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    • Will AI kill development?

      7 April 2019

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I had the opportunity to contribute to this new BCC World Service programme ‘Will AI kill development?’. Listen here, or contact me for an mp3 if you’re unable to ...
      Read More Will AI kill development?

    • CFP – Digital Representations of Place: Urban Overlays and Digital Justice

      30 January 2018

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      Digital Representations of Place: Urban Overlays and Digital Justice Call for papers: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Cardiff University, 28–31 August 2018   Session sponsor: the Digital Geographies Working Group ...
      Read More CFP – Digital Representations of Place: Urban Overlays and Digital Justice

    • The rise of the planetary labour market

      30 January 2018

      Author:

      Mark Graham

        I have a short piece in New Statesman about the rise of what I am calling a planetary labour market. I wrote it because this will be the ...
      Read More The rise of the planetary labour market

    • The Tyranny of Digital Inclusion

      31 December 2017

      Author:

      Marco Haenssgen

      In a previous blog post, I argued that mobile phone use can have negative consequences for people’s behaviour. If we assume for the sake of the argument that people ...
      Read More The Tyranny of Digital Inclusion

    • World regions’ access to the internet

      12 July 2017

      Author:

      Ralph Straumann

      The previous post in this mini-series, Who can access the internet?, looked at internet penetration in country context. In this post, we compare world regions and their access to ...
      Read More World regions’ access to the internet

    • ‘Digital Labour’ – our new publication

      4 July 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      New forms of digital work have emerged which, in theory, can be done from anywhere. Does this mean that geography no longer matters to digital work? Not exactly. My ...
      Read More ‘Digital Labour’ – our new publication

    • Who can access the internet?

      25 June 2017

      Author:

      Ralph Straumann

      This map shows internet penetration, i.e. the percentage of the population of countries that has accessed the internet within a 12 month period, from any device (click for full ...
      Read More Who can access the internet?

    • How ready is Africa to join the knowledge economy?

      22 June 2017

      Author:

      Sanna Ojanpera

      Changes in the ways knowledge is created and used are driving economic and social development worldwide. Ugandan school by Brian Wolfe (Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0). “In times past, we ...
      Read More How ready is Africa to join the knowledge economy?

    • Why we shouldn’t believe the hype about the Internet “creating” development

      30 March 2017

      Author:

      Nicolas Friederici

      It’s about time. However, despite enthusiasm, there is a lack of academic consensus about the impacts of digital connectivity on economic development. Image: Nicolas Friederici. Vast sums of money ...
      Read More Why we shouldn’t believe the hype about the Internet “creating” development

    • ICT and Development seminar series – 2017 webcasts 📽

      29 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      Our ICT and Development seminar series gathers leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on the influence of new communication technologies on development processes. We were lucky to have four great ...
      Read More ICT and Development seminar series – 2017 webcasts 📽

    • New report: ‘The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins’

      21 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      This report is based on a three-year investigation conducted by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford and the Gordon Institute of Business Science ...
      Read More New report: ‘The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins’

    • New report: ‘The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins’

      21 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      This report is based on a three-year investigation conducted by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford and the Gordon Institute of Business Science ...
      Read More New report: ‘The Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work At the Global Margins’

    • Charlotte: Advising on tech policy at the UK Department for International Development

      21 March 2017

      Author:

      Karen Mead

      Charlotte Smart was a member of our 2014-15 MSc group. She studied geography as an undergraduate at Oxford, where she looked at the impact of technology adoption amongst the Maasai in Kenya. ...
      Read More Charlotte: Advising on tech policy at the UK Department for International Development

    • New Report: Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work at the Global Margins

      20 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The cartogram depicts countries as circles sized according to dollar inflow during March 2013 on a major online labour platform. The shading of the inner circle indicates the median ...
      Read More New Report: Risks and Rewards of Online Gig Work at the Global Margins

    • What Impact is the Gig Economy Having on Development and Worker Livelihoods?

      20 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      There are imbalances in the relationship between supply and demand of digital work, with the vast majority of buyers located in high-income countries (pictured). See the full article for ...
      Read More What Impact is the Gig Economy Having on Development and Worker Livelihoods?

    • The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

      20 October 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      My colleagues Nicolas Friederici, Sanna Ojanperä, and I have recently finished a paper in which we analyse ‘Grand Visions’ of how Internet connectivity affects development in Africa. In the paper, we ...
      Read More The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

    • Spatial discourses around Internet access in the developing world (new paper)

      1 April 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The ways in which we envision and talk about the internet matter. This is especially the case in the context of plans and projects to use the internet for ...
      Read More Spatial discourses around Internet access in the developing world (new paper)

    • ‘big data’ and development seminar series

      28 January 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      All are invited to our new ‘big data’ and development seminar series. The schedule for the coming term is, as follows: 26 January 2016: “Big Data, Data Activism, and the ...
      Read More ‘big data’ and development seminar series

    • Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (new publication)

      19 January 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      A new publication of ours in now out in The African Technopolitan. Graham, M., and Foster, C. 2016. Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa, The African Technopolitan. 5 78-85. The ...
      Read More Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (new publication)

    • Kapuścinski Public Lecture – “Uneven Geographies of Power and Participation in the Internet Era”

      10 November 2015

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I recently had the opportunity to give a Kapuścinski public lecture titled “Uneven Geographies of Power and Participation in the Internet Era.” You can watch the whole lecture at the link ...
      Read More Kapuścinski Public Lecture – “Uneven Geographies of Power and Participation in the Internet Era”

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