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  • Tag: Mapping

    • Platform Real Estate

      7 November 2019

      Author:

      Joe Shaw

      Like the legal profession, it has often been said that the world of real estate is characterised by ‘oily connections‘ and personal networks in a manner that leaves it ...
      Read More Platform Real Estate

    • CfP for sessions at GCEG: Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, Digital Margins

      17 October 2017

      Author:

      Nicolas Friederici

      We will attend next year’s Global Conference of Economic Geography (GCEG) in full strength, running two hopefully lively sessions. Both run under the larger theme “Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, ...
      Read More CfP for sessions at GCEG: Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, Digital Margins

    • Introducing Martin Dittus, Data Scientist and Darknet Researcher

      13 September 2017

      Authors:

      Martin Dittus
      David Sutcliffe

      We’re sitting upstairs, hunched over a computer, and Martin is showing me the darknet. I guess I have as good an idea as most people what the darknet is, ...
      Read More Introducing Martin Dittus, Data Scientist and Darknet Researcher

    • Exploring the Darknet in Five Easy Questions

      12 September 2017

      Authors:

      Martin Dittus
      David Sutcliffe

      Darknet marketplaces are typically set up to engage in the trading of illicit products and services, and are considered criminal in most jurisdictions. Image: Dennis Yip (Flickr). Many people ...
      Read More Exploring the Darknet in Five Easy Questions

    • 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

    • 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?

    • Want to work with us at the Oxford Internet Institute? I’m hiring a Digital Geographer!

      5 May 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I am hiring a Digital Geographer to work with me at the Oxford Internet Institute for two years on a full-time contract (we’ll also consider part-time options for the ...
      Read More Want to work with us at the Oxford Internet Institute? I’m hiring a Digital Geographer!

    • Digital Hegemonies: The Localness of Search Engine Results

      4 May 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

        I have a new paper out in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers with Andrea Ballatore and Shilad Sen. In it, we ask (and empirically answer) questions about ...
      Read More Digital Hegemonies: The Localness of Search Engine Results

    • Mapping The Global Knowledge Economy

      16 March 2017

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The geography of published and codified knowledge has always had stark core-periphery patterns. Just look at the below map of where academic articles are published from. Academic articles per ...
      Read More Mapping The Global Knowledge Economy

    • New Publication: Engagement in the Knowledge Economy: Regional Patterns of Content Creation with a Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

      15 March 2017

      Author:

      Sanna Ojanpera

      We have a new publication out: Ojanperä, S., Graham, M., Straumann, R. K., De Sabbata, S., & Zook, M. (2017). Engagement in the knowledge economy: Regional patterns of content ...
      Read More New Publication: Engagement in the Knowledge Economy: Regional Patterns of Content Creation with a Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Are mobile phones transforming Africa?

      14 December 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The latest version of the Economist contains a boldly-titled piece: ‘Mobile phones are transforming Africa‘.  The general sense in the piece is that, where connectivity exists, mobile phones and ...
      Read More Are mobile phones transforming Africa?

    • 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

    • The geography of Wikipedia edits

      28 September 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      Wikipedia has a geography. This is something that my colleagues and I have explored previously in a variety of scholarship. For a new book on ‘Open Development’, my colleague Stefano ...
      Read More The geography of Wikipedia edits

    • New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research

      17 May 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      This chapter outlines how one might utilize the massive amounts of web-based, geographically-referenced digital social data for geographical research. Because much of these data are user-generated and produced through ...
      Read More New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research

    • 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)

    • Historicizing Big Data and Geo-information

      30 March 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I was asked by my colleague and friend Oliver Belcher to act as a discussant in a session that he put together at the 2016 meeting of the Association ...
      Read More Historicizing Big Data and Geo-information

    • 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)

    • New publication: Who isn’t online? Mapping the ‘Archipelago of Disconnection’

      22 December 2015

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      Ralph Straumann and I have a new short publication out: Straumann, R. K., Graham, M. 2016. Who isn’t online? Mapping the ‘Archipelago of Disconnection.’ Regional Studies, Regional Science. 3(1) ...
      Read More New publication: Who isn’t online? Mapping the ‘Archipelago of Disconnection’

    • 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”

    • “E-society and E-citizens: from Technology Transfer to Human Empowerment and Development” – Kapuściński Development Lecture

      28 October 2015

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I’m delighted to be giving a Kapuściński Development Lecture on Nov 9. The talk will be titled ‘E-society and E-citizens: from Technology Transfer to Human Empowerment and Development’ You can ...
      Read More “E-society and E-citizens: from Technology Transfer to Human Empowerment and Development” – Kapuściński Development Lecture

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