Dear SIRCA community,
We are delighted that SIRCA Annual Report 2017 has been published!
This special issue features SIRCA III programme progress on both the theoretical and empirical projects, final publication workshop held in conjunction with IFIP 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and the excellent achievements…
SIRCA Semi-Annual Report for 2016-17 has been published. It features updates on the Empirical Principal Investigators, their projects, Collaboration Workshop held in conjunction with ICTD 2016 at Michigan USA, SIRCA community achievements and our future plans. You may access the report by clicking on the image…
A paper titled “Intermediation in Open Development: A Knowledge Stewardship Approach” by SIRCA III Principal Investigators, Katherine Reilly and Juan Alperin, was published in the Global Media Journal -- Canadian Edition (GMJ-CE).
Abstract:
Open Development (OD) is a subset of ICT4D that studies the potential of…
SIRCA Annual Report for 2015-16 is published. It features the Theoretical and Empirical Principal Investigators, their projects, the happenings of SIRCA III programme, SIRCA community achievements and our future plans. You may access the report by clicking on the image…
HOW TO ENGAGE IN BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES?
LIRNEasia & Bharti School of Telecommunications Technology and Management
19- 22 August 2016 - IIT Delhi
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the four-day residential course is to produce discerning and knowledgeable consumers of research who…
Assessing the field of open development
A paper titled “The Impact of Open Development Initiatives in Lower and Middle Income Countries: A Review of the Literature” by Research Associate Caitlin Bentley and Director Arul Chib was accepted for publication in the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in…
The policy brief authored by Ms Grace is about Philippine broadband service, its real and potential benefits, problems and challenges, and recommendations on how to address them. It is the result of independent research with inputs from a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders.
Ms Grace, the inaugural batch of…
SiRC congratulates Pham Huu Ty, a principal investigator of the SIRCA I programme, has been promoted as the Head of Department for the International Cooperation and Science-Technology at Hue University for Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF), Vietnam, prior to which he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Land Use and…
IT for Change is working on a short-term research project in partnership with UNESCAP, on gender and e-government in the Asia-Pacific. This project, which started in January 2015, has focused on undertaking case studies of gender-responsive e-government initiatives in the areas of e-service delivery, ICT-enabled…
Ezmieralda Melissa (Indonesia), SIRCA II Principal Investigator has contributed to the IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication, and Film on Social Media Empowerment: How Social Media Helps to Boost Women Entrepreneurship in Indonesian Urban Areas. The journal was closely related to her research study done during SIRCA…
SIRCA II Principal Investigator, Rajesh Kumar Chandwani (India) came together with his collaborator, Neha Kumar and created a new app called Babysteps. Being a pediatrician, Rajesh knew the challenges faced in the field, as many pediatricians cannot give more than seven minutes of their time to one child on an…
To kick-start the SIRCA III programme and address the first objective of SIRCA: “Developing cross-cutting inter-disciplinary Open Development theory”, one member of each team is invited to attend a theory building workshop in Bangalore on 30th September – 1st October 2015. For the workshop, SIRCA hopes to…
Call for Proposals
We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for research on digital learning innovation in developing countries in Asia. Four priority research themes have been identified: MOOCs or massive open online courses; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Digital Game-Based Learning; and…
PH Internet users ‘paying more’ for slow connection speed – study
Former SIRCA member and current LIRNEasia research fellow Grace Mirandilla Santos is bridging the research-policy gap in the Philippines by playing a leading role in getting the new rules on broadband quality approved.
"INTERNET users in the…
Deadline for Proposals June 19, 2015
SiRC announces the SIRCA III research grant award focused on cross-cutting theoretical frameworks in the area of Open Development. SIRCA III will fund two-year research projects led by teams of two senior researchers and/or practitioners investigating open development topics in…
Happy new year to the SIRCA community!
This is an attempt at a new regular news feature for SIRCA PIs to keep track of various CfPs, conferences and calls that we hear of. If you've heard of a CfP or conference you'd like us to feature here, please email Krish with details.
Call for Book Chapters
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SIRCA I Principal Investigator Regina Hechanova has a published co-authored paper in the latest issue of the prestigious Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking journal.
Her paper, titled "Problem Severity, Technology Adoption, and Intent to Seek Online Counseling Among Overseas Filipino Workers " appears…
Grant applications for 2014 by ISIF Asia are now open from 10 June to 9 August 2013.
The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF) is a competitive grants program that provides seed funding for creative solutions to development needs in the Asia Pacific region in the area of information and communication…
On 21 November 2012, Principal Investigator Kabran Djane presented in the colloquium of IFORD (The Pan-African Institute in Demographic Training) held from 19-23 November 2012 in Yaounde, Cameroon. There were more than 150 participants…
SIRCA Annual Report for 2011-12 is published. It features the fifteen Principal Investigators, their projects, Collaborators, programme achievements and our future plans. Please find the report here, along with two previous…