Publications
Below you will find a collection of working papers, workshop presentations and legacy research outputs related to the Centre for Digital Development.
Educators' guides to working papers
These working papers apply the ideas and concepts of actor-network theory (ANT) to issues and cases within international development.
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You can also find collated references on the Mendeley website:
Working papers
- 1/2013 - Development Studies Research and Actor-Network Theory by Richard Heeks
- 2/2013 - Facing the Dilemmas of Development: Understanding Development Action Through Actor-Network Theory by Isam Faik, Mark Thompson and Geoff Walsham
- 3/2013 - The Least Provocative Path: An ANT Lens on Development Project Formation and Dissolution by Tom Scott-Smith
- 4/2013 - Re-Translating Nature in Post-Apartheid Cape Town: The Material Semiotics of People and Plants at Bottom Road by Henrik Ernstson
- 5/2013 - Technological Change in Developing Countries: Opening the Black Box of Process using Actor-Network Theory by Richard Heeks and Carolyne Stanforth
- 6/2013 - Understanding Responsible Innovation in Small Producers’ Clusters in Vietnam through Actor Network Theory (ANT) by Jaap Voeten, Gerard de Groot, Job de Haan and Nigel Roome
- 7/2013 - Challenging the Ontology of Technoscientific Artefacts: Actor-Network Theory in Developing Countries by João Porto de Albuquerque, Henrique Luiz Cukierman, Ivan da Costa Marques and Paulo Henrique Fidelis Feitosa
- 8/2013 - ICTs and Social Movements under Authoritarian Regimes: An Actor-Network Perspective by Richard Heeks and Ryoung Seo-Zindy
Understanding Development Through Actor-Network Theory
Initial papers in this series derive from the "Understanding Development Through Actor-Network Theory" workshop. The workshop presentations can be found below:
Big and Open Data for International Development
New Models of Innovation for Development
Social Media and International Development
| Author | Presentation |
|---|---|
| Shita Laksmi | Empowering Indonesian Civil Society through ICTs and Social Media: An Experience of Hivos Netherlands in Indonesia |
| Yanuar Nugroho | Citizens in Action: Mapping Contemporary Civic Activism and the Use of New Social Media in Indonesia |
| Yanuar Nugroho | Citizens in @ction: Collaboration, Participatory Democracy and Freedom of Information (Full report) |
| Aghil Ameripour, Brian Nicholson & Michael Newman | Conviviality of Internet Social Networks: An Exploratory Study of Internet Campaigns in Iran |
| Aghil Ameripour, Brian Nicholson, Michael Newman | Internet Usage Under Authoritarian Regimes: Conviviality, Community, Blogging and Online Campaigning in Iran (Full report) |
| Heba El-Sayed & Chris Westrup | Social Networking in International Corporate Environments: Innovation and Control ( |
ICT Policy in Developing Countries
CDI Launch
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Prof Subhash Bhatnagar | ICTs and Development |
| Aumnat Tongkaw | Speed presentation |
| Carolyne Stanforth | Speed presentation |
| Noemi Pezderka | Speed presentation |
| Yanuar Nugroho | Speed presentation |
| Brian Nicholson | Speed presentation |
| Sharon Morgan | Speed presentation |
| Richard Heeks | Speed presentation |
| Victor Gonzalez | Speed presentation |
| Richard Duncombe | Speed presentation |
| Frederic Agboma | Speed presentation |
- Compendium of ICT4D Impact Assessment Frameworks
- e-Government for Development Information Exchange (egov4dev)
- Handbook on 'eCommerce for small enterprise development' for enterprise support agencies
- Handbook on 'eCommerce for small enterprise development' for entrepreneurs
- ICTs and Small Enterprise for Development