March 2016 - change - Mailing Lists

Dimagi is hiring!
by Anupam Jain 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Hi all, Dimagi is currently recruiting for Field Managers, Technical Field Managers, Senior Software Engineers and Technical Support Analysts to join our teams in *Delhi, India* and *Cape Town, South Africa*. Dimagi is an award-winning, socially conscious technology company that develops cutting-edge software tailored for underserved communities in over 40 countries around the world. For more information on Dimagi, the open positions, and requirements to be a successful candidate, please visit our careers page located here <http://www.dimagi.com/about/careers/>. Warm Regards, Anupam -- "What is meditation?" (http://www.heartfulness.org/)

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FW: Power, Politics and Digital Development – Sept 2016 UK DSA Conference panel
by Melody Clark 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

-- Melody Clark Communications Specialist Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) University of Washington Information School melclark(a)uw.edu<mailto:melclark@uw.edu> | 206.303.7910 Twitter: @taschagroup<https://twitter.com/taschagroup> | @melodyrclark<https://twitter.com/#!/melodyrclark> tascha.uw.edu<http://tascha.uw.edu/> From: Richard Heeks [mailto:richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 2:23 PM To: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk> Subject: CfP: Power, Politics and Digital Development – Sept 2016 UK DSA Conference panel Call for Abstracts – “Power, Politics and Digital Development” panel UK Development Studies Association conference, 12-14 Sep 2016, University of Oxford, UK This is a call for abstracts/presentations on power, politics and digital development, with an initial deadline of 25 April 2016. The panel will cover the broad intersection of power, politics and digital development including both directionalities – the impact of power and politics on design, diffusion, implementation and outcomes of ICT application; and the impact of ICT application on power and politics – and their mutual interaction. We welcome work anywhere along the spectrum from the micro-exercise of power within individual ICT4D initiatives through the politics of national ICT-using organisations and institutions to global Internet governance. Other topics for papers might include but are not limited to: - The organisational politics of ICT4D - Digital resources as foundations of power in development - Reproduction and transformation of power and inequality through digital development - Digital development discourse as a source and reflection of power - The institutional logics that conflict and contest to shape digital development - How national and international ICT policies address and express issues of power The following timeline will be observed: - 25 April 2016 - prospective presenters to submit a “paper proposal” (title, author names & emails, short abstract of <300 characters; long abstract of <250 words) via the conference online form<http://www.nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2016/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=4461>. Panel details and link to paper proposal online at: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4461 - 5 May: decision made on paper proposals - 6 June: conference registration opens (early-bird discounts close 11 July) - 12-14 September: conference If you have any queries prior to abstract submission, do please ask: richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Panel Organisers: - Richard Heeks, Centre for Development Informatics<http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/>, GDI, University of Manchester, UK - Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>, University of Oxford, UK - Ben Ramalingam, Institute for Development Studies<http://www.ids.ac.uk/team/digital>, University of Sussex, UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This panel is an initiative of the DSA’s Information, Technology and Development study group<http://www.devstud.org.uk/studygroups/information_technology_and_developmen…> General call for papers details at: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2016/cfp.shtml

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Tomorrow at Change: Computing and Financial Services for the Poor
by Trevor Perrier 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

Please join us tomorrow for the first Change seminar of the quarter. Professor Richard Anderson <http://www.cs.washington.edu/people/faculty/anderson> from UW CSE will be talking about a new project at UW focused on financial access. *What:* Computing and Financial Services for the Poor *When:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 *Where: *The Allen Center, CSE 203 *Abstract: * Improving access to financial services has been identified as an important mechanism for reducing poverty. While mobile money offers opportunities for creating new services, and there have been notable successes such as mPesa in Kenya, uptake in many countries have remained slow. Challenges that have been identified include fraud and cyber security, managing identity, credit scoring, and developing easy to use proximity payment solutions. Work is being initiated at University of Washington to investigate these challenges from a computer science perspective. This talk will provide an introduction to the area, and discuss some the potential research problems at the intersection of Computer Science and the development of financial services for the poor.

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Talk by Umar Saif, Monday, March 28, 4:30 pm, CSE 110
by Richard Anderson 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Monday, March 28, 4:30 pm, CSE 110, University of Washington Title: How $100 Smartphones are Transforming the Government in Pakistan Abstract: Pakistan is the 6th largest country in the world by population. Over half of the population lives below $2 poverty line; 40% of the adult population is unable to read or write; 30% lack access to clean drinking water; 85% of the world's polio cases are from Pakistan. At the same time, with over 137 Million cellphone users in Pakistan, almost every household has a cellphone; Pakistani's sent over 320 Billion SMS last year; you can buy a smartphone for less than $50 in Pakistan. In this talk, I will present a number of smartphone-based systems we have developed to monitor government work, improve civic services and collect citizen feedback in Pakistan. This talk will explain how we used smartphones to track and contain a Dengue epidemic, identify crime hotspots, measure teacher presence and monitor visits of rural doctors. I will specifically talk about an innovative vaccinator tracking application that has totally transformed the vaccination program in Pakistan to eradicate Polio. Speaker bio: Prof. Umar Saif works as the Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), heading all public-sector IT projects in Punjab. He is also the founding Vice Chancellor of ITU, a newly setup research university in Lahore. Prof. Saif received his PhD in 2001 at University of Cambridge and worked at MIT for several years before returning to Pakistan. He was named as one of the top 35 young innovators by the MIT Technology Review (TR35) in 2011 and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He received a Google Faculty Research award in 2011. In 2014, Prof. Saif was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, one of the highest civil awards by government of Pakistan. He was named among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world in 2015 and 2016.

