Thanks to everyone who attended the book launch online today and in person at Institute of Development Studies. You can download the electronic version free here from Bloomsbury Collections. #DigitalRights bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

The Digital Rights Jobs Board for your next job in #DigitalRights digitalrights.community/job-board

OPPORTUNITY ALERT! 📢📢Call For Consultants to Enhance the Digital Rights Communication and Advocacy Capacity of CSOs in Uganda📢📢 Apply by May 17, 2024 All details can be found here: cipesa.org/2024/05/call-f… #InternetFreedomAfrica

🥁🥁 new Information Technology for Development Special Issue call for papers alert! Alternative Local[ised] Philosophies for Sustainability Transformation in ICT4D, abstract submission deadline: 1 October. Guest Editors Sam Zaza, CarolineKhene, D. Kreps & D. Thapa. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues… #ICT4D

Two openings for fellowships in "Theory and Practice of Social Accountability" - in Bengaluru nls.ac.in/news-events/ca…

New report on digitalising public services in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Explores divergent paths shaped by historical/cultural contexts, highlighting access & accountability outcomes, nuanced tech impact. #bangladesh #digitalgovernance #digitalinclusion ids.ac.uk/publications/d….

Job alert! I'm recruiting a 4-year postdoctoral research fellow as part of my new project on "Reimagining AI" @UniOsloHF: jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Tony Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social from Institute of Development Studies, Anand Anand and Tanya UCT Research presenting critical findings from the African Digital Rights Network on #digitalcitizenship #digitalsurveillance and #disinformation at the IFIP Working Group 9.4 2024 conference in Cape Town.

David Lyon argues that surveillance need not be driven by the goals of profit and power as in surveillance capitalism and that it can serve the goals of extending human agency and flourishing.

With the UK #GeneralElection next week, IDS Digital & Tech researchers CarolineKhene & Kevin Hernandez share what an incoming government should prioritise to unlock the benefit of #AI to development globally 👇 ac.pulse.ly/ypbnp9eg94 #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalDev

The countdown is on! ⏳ There’s only one month to go until #Chevening applications open! Are you ready to study in the UK with a fully funded scholarship from Chevening? Start preparing your application today: chevening.org/guidance #ChooseChevening #MyCheveningJourney

On knowledge equities..."what and whose knowledge counts"!

Academic authors 'shocked' after finding out that Taylor & Francis is selling their research to Microsoft for $10m/year to train its Artificial Intelligence models. thebookseller.com/news/academic-…

"Digital Disinformation in Africa: hashtag politics, power & propaganda" is the only book dedicated to #disinformation campaigns across the continent. Edited by Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social & GeorgeKarekwaivanane the book features 11 chapters on 10 countries by 10 African authors: A Short Thread ⬇️📢

Thanks to Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) for your #AccountabilityKeyword blog exploring how ideas about accountability are communicated (or not) in the many languages of Uganda...

We're running a new short course at Institute of Development Studies on "Inclusive Digital Transformation in International Development". The in-person one-week course will take place at Institute of Development Studies in Brighton and be lead by the excellent CarolineKhene @Becky_Faith and myself. ids.ac.uk/specialist-sho…

In-person course📢 Inclusive Digital Transformation in International Development Will equip you with the practical frameworks to promote inclusive digital transformation in your development work 📅 January 6 to 10, 2025 📍IDS, Brighton, UK Apply: bit.pulse.ly/e0brfitqjq

Join our team as a Research Fellow in the Digital & Technology Cluster at the Institute of Development Studies! We aim to expand our research on digital rights/governance, AI, and cybersecurity within global development. jobs.ids.ac.uk/27-2024

CarolineKhene, lead of Institute of Development Studies’s Digital Cluster, delivered the background on our third panel, focused on ‘Digital Inclusion: Improving Access and Usage of Digital Tools’, moderated by Twiwve Siwale of International Growth Centre. #TaxTwitter #DigitalTax #TaxReform

Online course in Inclusive Digital Transformation Institute of Development Studies March 6th to April 3rd 2025. Sessions by CarolineKhene 'Gbénga Ṣẹ̀san and myself on #DigitalRights ids.ac.uk/specialist-sho…