital divide is narrowing or widening. The forthcoming issue aims also to relook at new models for determining the quantitative as well as qualitative character of digital divide impact. http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?ID=32928&v=callForPapersSpecial
- Information Technologies and People
Special Issue entitled, “Trust and Information and Communication Technologies and Development.” Guest Editors: Renee Kuriyan, Intel Research; Kathi Kitner, Intel Research; Jerry Watkins, Swinburne University.
The objective of this special issue is to discuss the role of trust in accessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Research in ICT and Development (ICTD) focuses on the role of ICTs in promoting socio-economic development. ICTD projects include a variety of development domains such as (but not limited to) financial services for the poor, e-governance, health, agriculture, enterprise, and poverty alleviation. There is a large body of literature on the topic of trust as a property of relations between different social actors (institutions, individuals). Trust can be thought of as the expectations or perceptions that people have of one another, and of the institutions with which they interact. Trust can be examined at several levels including interpersonal relations between individuals, as well as relations between individuals and institutions like businesses, political parties, and governments (such as trust in institutional arrangements). Trust is often discussed in relation to ICT interventions, particularly in transactions between individuals, governments and entrepreneurs that rely upon information and communications technologies. Scholarship has shown that interpersonal trust between customers and agents/entrepreneurs in particular ICT facilitated projects (such as mobile banking or telecenters) can be weak, while institutional relations between citizens and larger organizations such as the government or large businesses are stronger. There are a variety of perspectives on the role of trust in relation to ICTs and a growing literature on the topic.
This special issue will provide a forum for both academic researchers and practitioners interested in broadening and deepening the understanding of the concept of trust in relation to ICTs. The purpose of this special issue is to widen the debate surrounding trust and the social actors involved in ICT interventions. The role of the human intermediary has been identified as extremely important by most studies on telecentres. The goal is to shift the focus from simplistic notions that trust in intermediaries guarantee project success to critical understandings of trust in systems and projects, motivations and incentives of social actors, and the variable roles of intermediaries and institutions in service provision. For this special issue, we welcome work that explores the complex issue of trust in engagement with ICTs. Research employing innovative research methods will be especially welcome. Papers considering the role of trust through the lens of project assessment, policy, impact, critiques and social issues around ICTD will be considered. What role does trust play in the sustainability of ICTD projects? How do intermediaries shape citizens’ perceptions and trust in ICTD services? How does trust in institutions differ than interpersonal relations in accessing ICT services? Will communities trust intermediaries for providing multiple services including those previously provided by other sources and institutions?
Deadline for Abstracts: 29 June 2009 Deadline for Paper Submission: 31 August 2009 www.itandpeople.org
- Information Systems Journal
Special Issue on "Increasing the Representation of Women in Information and Communication technology: Research on Intervention Programs". http://disc.brunel.ac.uk/isj/SpecialIssue_women_in_IT.pdf
- Journal of Global Management Research
Special Issue on How does Information Technology can help charities to achieve their mission?
The objective of this special issue is to gather recent advances in the area of use and impact of IT solutions for non profit, charities and NGO. Papers must be submitted by June 30 to professor Prosper Bernard (prosper@universityconsortium.com) for double blind review. Authors must send their manuscript already respecting the guidelines found on the web site (www.GMRJournal.com)
[edit] BOOKS
- The Right to Information: A Global Perspective
by K.M.Shrivastava http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=660
- Unlocking E-government Potential: Concepts, Cases and Practical Insights
Subhash Bhatnagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad www.sagepub.in Unlocking E-Government Potential: Concepts, Cases and Practical Insights serves as a practical guide for conceptualizing and implementing e-government at the local, state and national levels and provides an overview of the global experience in implementing the same. This book is a sequel to the author’s earlier book, E-Government: From Vision to Implementation. It describes the evolution of e-government applications over a period of four years through cases and illustrations and explores its potential impact on cost of access, quality of service and quality of governance for citizens and businesses, and on transparency and corruption. The book presents empirical results from impact assessment studies done during 2006–08 for nearly 50 e-government projects. Among other issues, it discusses the strategy for making e-government work for the poor. The case studies of e-government applications cover a wide range—serving different types of clients, focusing on different purposes, and built by different tiers of government. These cases explain the application context, new approaches embodied in the e-government application, challenges faced during implementation, benefits delivered and costs incurred.
