Technology for Developing Regions

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Joshua Blumenstock

Assistant Professor
Alumni (PhD 2012)
jblumenstock@berkeley.edu
Website
Focus: Development Economics, Data Science, Econometrics, Machine Learning, ICTD
(510) 642-4583
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Jenna Burrell

Associate Professor
jenna@ischool.berkeley.edu
Website
Focus: technology appropriation in non-Western societies, technology and socio-economic development, qualitative research methods
(510) 642-7584
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AnnaLee Saxenian

Dean of the I School and Professor (I School and Dept. of City and Regional Planning)
dean@ischool.berkeley.edu
Website
Focus: Regional economic development, Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley.
(510) 642-9980
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Xiao Qiang

Adjunct Professor
Website
Focus: Technology and human rights: China, censorship, surveillance, digital activism and information politics

Recent Publications

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Mapping poverty using mobile phone and satellite data
Feb 1, 2017
Material Ecosystems: Theorizing (Digital) Technologies in Socio-Economic Development
Mar 1, 2016
The Myth of Market Price Information: Mobile Phones and the Application of Economic Knowledge in ICTD
Apr 22, 2015
From Farm to Farmville: Circulation, Adoption, and Use of ICT between Urban and Rural China
Dec 20, 2013
Revisiting the Fishers of Kerala, India
Sep 1, 2013
MobileWorks: Designing for Quality in a Managed Crowdsourcing Architecture
Oct 1, 2012
The Evolving Braid: An Ethnography of Technology Change in Uganda
May 11, 2012
Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana.
May 1, 2012
Essays on the Economic Impacts of Mobile Phones in Sub-Saharan Africa
Apr 30, 2012
Mobile Phone Tools for Field-Based Health care Workers in Low-Income Countries
May 1, 2011

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Technology for Developing Regions news

Elisa Oreglia
Elisa Oreglia Profiles Rural Chinese Internet Users
May 24, 2012
New research by Ph.D. student Elisa Oreglia looks under the surface of rural Chinese Internet use and reveals a rich nuanced relationship between older, less-educated Chinese villagers, computers, and the Internet.
Neha Kumar
Neha Kumar Awarded Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
May 4, 2012
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Ghana, Online Scamming, and the Internet’s Broken Promises
Apr 27, 2012
New research by Jenna Burrell looks under the surface of Internet culture in Ghana, exploring why many Ghanaians have struggled to form connections with foreigners and to share in the prosperity of the information age.
Melissa Densmore
Grad Student Celebrates Failure
Mar 15, 2012
“If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried.” Doctoral student Melissa Densmore is defying this conventional wisdom, hosting a session that welcomes — and attempts to learn from — experiences of failure.
Tapan Parikh
Tapan Parikh Speaks at TEDxBerkeley
Jan 30, 2012
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience of “ideas worth spreading.” At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
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Five Ph.D. Students to Present at 4S Conference
Oct 31, 2011
Ph.D. students Megan Finn, Elisa Oreglia, Stuart Geiger, Christo Sims, and Bob Bell present their research on technology circulation in China, information dissemination for humanitarian relief efforts, online communities in physical space, gender and identity in digital youth culture, and African entrepreneurship, in at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science.
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New Blog Explores Ethnography and Technology
Oct 14, 2011
A new blog, “Ethnography Matters,” was launched this week by assistant professor Jenna Burrell and I School alumnae Heather Ford and Rachelle Annechino (MIMS ’11). The blog will focus on ethnography and technology, with practical advice for practicing ethnographers and other technology researchers.
Josh Blumenstock
New Grant Supports Josh Blumenstock's Research on "Mobile Money" and the 2008 Rwandan Earthquake
Aug 5, 2011
Blumenstock is analyzing a database of every interpersonal monetary transfer over Rwanda's primary telecom network from 2005-2009, including over 1 billion transfers and phone calls by 1 million individuals.

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