Sunday, July 27, 2003
New ICT4Dev Journal from MIT
MIT Press is launching a new journal titled "Information Technologies and International Development". At the very least, they have put together a very impressive team with Ernie Wilson and Mike Best being editors-in-chief. The advisory board includes Zoe Baird, Narayana Murthy, Nicholas Negroponte, Jeff Sachs and Mohammed Yunus. The editorial board includes Ashok Jhunjhunwalla, Ben Petrazzini, Rohan Samarajiva and Robin Mansell.
The audience for Information Technologies and International Development will come from academia, the private sector, NGOs, and government. It will attract readers interested in the "other four billion" – the share of the world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely considered in the design of new information technologies.
The Journal also has a call for papers. The topics they are looking at are Policy and regulatory issues; Engineering innovations; Theoretical and conceptual issues; Access and accessibility; Human-computer interaction, interface, and design;Multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-literate systems; Financing, business models, and sustainability; Training and capacity building; Infrastructure; Humanistic and social development impacts; Health and wellness systems; Learning and education systems; Income poverty, economic development, and e-commerce; E-government, e-governance, and digital democracy; Highly localized systems and content; Social and cultural surveys and studies; Geographic and country reviews; Digital divide issues; The economics of information and Gender inequalities.
Perhaps this is the perfect vehicle to take RISC public.
The audience for Information Technologies and International Development will come from academia, the private sector, NGOs, and government. It will attract readers interested in the "other four billion" – the share of the world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely considered in the design of new information technologies.
The Journal also has a call for papers. The topics they are looking at are Policy and regulatory issues; Engineering innovations; Theoretical and conceptual issues; Access and accessibility; Human-computer interaction, interface, and design;Multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-literate systems; Financing, business models, and sustainability; Training and capacity building; Infrastructure; Humanistic and social development impacts; Health and wellness systems; Learning and education systems; Income poverty, economic development, and e-commerce; E-government, e-governance, and digital democracy; Highly localized systems and content; Social and cultural surveys and studies; Geographic and country reviews; Digital divide issues; The economics of information and Gender inequalities.
Perhaps this is the perfect vehicle to take RISC public.