- Bioethics in the Age of New Media
(MIT Press, 2009) http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11759
- Ontology Matching
Authors: Jerome Euzenat and Pavel Shvaiko http://book.ontologymatching.org
- Pervasive Healthcare Computing: EMR/EHR, Wireless and Health Monitoring
http://www.springer.com/computer/hardware/book/978-1-4419-0214-6).
- Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34405
[edit] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
- Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies: Social, Organizational and Cultural Implementation
A book edited by Prof. Minwir Al-Shammari, University of Bahrain, Bahrain Proposals Submission Deadline: July 15, 2009 Full Chapters Due: September 30, 2009 To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=634
- Comparative E-government – An Examination of E-government Adoption Across Countries
Proposals Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009 Full Chapters Due: October 1, 2009 A book Edited by Dr. Christopher G. Reddick The University of Texas at San Antonio To be published by Springer Integrated Series in Information Systems Series Editors: Professors Ramesh Sharda and Stefan Voß ISSN: 1571-0270 (http://www.springer.com/series/6157)
- Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
Proposals submission deadline: June 15, 2009 A book edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha & Fernando Moreira http://mcruzcunha.com/mobility
- E-Business Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs: Driving Competitiveness
Submission deadline: May 31, 2009 A book edited by M. Manuela Cruz-Cunha and João Eduardo Varajão http://mcruzcunha.com/ebusiness
[edit] CONFERENCES
- Digital Divide/s and Inclusion/a minitrack at HICSS
Date: 5-8 January 2009
Place: Hawaii
Submission of papers: 15 June 2009
Information: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu
- CAMMRO's 5th International Conference ‘Media Coverage of the War on Gaza
Propaganda, public opinion and foreign policy’
Date: 20 June 2009
Place: School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) University of London
Information: www.cammro.com
- 2nd Digital Cultures Workshop: Social Media Publics?
Date: 4-5 June, 2009
Place: University of Salford, U.K.
Information: http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk
There is no fee for PhD students, however they still need to register for the workshop. Free PhD student places are limited.
- The international conference “Impact of Base-of-the-Pyramid Ventures”
Date: 16-18 November 2009
Place: Delft the Netherlands
Submission of papers: 29 May 2009
Information: http://www.bopimpact.nl/
- Gold Farming: Real-World Production in Developing Countries for the Virtual Economies of Online Games
Date: 4 June 2009
Place: University of Manchester
Information: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi
Online report: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/di_wp32.htm
- Power and Identity in a Global Networked Society
Date: 3 September 2009
Place: Royal Holloway, University of London
Submission of papers: 10 June 2009
Information: http://www.criticalglobalisation.com/
In Conjunction with the annual conference of the Global Studies Association- Challenging globalization: new perspectives, alternative visions, emerging agendas. The workshop will mark the inauguration of a new fully peer reviewed e-journal: The Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies
- 5th International Conference on e-Social Science
Date: 24 - 26 June 2009
Place: Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany
Information: http://www.ncess.ac.uk/conference-09/
- 6th Annual Technology Ventures Conference (TVC) – Innovative Technologies for Global Challenges
Date: 11 June 2009
Place: Cambridge, UK
Information: www.cutec.org
Register now at www.cutec.org - limited places
- Changing the Emperor: ICTs transforming agricultural science, research and technology generation
Date: 16-17 June 2009
Place: Wageningen
Submission of papers:
Information: http://www.scienceforum2009.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=31
http://www.scienceforum2009.nl
- 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems ICSPCS’2009
Date: 28-30 September 2009
Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Information: http://www.dspcs-witsp.com/icspcs_2009
- WITFOR 2009
Date: September 2009
Place: Vietnam
Information: http://www.witfor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=81
WITFOR 2009 is a multi-focussed ICT4D biennia conference. The Health Commission is focussed on promoting the sustainability and integration of eHealth and Telemedicine projects into the health systems of developing countries.
- Africa - In Search of Alternatives - Nordic Africa Days 2009
Date: 1-3 October 2009
Place: Trondheim, Norway
Submission of papers: 1 June 2009
Information: http://www.nai.uu.se/Call-for-papers-NAD-2009.pdf
- IDIA2009 Development Informatics Conference
Date: 28-30 October 2009
Place: Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Submission of papers: 1 June 2009
Information: http://www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2009/3rd.html
Digitally Empowering Communities: Learning from Development Informatics Practice
- IG3T - Forms of execution and institutionalisation of Internet governance
Date: 12 June 2009
Place: Paris
Information: Free entrance after inscription to the following address: contact-at-voxinternet.org
- Conference on Information Technology and Economic Development (CITED2009)
Date: 30 July – 1 August 2009
Place: Calabar (the Canaan City), Nigeria
Submission of papers: 30 May 30 2009
Information: http://www.uws.ac.uk/cited2009
- Statistics and the Internet for Development, in e-Education, e-Health, and Other Fields, with particular reference to Africa - 57th Session of the ISI, International Statistical Institute
Date: 16-22 August 2009
Place: Durban, South Africa
Submission of papers: Information: http://www.statssa.gov.za/isi2009
- 10th Strathmore University ICT Conference
Date: 4 – 5 September 2009
Place: Nairobi Kenya
Submission of papers: 1 June 2009
Information: http://www.strathmore.edu/ictconference/2009/.
- The Bottom of the Pyramid In Practice
Date: 1-2 June 2009
Place: University of California, Irvine
Information: www.imtfi.uci.edu
The “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) - the four billion people who live on less than $2 per day - has been discovered by development and business alike, as a target market, a potential revenue stream, and a focus for development strategies. This workshop brings together leading researchers from academia, industry and development to better understand the BoP in practice, to assess some of the claims and reflect on the concept itself as it has circulated and transformed, with a special focus on information and communication technologies.
- The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009)
Date: 9–12 November 2009
Place: London, UK
Submission of papers: 31 May 2009
Information: www.icitst.org
- Fourth International Conference on Digital Information Management
(ICDIM 2009)
Date: 1-4 November 2009
Place: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Submission of papers: 31 May 2009
Information: http://www.icdim.org
- Global Dialogue Conference Series (GDC09)
Date: 3-6 November 2009
Place: Aarhus, Denmark
Submission of papers: 31 May 2009
Information: www.globaldialogueconference.org
- IFIP WG 8.2 working conference on The role of IS in leveraging the intelligence and creativity of SME's (creativeSME)
Date: 21 - 24 June 2009
Place: Guimarães, Portugal
Submission of papers:
Information: http://creativesme.dsi.uminho.pt
- Workshop on E-Learning Security (ELS-2009)
Date: 9-12 November 2009
Place: London, UK
Submission of papers: 30 June 2009
Information: www.icitst.org
- SAICSIT'09 - Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
Date: 12-14 October 2009
Place: Vaal River, Gauteng, South Africa
Submission of papers: 22 June 2009
Information: www.saicsit.org.za; http://saicsit.wits.ac.za
Masters and Doctoral Research Symposium:
SAICSIT'09 offers a unique opportunity for postgraduate students at Masters and Doctoral levels to actively engage with knowledgeable and experienced researchers on the first day of the conference (12th October). Successful students will be required to present their research during the dedicated sessions, and will also be required to display their work by means of a poster for the duration of the conference.
Scholarship for Best Paper from African Countries other than South Africa: The SAICSIT Council has made an amount of money available to support scholars from African countries, other than South African, who come to the conference. The scholarship will support partially or in full the attendance of one or more delegates (funding permitting) including airfare and conference costs. The award will be recommended by the Programme Committee on the basis of the quality of papers submitted to the SAICSIT Conference. There is no application procedure: the programme committee will rank all the papers submitted to the SAICSIT Conference and make a recommendation on this basis. Only researchers who submit a paper will be eligible for the award.
