Penang, Malaysia June 12-14, 2009 In June 12-14, 2009, PAN Asia Networking (PAN) will hold the “All Partners’ Conference” to bring together its research partners in the Asian region. The conference is a key evaluation activity at the mid-point of PAN’s current programming life-cycle. The conference will be held at the Wawasan Open University in [...]
IDRC Workshop: Communicating for Influence and Change Workshop Hyderabad, India December 1-2, 2008 Ms. Grace Kwan, SIRCA Progamme Officer, attended the IDRC Workshop on research communication at Hyderabad. It was a great exposure to various communication frameworks presented by representatives from Overseas Development Institute (RAPID – Research and Policy in Development); Tactical Technologies Collective (Visualizing [...]
This is a call for proposals for the writing of commissioned case studies on the topic of ICTs, climate change and development. Proposals should be submitted by 11th February 2011. BACKGROUND Recognising both the growing impact of climate change in developing countries and the growing role of ICTs, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is [...]
Public and Promotional Communication – ICT for Developing Countries A postdoctoral fellowship to investigate the adoption and impact of mobile internet within a developmental context, focusing on South and South East Asia is available at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Successful applicants are expected to work closely with Prof. Arul Chib, [...]
Date: 16-17 April 2011 Venue: Millennium Resort Patong Phuket, Thailand About the Conference Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have had a profound impact on the socio-economic, political and cultural spheres of nations. The result is that there is growing interest to incorporate ICTs to achieve key development goals in the domains of health, education, livelihoods, [...]
Social Media for Development http://sites.google.com/site/sm4dev Recent projects and studies suggest there is interesting and diverse work emerging at the intersection of ICT4D–the application of information and communication technologies to socio-economic development–and social media. One trend both fields share is the rise of mobile: While ICT4D has been devoting increasing attention to mobile technologies due to [...]
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa has been nominated by United Nations (UN) Academic Impact for the next two years as one of ten global hubs to help take forward the governing principle on ‘Addressing Poverty’ and Youth. As a part of this, the School of Development Studies at UKZN and the UN are conducting [...]
Seamlessly Mobile?: Mobile Communication @ a Crossroads – 24-25 May, 2011, Boston MA, USA. For more information, click here.
Date: 3rd – 4th July 2009 Venue: Nanyang Executive Center, Singapore Objectives Desired Outcomes Workshop Programme Downloads Objectives: The SIRCA Workshop 1 aims to: Equip Principal Investigators (PIs) with a clearer understanding of literature and methodological issues with regards to their projects; Equip PIs with a clearer understanding of how their project relates and contributes [...]
Date: 3rd – 4th March 2010 Venue: Cincinnati, Ohio Made possible by the National Science Foundation (grant number SES-0848097), Indiana University’s Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. This two-day workshop will convene an international meeting of experts in PAIT, ethicists well versed in [...]