Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) III

2015 – 2017

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

Deadline for Book Chapter Abstracts July 15, 2016 

SIRCA III, a theory and capacity building research programme examining open development and is administered by the Singapore Internet Research Centre, and supported by the IDRC Information and Networks programme. SIRCA III has funded six projects led by teams of two senior researchers and/or practitioners to develop cross-cutting open development theoretical frameworks. Another five projects have been funded to test these theoretical frameworks.

SIRCA III is producing the first volume of a two-part book series titled: “Critical perspectives on open development: Empirical investigation of theory construction” to be published in 2017 by a major university press. This call seeks proposals for book chapters on cross-cutting open development themes, critiques and responses to our existing theoretical frameworks, and any related critical or empirical research on open development.

The purpose of the SIRCA III programme is to deepen our understanding as to whether, how, for whom, and in what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of digital (information and communication) resources contribute towards (or not) a process of positive social transformation.

For full details of the open call for chapters, please download the Call for Proposals.

Interested applicants are asked to send their maximum one page chapter abstract by email to sirca@ntu.edu.sg by July 15, 2016.

Questions?

Please email sirca@ntu.edu.sg for more information.

If you are attending ICTD 2016, please attend our open session on June 3 to find out more about this call.