- 4th International Workshop on Context Aware Mobile Systems (CAMS 09)
Date: 1-6 November 2009
Place: Algarve, Portugal
Submission of papers: 15 June 2009
Information: http://onthemove-conferences.org/index.php/cams09/
- 1st International Symposium on Intelligent Mobile Technologies for Social Change (IMT4SC'09)
Date: 12-14 October 2009
Place: Mragowo, Poland
Submission of papers: 15 June 2009
Information: http://IMT4SC.imcsit.org
- NGITS'2009 - The 7th conference on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems
Date: 16-18 June 2009
Place: Haifa, Israel
Information: http://mis.haifa.ac.il/~ngits2009
- ACM Eighteenth Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
CIKM 2009
Date: 2-6 November 2009
Place: Hong Kong
Information: http://ischool.drexel.edu/cikm2009/about/index.asp
- The First Workshop in e-Healthcare Information Security (e-HISec 2009)
Date: 9-12 November 2009
Place: London, UK
Submission of papers: 31 May 2009
Information: http://www.comp.dit.ie/e-HISec
In conjuction with The 4th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2009)
- Social networking tools and widgets to promote or expand eParticipation initiatives Workshop at eDem 2009: 2009 Conference on Electronic Democracy
Date: 7 – 8 September, 2009
Place: Vienna, Austria
Submission of papers: 12 June 2009
Information: http://www.ocg.at/edem2009/ http://itc.napier.ac.uk/itc/projects/huwy/eDem2009_workshop_SNtools_cfp.pdf
[edit] DATABASES
- SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPUTING
Call for Resources - Now or before May 30 Practitioners teachers and professionals with an interest in the role of Computing in Sustainability, Social ( digital divides) and/or Environmental( eg Climate Change) issues are asked to contribute toward the building of a database of resources. The aim is to increase awareness of our students of the integral role Computing and computing related fields ( IT , IS , ICT) has on these topics. Lecturers and teachers have identified that a lack of usable resources /case studies are barrier for bringing Sustainability issues more strongly into the class room and project/ research fields. If you have ANY resources, case studies, or other teaching resources that you would be willing to contribute please send them to the Working Group Chair as soon as possible. lmuller@unitec.ac.nz Please title emails as SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCE
[edit] OPEN POSITIONS
- The Centre for Applied ICT Copenhagen
The Centre for Applied ICT invites applications for a PhD scholarship, which will be associated with the large “Third Generation Enterprise Resource Planning Systems” project (www.3gerp.org), with more than twenty researchers. This is carried out in close collaboration with Microsoft Development Centre in Copenhagen. Recipient of the PhD scholarship will receive a remuneration of approximately € 3,500 per month for three years (see details below). The PhD scholarship is within the area of defining requirements for the next generation of standard ERP-systems, which need to cater for many countries and many industry verticals. It is expected that the PhD is providing research based innovations for the future generations of ERP systems. For the scholarships, the department will give priority to applicants who demonstrate competencies within empirical work and theory development within ERP-systems, as well as show an interest in functioning in collaboration with Microsoft.
Center for Applied ICT is one of the largest research centers at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) with a portfolio of research projects that exceed 70 million DKK of which 20 million DKK are grants dedicated to research at the center. Among our global partners are Microsoft, IBM, SAP, ARLA, Heineken, United Paper Mill (Finland), Mahindra & Mahindra (India), Danish Radio, and the Danish Consumer Agency.
Please visit the department’s profile http://uk.cbs.dk/caict and please consult the general information on the CBS PhD Programme http://uk.cbs.dk/phd Please find compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme http://uk.cbs.dk/phd The official announcement is found on http://frontpage.cbs.dk/jobs/stil_uk.pl?func=details&id=1305
Closing date: 2 June at 12.00 noon.
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EAST AFRICA - Internship Opportunities
The eastern African coast will be connected to undersea fiber optic cable by July 2009. The cables will be complemented next year with the launching of a series of satellites that will high speed connectivity to anywhere in tropical Africa. These are the largest infrastructure investments in the region since the construction of colonial railways.
The advent of ubiquitous broadband capacity will create a wide range business opportunities related to the growth in markets for access devices, software applications and digital content. These opportunities, however, will not occur automatically and will require additional effort in building up the region’s entrepreneurial competence.
To address the challenge, the KCA University (KCAU) and the Victoria Institute of Science and Technology (VIST) and have signed an agreement to work together to help build up entrepreneurial capacity in Kenya. The focus of the partnership will be on how to take advantage of the high speed internet to promote the creation of new technology-based enterprises. KCAU and VIST are seeking post-graduate interns who can contribute to the process by: (a) identifying new broadband-based business opportunities; (b) proposing new models that are adaptable to the Africa situation; (c) serving as teaching assistants to KCAU professors and VIST associates; (d) developing teaching modules in entrepreneurial education; (e) mentoring young Kenyans in technology-based entrepreneurship; and (f) undertaking any other activities that promote the creation of technology-based enterprises. The interns will work under the guidance of KCAU faculty and will be based in Nairobi or other KCAU locations. KCAU and VIST will provide the logistical support needed on the ground but the interns will be responsible to provide their own funding.
Where possible, KCAU and VIST will provide contacts for possible home stays but will not cover any related costs. KCAU and VIST will facilitate access to key contacts in Kenya and promote the necessary professional networking. Ideal candidates for internships are postgraduate students with strong background or interest in technology-based enterprise development in emerging markets.
www.worldcomputerexchange.org/Kenya-VIST
For further information, contact cjuma30@gmail.com
- Edith Cowan University in Western Australia
The School of Management at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia has several PhD positions available. The University provides several scholarships on a competitive basis and an applicant with a Masters or Honours with some publications would be in a good position to obtain funding. The topics related to organisational improvement and information management can be negotiated.
If you are interested in applying for for a position and/or a scholarship then email me with some brief details.
Professor Craig Standing
Edith Cowan University
c.standing@ecu.edu.au
Also see: http://www.ecu.edu.au/international/admissions/scholarships.html
- AHRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow - School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire
We invite applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, to work on the project “The Construction of Personal Identities Online”. The position is full-time, fixed term (18 months). The project is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). For further information about the project, please visit http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/grants/pio/index.html
- The Nordic Africa Institute
The Nordic Africa Institute invites applications for the position of Nordic Researcher from Finland
Closing date for applications: 30 June 2009
www.nai.uu.se
- The Institute for European Studies (IES)
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) calls for applications for six full-time doctoral researchers. The IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence whose research strategy focuses on the EU in an international setting. (www.ies.be <http://www.ies.be> The deadline for applications is 7 June 2009
- Postdoc in mobile and wireless business computing
Center for Applied ICT invites applications for a vacant Postdoc in mobile and wireless business computing within the DREAMS project. The main scope of the DREAMS project is to conceptualize new advanced mobile and wireless services and test them in a set of experiments, ranging from small to large scale. In particular, we test the use of primarily content services through different mobile communication platforms in order to identify emerging trajectories that will enable businesses to commercially exploit advanced mobile services and create new revenue streams. Moreover, the project aims to investigate the opportunities to integrate existing content, available online, to address mobile users’ needs individually or socially (Web 2.0 or Mesh Up). The main responsibility of the Post Doc is to execute two field studies in collaboration with the DREAMS researchers and partners. Center for Applied ICT is one of the largest research centers at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) with a portfolio of research projects that exceed 70 million DKK of which 20 million DKK are grants dedicated to research at the center. Among our global partners are Microsoft, IBM, SAP, ARLA, Heineken, United Paper Mill (Finland), Mahindra & Mahindra (India), Danish Radio, and the Danish Consumer Agency. Please see the department’s profile http://uk.cbs.dk/caict See the full description at http://frontpage.cbs.dk/jobs/stil_uk.pl?func=details&id=1307 Closing date: 3 June 2009 at 12.00 noon.
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- TWAS
Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize: TWAS is seeking nominations for this year's edition of the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize which is devoted to "Climate change and its impact on agriculture in developing countries". The relevant nomination forms are now available from the Trieste Science Prize page. Deadline for submission is 31 May 2009.
TWAS-CSIR Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue all or part (SANDWICH or FULL-TIME) of their research leading towards a PhD in newly emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in CSIR laboratories and institutes. Application deadline: 1 June 2009.
TWAS-CSIR Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in newly emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in CSIR laboratories and institutes. Application deadline: 1 June 2009.
Grants for Computer Science Meetings in African Countries: With funds provided by Microsoft Research Ltd, TWAS and AAS encourage the organization of scientific activities on the theme of Computer Science in Africa by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa. Travel grants are available for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. The deadline for applications relevant to meetings to be held between January and June 2010 is 1 June 2009.
