Theme: Framing, Writing and Disseminating ICT4D Research
Guest Speaker: Professor Richard Heeks, Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester, UK
This is a two-part seminar. The first part will be an interactive session drawing lessons from the speaker's and the audience’s experiences of planning, writing and disseminating ICT4D research, looking at issues including: identifying your audience, honing your message, selecting your channel, marketing your work, and considering the three touchstones of good research: rigour, originality and significance.
The second part will be a more conventional presentation-then-discussion of the role of critical realism as a research paradigm for ICT4D research. Based on an explanation of the key features of critical realism, the presentation will argue it has both a generic and specific value to ICT4D. Generic value includes exposure of context, support for use of theoretical frames in ICT4D, and legitimisation of different stakeholder views. Specific value includes links to current trends in ICT4D research: the growing search for causal links between “ICT” and “D”, and political and ethical “turns”. The presentation is linked to publication of a special issue of The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries on critical realism and ICT4D.
More information about Prof. Richard Heeks and his work can be found at: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/richard.heeks.html
Target groups for this seminar:
Researchers and students especially PhD and Master students in the areas of ICT4D and information systems. The seminar is open to the public and whoever is interested is welcome to participate.
How to participate:
Registration is required for you to participate. Please use this e-form to register: https://goo.gl/forms/e13LHvhMj9jihiwI3
You can participate physically or online (instructions on how to participate online will be sent to registered participants prior to the seminar).
ipid will provide travel grants (500 Sek/person) for five local students (on first come first serve basis). A student who wishes to apply for the travel grant should indicate so in the registration form. The grants are to be used for buying bus or train tickects if the student is traveling from outside Stockholm City area.
Fika and Get to know others!
We would like you to meet and interract with other local ICT4D researchers and students. Therefore, depending on registration information ipid will provide FIKA.
Contact:
If you have any questions regarding this seminar contact us via info@ipid.se
