Publications
Below you will find a collection of working papers, workshop presentations and legacy research outputs related to the Centre for Digital Development.
Working papers
Educators' guides to working papers
Actor-Network Theory for Development
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
Workshop presentations
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Legacy research outputs
- 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