Support for International Scientific Meetings: With funds provided by the Italian government, TWAS encourages the organization of high-level international and regional scientific activities in developing countries by offering financial assistance to the organizers of such events. Grants are available for meetings focusing on agricultural, biological, chemical, engineering, geological or medical sciences. The deadline for applications relevant to meetings to be held between January and June 2010 is 1 June 2009.
TWAS-IACS Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in certain fields of natural sciences, including biological chemistry, condensed matter physics, inorganic chemistry, materials science, non conventional energy, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science, spectroscopy and theoretical physics. Application deadline: 30 June 2009.
TWAS-IACS Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in certain fields of natural sciences, including biological chemistry, condensed matter physics, inorganic chemistry, materials science, non conventional energy, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer science, spectroscopy and theoretical physics. Application deadline: 30 June 2009.
TWAS-CEMB Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in molecular biology and molecular genetics. Application deadline: 30 June 2009.
TWAS-CEMB Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in molecular biology and molecular genetics. Application deadline: 30 June 2009.
TWAS-ICCBS Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in organic chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular medicine, pharmacology or physical chemistry. Application deadline: 30 June 2009.
TWAS-ICCBS Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research: For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in organic chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular medicine, pharmacology or physical chemistry. Application deadline: 30 June 2009. TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world - Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italy
info@twas.org, www.twas.org
[edit] DOCTORAL THESES
- Serial Hanging Out in Mongolia: Information, Design & Global
Health
Jaspal S. Sandhu, University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Many global health disparities persist not from a lack of technical solutions, but from an inability to effectively implement existing measures. While financing and human resources are critical concerns, so too is the need to better understand and adapt to the people who execute and benefit from these solutions. There is a significant opportunity here for applied ethnographic methods from design (design research) to examine the norms, knowledge, and needs of these individuals and groups.
Despite interest in such an approach by organizations such as PATH, The World Bank, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we still have a limited understanding of design research methods in the context of global health and development.
This dissertation aims to improve our understanding of these methods. It is a case study of a design research project examining the information management practices of "bagiin emch", nomadic health workers in rural Mongolia. The design research was conducted between June 2006 and August 2008 in Mongolia in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Asian Development Bank's Second Health Sector Development Program (HSDP-2). Although study participants included bagiin emch who received handheld computers from HSDP-2, the emphasis of this research was not on technology, but on innovation - the development and adoption of new information management solutions.
The primary field method was serial hanging out: multi-day, design-oriented participant observation. Serial hanging out is a novel approach to design research well suited to global health, so the contextual examination of the method is a primary contribution of this dissertation. The dissertation also operationalizes theoretical saturation for participant observation, providing empirically-based guidance for sample sizes, as had only been done for semi-structured interviews (reproductive health research) and focus groups (market research) prior to this study. This dissertation demonstrates how these methods achieve a richer understanding of people and phenomena, and how that is relevant to improving population health. At the same time, the dissertation explores how to use these methods most effectively, including an examination of design research capacity-building.
Jaspal S. Sandhu works to support and facilitate global health innovation, with a primary focus on services and technology to improve population health. In addition to his dissertation fieldwork as a Fulbright scholar in Mongolia, he has collaborated on public health projects in India, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, and the United States. In industry he has worked for Nokia and Intel. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. and B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He speaks Mongolian, Punjabi, Spanish, English, and a bit of Russian.
http://tinyurl.com/jaspal-lulu
[edit] SUMMERSCHOOL
- Mobile Learning Summer School - Technology Enhanced Learning Summer School on Mobile Learning
To be held in Brest, FRANCE. July 4-9, 2009. Registration Deadline: June 6, 2009. Supported by CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/mlearning09/ http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/data/mlearning09/prg_mobile_learning.pdf
- DeXusChange 2009: Shaping Discourse to Come!
An Alternative, International Summer School on Discourse and Social Justice 17th - 22nd August, 2009 Centre for Discourse Studies, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark http://diskurs.hum.aau.dk/dxc2009 The deadline for applications is 29th May 2009.
