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Richard Heeks
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Digital development / ICT4D
Applying Data Justice

How can you put the idea of #datajustice into practice?

📺 This short presentation outlines a conceptual model of data justice and shows how it can be applied: youtu.be/WEodZscsSUo

#ICT4D #DataForDevelopment
An Applied Data Justice Framework
How can you put the idea of data justice into practice? This short presentation outlines a conceptual model of data justice and shows how it can be applied, drawing from the open-access journal paper, “Datafication, Development and Marginalised Urban Communities: An Applied Data Justice Framework”
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November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Call for papers: From Critique to Hope and Optimism – Frameworks, Methodologies & Directions for Positive Digital Development

IFIP WG 9.4 Conference, Kathmandu, May 2026. Deadline 7 Jan 2026. #ICT4D #DigitalHope

👉 ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
CFP: From Critique to Hope and Optimism: Frameworks, Methodologies and Directions for ‘Positive Digital Development’
Call for papers for track “From Critique to Hope and Optimism: Frameworks, Methodologies and Directions for ‘Positive Digital Development’” for the international conference, “Reorienting the Digita…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Understanding the context for ICT use in #MSMEs

The “onion-ring” model helps analyse the overall context for application of ICTs in enterprises

For more detail, see: research.manchester.ac.uk/files/163280...

#PovertyReduction #ICT4D
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
How can ICTs add value to #MSMEs?

Our value chain model shows 4 areas of information needs – supply, demand, operating environment, internal processes – that are a foundation for prioritising ICT application

For more detail, see: research.manchester.ac.uk/files/163280...

#DigitalInclusion #ICT4D
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Checklist for Digital-Transformation-for-Development (#DX4D) Research

📺 This short video offers seven questions to ask yourself if you are undertaking research on digital transformation for development: youtu.be/g5IhLNu11j8

#DigitalDevelopment #ICT4D
Checklist for Digital-Transformation-for-Development (DX4D) Research
Seven questions to ask yourself if you are undertaking research on digital transformation for development Project webpage: https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/digital-development/digital-transformation-for-development/ Centre website: https://www.cdd.manchester.ac.uk/ #ICT4D #Digital
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November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ICTs can reduce poverty by strengthening MSMEs . . . but only if interventions are tailored

In my new blogpost, I share a framework on how ICTs empower enterprises differently: ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/i...

#ICT4D #MSMEs #PovertyReduction
ICTs, MSMEs and Poverty Reduction: A Framework for Action
When I first began researching the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development, I was struck by a disconnect. On the one hand, the transformative potential of ICTs in c…
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November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
CFP: Twin Transitions for Development

Track on digital—sustainability intersection for main #ICT4D / #digitaldevelopment international conference, “Reorienting the Digital”, Kathmandu, 25-27 May 2026

Deadline 7 Jan 2026

Further details: ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/c...
CFP: Twin Transitions for Development – Potentials and Pitfalls at the Digital-Environment Intersection
Call for papers for track on “Twin Transitions for Development – Potentials and Pitfalls at the Digital-Environment Intersection” for the international conference, “Reorienting the Digital: E…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New blog: Digital and the Future of #Conservation in #Cumbria

How data quality, praxis, and justice shape the role of digital tools in Cumbria’s conservation future.

Read here 👉 cumbriadigitalfutures.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/d...
Digital and the Future of Conservation in Cumbria
Digital data is changing conservation in Cumbria, enhancing landscape management through tools like drones and sensors. However, successful implementation depends on addressing data quality, effect…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Business-Development Hybrids

How can organisations manage tensions between commercial goals and international development goals?

📺 This short video explains 3 strategies: combining, compromising and decoupling: youtu.be/EP4haVKnzqo

#BusinessForDevelopment #SocialImpact
Understanding and Managing Business—Development Hybrids
How can organisations manage the tensions between commercial goals and international development goals? These tensions often derail projects and organisations and partnerships, so in this short video, I explain three strategies that can help: combining, compromising and decoupling. The video summa
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October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
ICTs, MSMEs and Poverty Reduction: A Framework for Action

When I first began researching the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development, I was struck by a disconnect. On the one hand, the transformative potential of ICTs in connecting people, reducing transaction…
ICTs, MSMEs and Poverty Reduction: A Framework for Action
When I first began researching the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development, I was struck by a disconnect. On the one hand, the transformative potential of ICTs in connecting people, reducing transaction costs, and opening up new markets was being loudly celebrated. On the other hand, the evidence of ICTs directly helping the poorest – particularly through micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) – was patchy, inconsistent, and often poorly understood.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The “AI Cold War” story fuels rivalry. But what if we told a different one?

Our STAIR paper explores how inclusive, cooperative, and data-driven narratives can reshape global #AI governance beyond US-China binaries

Read more 👉 stair.shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/STAIR/articl...

#USChinaRelations
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
MSMEs drive jobs, innovation & livelihoods

This study shows how ICTs—from mobile phones to e-commerce—can unlock growth & poverty reduction: research.manchester.ac.uk/files/163280...

