Dr. Arul Chib

Dr. Arul Chib is Assistant Director of Singapore internet Research Center (SiRC) and Assistant Professor of Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. He is an expert in the area of healthcare mobile phone systems, who pursues action-oriented research in varied cross-cultural contexts, particularly inresource-constrained environments. Dr. Chib plays a key role in the identification and investigation of key factors influencing the adoption oftechnology for positive health outcomes, and in the design and development of healthcare information and communication technology (ICT) systems spanning online and mobile platforms. Dr. Chib’s contribution to rural healthcare for marginalized communities has been recognized with the granting of the 2011 Prosper.NET-Scopus Award for the use of ICTs for sustainable development, sponsored by the United Nations University and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Dr. Chib has published in international refereed publications, such as the International Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media and Society, Asian Journal of Communication, Information Technologies & International Development, and the Journal of Health Communication ; and has contributed to various book chapters from leading publishers such as Cambridge Scholars, Hampton Press, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Chib, along with co-editor Dr. Roger Harris, is releasing a new volume, ‘Linking research to practice: Strengthening ICT for Development research capacity in Asia’, describing the experiences of establishing collaborative research relationships to help emerging scholars produce meaningful and rigorous ICTD research in Asia.