- NITIM PhD Network Doctoral Consortium “ICT and Service Innovations”
Helsinki, Finland, August 24-25, 2009 Facilitated by CEMS - Community of European Management Schools (www.CEMS.org), Helsinki School of Economics and Aalto University, Service Factory www.NITIM.eu is the PhD network on Networks, Information Technology and Innovation Management. For those interested, the theme of innovation will be continued on August 26-28.2009 in the annual CKIR (Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research of HSE) Summer Conference 2009. The theme for this year’s event is “Leadership and Governance Innovation”, and the conference will bring together international thought leaders (e.g. Ikujiro Nonaka (Hitotsubashi University)) with the key stakeholders of the Finnish Economy (e.g. Jorma Ollila, (Shell, Nokia, European Roundtable)). For more information on the CKIR seminar, please see http://www.ckir.fi. The deadline for submissions is June 15th, 2009.
- 3rd International ISCRAM Summer School for PhD students
New Technologies for Citizen Participation in Crisis Preparedness and Response August 20 -28 2009 Tilburg University, the Netherlands http://www.iscram.org Interested? Contact the Organizing Committee via email at summerschool2009@iscram.org.
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- Computer Science Basics
Whether you’ve been accepted to a degree program and want to work ahead, already have a degree and want to learn more or just want to delve into the world of computer and information systems, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy through a variety of open courseware offerings. From courses that teach the basics of computer science to those that delve into specialty areas, you’re sure to find something that will help you learn more and gain confidence in the field. http://www.computer-colleges.com/blog/
[edit] OTHERS
- Article: One Internet Village, Divided: In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html
- Article: The next step in electronic online evolution...
- Wanted: Future trainers on "Free & Open Source Business Models for Africa" in East and Southern Africa!
- Are you interested in building a successful business in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), and in helping others to do the same?
- Do you have a solid background in business and FOSS?
- Do you have experience in training others, and/or are you part of a training institution?
Then respond to become part of an exciting training programme on building businesses with Free/Open Source Software.
The call for participants in the Training of Trainers is now open at http://ict-innovation.fossfa.net/call
- $15000 prize for mobile solutions relevant to MDGs
http://www.netsquared.org/microsoft
- The WISE awards
The Qatar Foundation has recently launched the WISE awards to celebrate educational achievements in the fields of sustainability, pluralism and innovation. Do look at the details at http://www.wise-qatar.org/en/description
- ECREA
The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) was established in November 2005 at the First European Communication Conference in Amsterdam (the Netherlands). In the years after the 2005 conference the organization saw its membership spectacularly increase, reaching the 1500 members mark in 2009.
ECREA's main objectives are: to provide forums for researchers and others involved in communication and information research in order for them to meet and exchange information; to stimulate research; and to promote the interests of communication research(ers), including young scholars. After its establishment in November 2005, ECREA continued the tradition of the European Communication Conferences, and organized the Second European Communication Conference (the ECC08) in Barcelona (25-28 November 2008), in close collaboration with the Communication Sciences Faculty at the UAB and the Communication Institute (InCom-UAB). Here, about 1000 participants of 40 countries attended the conference with its 119 parallel paper and poster panels. ECREA's 15 sections and 2 networks (including the young scholars network YECREA) played a crucial role in organizing these ECC08 panels. Obviously, the section and network activities were not limited to the ECC08. Together they organized 10 workshops in 2007, with the Brussels symposium Equal opportunities and communication rights:
Representation, participation, and the European democratic deficit (11-12 October 2007) as one of the most prominent examples. The sections and networks have now just organized another set of 18 workshops (for 2009) and they will again play a key role in the Third European Communication Conference (ECC10) which will be held in Hamburg (Germany) on 12-15 October 2010, hosted by the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research.
In the past years, ECREA has also deployed a number of other activities. In collaboration with the University of Tartu and a consortium of 22 partner universities, ECREA for instance organizes a yearly summer school, which aims to provide a supportive international setting where doctoral students can present their ongoing work and meet students and academics from other countries, establishing valuable contacts for the future. More information can be found at the summer school website
(http://www.comsummerschool.org) and at the summer school book website (http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/).
ECREA also continued the ECCR book series, and opened it up to the ECREA membership through a yearly call. The Reclaiming the Media (2007), Finding the Right Place on the Map (2008) and Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe (2009) books, in 2010 to be followed by Gendered Transformations. Theory and Practices on Gender and Media (2010) exemplify the success of this book series. More information about the ECREA book series can be found at the website of the publisher, Intellect (http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/series.php?series=4).