#DigitalInclusion #MSMEs #ICT4D
October 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South

What are the implications for the global South of China’s emergence as a digital superpower?

📺 In this short video, I present 5 impacts and 6 future research priorities: youtu.be/qmSKagi5RDM

#ChinaDigital #DigitalDevelopment
China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South
What are the implications for the global South of China’s emergence as a digital superpower? In this short video, I present five impacts and six future research priorities based on the open-access Information Society journal paper available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2024.2315875 Website
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October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
PhD #Scholarships for #ICT4D / #DigitalDevelopment Research at Univ. Manchester

Interested in studying a #PhD with me?

Priority topics: ICTs and mountain regions; digital inclusion; ICTs and sustainability

More details: www.cdd.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgr...
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Is there an “AI Cold War” between the US & China?

Our new paper examines how this narrative took shape, and why it oversimplifies global #AI politics. We call for more inclusive, Global South-informed perspectives.

👉 stair.shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/STAIR/articl...

#AIColdWar #AIandSecurity
Analysing the US-China "AI Cold War" Narrative | St. Antony’s International Review
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October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Richard Heeks
Apply Now: £150,000 for Your Digital Development Social Venture

The development sector faces a paradox. Despite decades of innovation in ICT4D solutions, most social ventures remain trapped in a cycle of small grants and limited reach.  The challenges we face today demand innovative solutions that…
Apply Now: £150,000 for Your Digital Development Social Venture
The development sector faces a paradox. Despite decades of innovation in ICT4D solutions, most social ventures remain trapped in a cycle of small grants and limited reach.  The challenges we face today demand innovative solutions that can scale impact to billions of people. Sign Up Now for more calls for proposals In an era where digital transformation has accelerated post-pandemic adoption of everything from…
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October 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Call for papers! How do digital tools shape life, livelihoods & ecosystems in the world’s #mountain regions?

Submit to our #ICT4D track at Reorienting the Digital international conference, Kathmandu, 25-27 May 2026. Deadline 7 Jan 2026

Details: ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/c...
CFP: Digital Data and Technologies in Upland and Mountain Regions
Call for papers for track on “Digital Data and Technologies in Upland and Mountain Regions” for the international conference, “Reorienting the Digital: Ethics, Ontology, and Sustainable Futures” to…
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October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
CFP: Digital Data & Technologies in Upland & #Mountain Regions

Track for main #ICT4D / #digitaldevelopment international conference, “Reorienting the Digital”, Kathmandu, 25-27 May 2026

Deadline 7 Jan 2026

Further details: ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/c...
CFP: Digital Data and Technologies in Upland and Mountain Regions
Call for papers for track on “Digital Data and Technologies in Upland and Mountain Regions” for the international conference, “Reorienting the Digital: Ethics, Ontology, and Sustainable Futures” to…
ict4dblog.wordpress.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
How can ICTs empower micro, small & medium enterprises to reduce poverty?

📱💻 This paper offers a framework for ICT-driven MSME growth in developing countries: research.manchester.ac.uk/files/163280...

#ICT4D #MSMEs #PovertyReduction
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Four Innovations of Data-Intensive Development

What are the innovative models underlying data-intensive development?

📺 This short video explains four models plus some of the challenges to their effective implementation: youtu.be/2MpJ47MRulo

#DataForDevelopment #Tech4Good
Four Innovations of Data-Intensive Development
What are the innovative models underlying data-intensive development? This short presentation explains four models and also examines some of the challenges to their effective implementation It summarises content from Chapter 9 of the textbook, “Information and Communication Technology for Developm
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October 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Four Innovations of #DigitalDevelopment

This short video looks at:
- Users as producers
- The power of the crowd
- Digital participation
- Network structures

Plus an underlying model to explain their challenges

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Four Innovations of Digital Development
What are some of the innovative models underpinning digital development? This short presentation explains four models and also examines some of the challenges to their effective implementation It summarises content from Chapter 9 of the textbook, “Information and Communication Technology for Devel
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October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📦💻 What drives e-commerce in #Ghana?

It’s not just tech—it’s trust, strategy, and smart leadership.

Watch my 3-min video to see how firms move beyond readiness in real-world ways: youtu.be/BBP9uV2-OpM

#Ecommerce #DigitalEconomy #ICT4D
Advancing e-Commerce Beyond Readiness
YouTube video by CDDManchester
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September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Program available for Impact First Digital Development Summit

Free one-day virtual conference on #ICT4D / digital development: www.impactfirst.com/program

Speakers on: digital health, data systems, digital government, responsible AI, and more

Weds Oct 15th; 8 AM - 1 PM EST / 13:00 to 18:00 GMT
Impact First Program
Impact First brings together iNGOs, international agencies, governments, and the private sector to engage in two days of learning, collaboration, and showcasing the latest trends across sectors within...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How do Ghanaian firms really adopt e-commerce beyond just “readiness”?

This short video reveals 5 key lessons from our research.

Watch now: 📽️ youtu.be/BBP9uV2-OpM

#Ecommerce #Ghana #DigitalEconomy
Advancing e-Commerce Beyond Readiness
YouTube video by CDDManchester
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM