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Challenges to Universal Education ahead of the Millennium Development Goals

Kevin Watkins, Director of the Overseas Development Institute, examines current progress towards the Millennium Development Goals in education and draws out some lessons for the post-MDG period.

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Distinguished Guest Lecture with UNIDO Director General Li Yong

On 13 February 2014, the Technology and Management for Development Centre hosted the Distinguished Guest Lecture with Mr Yong Li, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Director General.

Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

The Internet in a post-PRISM world

Dan McQuillan examines the Internet in a post-PRISM world, and asks if its power to tackle global poverty will be lost.

The Internet in a post-PRISM world

Dan McQuillan examines the Internet in a post-PRISM world, and asks if its power to tackle global poverty will be lost.

Crowdsourcing and Development of Activity Systems: the Case of Emergency Response

Gregory Asmolov suggests applying the notion of activity systems and zones of proximal development, as conceptualized in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), to the field of ICT4D.

Crowdsourcing and Development of Activity Systems: the Case of Emergency Response

Gregory Asmolov suggests applying the notion of activity systems and zones of proximal development, as conceptualized in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), to the field of ICT4D.

The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Implications for ICT4D Research

Richard Heeks explores new post-2015 development agenda and its implications for ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) research priorities.

The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Implications for ICT4D Research

Richard Heeks explores new post-2015 development agenda and its implications for ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) research priorities.

The Information Society Agenda: Prospects and Problems

Discussion of dominant approaches by intergovernmental agencies to information society policy and the prospects for introducing critical perspectives that acknowledge the power relations which inform information society strategies and actions.

ICTs, Innovation and Regulation in the Somali Territories

A seminar exploring technology and regulation in the Somali territories of the Horn of Africa. Despite weak or non-existent government institutions, innovation has flourished with local solutions to local challenges.

Humanitarian campaigns in social media: network architectures and Kony 2012 as a polymedia event

An assessment of the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action, drawing on analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign.

Disjunctures and Connections: Case Studies of How Techno-politics Make and Cut Networks

In a development context, the ways in which new media objects (eg ICTs) are defined in relation to other objects, people and institutions map out new figurations of power and connection, that revalue and recombine political agency.

Development 2.0 and beyond: Challenges for ICT4D in 2013

Dr Thompson addresses some of the opportunities and contradictions presented by ICT4D and considers some emerging ways in which ICT4D researchers may contribute to the field.

The Global Governance of International Migration: What Next?

A panel discussion hosted by Kellogg College on Friday 29th November 2013. The panellists discuss the global governance of migration, migrant rights and development.

Leaders for the world's future - The Rhodes Trust

Fighting the World's Fight: Against Poverty

Mr David Ferreira, Mr Nick Kristof and Dr Mark Suzman discuss fighting poverty at the Rhodes House 110th Anniversary event.

How do Institutions Change? The Prospects for Law and Justice Priorities in the Post-2015 International Development Agenda

This panel discussion will consider the inclusion of law and governance priorities in the post-2015 development agenda.

Measuring Global Poverty

Dr Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) gives a talk for the Oxford Alumni Weekend 2013.

Mammo Muchie. NSI to IDS - From the National System of Innovation to an African National Innovation and Development System (IDS).

Mammo Muchie, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Special Panel Session: Innovation in Low Income Countries. Part of the 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Best Paper Award Ceremony, 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award Ceremony. Chaired by Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice Chancellor, Oxford University.

Policy Dynamics and Institutional Dysfunctions in Public Agricultural Research and Innovation.

George Owusu Essegbey, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana. Special Panel Session: Innovation in Low Income Countries. Part of the 6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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