ECREA is still very much a growing organization, and is happy to welcome new individual or institutional members. Also YECREA is keen on establishing collaborations with young scholars in Europe and beyond. More information about ECREA can be found at its website (http://www.ecrea.eu/).
- Hope Phones Launches
FrontlineSMS: Medic today launched www.HopePhones.org and Hope Phones, a nationwide mobile phone collection campaign supporting mHealth programs at medical clinics in over 30 countries. The campaign will make use of old cell phones in the US to provide phones for clinics and healthcare workers in the developing world.
Cell phones are valuable tools in the battle to reduce disease and illness. The field of mHealth - the provision and coordination of health-related services via mobile communications - is blossoming in response to a global shortage of healthcare workers and the demonstrated impact made by simple, mobile tools. Hope Phones will make use of the nearly 450,000 cell phones discarded every day in the US. HopePhones.org allows donors to print a free shipping label and send their old phone in to The Wireless Source, a global leader in wireless device recycling. The phone’s value allows FrontlineSMS:Medic to purchase usable, recycled cell phones for healthcare workers.
“Hope Phones lets you give your old cell phone new life on the frontline of global health. That’s powerful,” said Josh Nesbit, Executive Director of FrontlineSMS:Medic. “Just one, old blackberry will allow us to purchase 3-5 cell phones for healthcare workers, bringing another 250 families onto the health grid via SMS. Old phones can help save lives.”
FrontlineSMS:Medic is an nonprofit organization advancing rural healthcare networks in the developing world through the implementation of sustainable, appropriate technologies delivered through mobile phones. Its first pilot project distributed cell phones to community health workers in 100 rural villages in Malawi, saving thousands of dollars in travel and hospital costs and doubling the number of patients treated for tuberculosis in the catchment area. Stories about FrontlineSMS: Medic projects have been featured in CNN, Discovery Channel news, the BBC, The Guardian, PC World and Reuters.
The organization uses FrontlineSMS, a free, open-source software program that enables large-scale, two-way text messaging using only a laptop, a GSM modem, and cell phones. Their pilot implementation model places a laptop running FrontlineSMS in a central clinic and distributes cell phones to healthcare workers to coordinate care with patients in peripheral villages. Their programs currently serve 1.2 million patients in Malawi and Uganda. Future development of the FrontlineSMS:Medic platform will encompass electronic medical records and diagnostics at the point of care.
Coupled with free, open-source software, the hardware provided through Hope Phones will scale mHealth initiatives, connecting thousands of clinics worldwide to remote healthcare workers and patients. The campaign was designed in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy – the global advertising agency of the year in 2007 and the creator of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign – with support from kiwanja.net and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Simple ways to help: 1. Visit www.HopePhones.org and donate your old phones. 2. Spread the word! • Email your friends, family, classmates and coworkers. • Post on Facebook and become a fan of the Hope Phones page. • Tell the world on Twitter - use #HopePhones as a tag so we can thank you. • Let us know if you want the Hope Phones widget for your website or blog. 3. Contact us at info@hopephones.org if you’d like to help set up a Hope Phones collection center.
Media inquiries: Josh Nesbit
Email: josh@medic.frontlinesms.com
- On-line survey tools
Only A Survey http://www.onlyasurvey.com/oas/html/oas.html
Question Pro www.questionpro.com
Our Web Survey http://www.visualize.uk.com/ourwebsurvey/features.asp
Lime Survey http://www.limesurvey.org/
- The Green IT Observatory Website.
The School of Business Information Technology at RMIT University, Australia is pleased to announce the launching of The Green IT Observatory Website. The aim of the Green IT Observatory (GITO) platform is to promote research collaborations and the sharing of knowledge between and among practitioners and researchers.
The GITO now contains over 50 resources on Green IT and two original working papers. The working papers are based on an international survey of organisations in Australia, New Zealand and USA and a survey of IT Professionals in Australia.
It can be accessed from http://greenit.bf.rmit.edu.au The working papers can be downloaded from http://greenit.bf.rmit.edu.au/index.php/working-papers.html
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