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ICT position at IREX
by Chris Coward 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

This would be a great opportunity for the right person. We've partnered with IREX on many ICTD projects. -chris From: Kristin Lord [mailto:klord@irex.org<mailto:klord@irex.org>] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 9:10 AM To: Kristin Lord Subject: Please help us find a new ICT for Development Advisor All: We are currently hiring an ICT for Development (ICT4D) advisor at IREX. This is a fantastic opportunity and I'd be grateful if you would help to connect us with strong candidates. A link to the job description is here: https://www.irex.org/careers/all-positions?p=job%2Fog1Q2fwT Please feel free to contact me with questions. All the best Kristin ------------------------------------------------- Chris Coward Principal Research Scientist & Director Technology & Social Change Group University of Washington Information School o 206.616.9102 m 206.437.4592

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Request for partnerships in research on big data areas with organizations in 10 countries in Africa
by Atanu Garai 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Dear Colleagues, You may be aware of the resent research and projects that demonstrate the value of big data (besides small data) in discovering trends in public health issues. Such analyses help the Ministries of health and other stakeholders in decision making and planning their actions. Implementation of big data technologies requires not only technology interventions, but also capacity building, coordination, training at multiple levels. There are opportunities to develop big data interventions in these countries - Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The organizations should have established local presence, demonstrated body of work in areas of health and/or data science. This project will require the organization to be the focal points in their respective countries, depute 2 resource persons, and coordinate with their ministries of health. We have already received confirmed EoI from organizations in these countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Interested organizations are requested to contact by email at atanu.garai at gmail.com. Best regards, Atanu Garai

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by change＠change.washington.edu 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

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[DevEng] 3/9 Dev Eng Seminar + 3/10 Mobile Data Collection Webinar: SurveyCTO
by Matt Podolsky 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Anh-Thi Le* <anh_thile(a)berkeley.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','anh_thile(a)berkeley.edu');>> Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Subject: [DevEng] 3/9 Dev Eng Seminar + 3/10 Mobile Data Collection Webinar: SurveyCTO To: deveng(a)lists.berkeley.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','deveng(a)lists.berkeley.edu');> Dear Dev Eng Community, Below are two events (1 in-person seminar and 1 webinar!) this week that might be of interest to you and/or others in your ecosystems. Please feel free to circulate this emails to others who might be interested in participating. Best, Anh-Thi // *1. March 9: Dev Eng 210 Design for Impact Seminar * *12:00pm - 2:00pm | 210 Jacobs Hall* *Title: **Engineering solutions that matter: Trends in technology for development* *Speakers: *Robert Hauck, Chief Medical Engineering, GE Healthcare; Iana Aranda, Director of Programs, ASME and Engineering for Change (E4C) *Abstract: *Growing numbers of technically-trained individuals are engaging in the design and delivery of solutions to fundamental challenges faced by underserved communities. Whether in the non-profit, academic, and private sectors, these individuals and organizations have catalyzed product and service innovations that achieve fit for service while supporting business objectives. This session will provide an overview of current trends such as design for adoption, manufacturing, distribution and financing for scale, remote monitoring and application of standards through case studies from the Engineering for Change (E4C) community of solvers and GE Healthcare. We will explore implementation hurdles, industry perspectives on technology for development and present tools for due-diligence in the design and deployment of solutions. *2. DIL-E4C Mobile Data Collection Webinar Series* The DIL-Engineering for Change Mobile Data Collection Webinar Series <http://dil.berkeley.edu/data-analytics-toolkits/mobile-data-collection-webi…> will provide researchers and international development practitioners with an introduction to a sample of survey software tools transforming the collection of data for international development research and how they might implement each tool within their own work. *RSVP for this week's March 10, 9am webinar featuring SurveyCTO here: * http://bit.ly/1nu5vqh *About SurveyCTO: *SurveyCTO <http://www.surveycto.com/index.html> is a mobile data collection platform that works offline and allows you to conduct electronic surveys even in the world’s most remote and resource constrained areas, whether for M&E, mHealth, academic research, impact evaluations, or market research. Used by organizations such as Innovations for Poverty Action, J-PAL, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Oxfam UK, John Snow Inc., EGPAF, and various universities, among others, SurveyCTO was built with the following areas of focus: incredible reliability; unprecedented security; caring, super-responsive support to make life easier for users; powerful design and data management features to enable the simplest to the most complex surveys; and unique data quality control features to capture the most accurate data possible. *Future Webinars:* - VOTOMobile <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001h36Blr4s464O620lEA1C7pMGN4gviT1Zt2mKF6-f4j_K…>: March 16 at 3 pm EST - Premise <http://premise.com/>: April 7 at 12 pm EST - Open Data Kit <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001h36Blr4s464O620lEA1C7pMGN4gviT1Zt2mKF6-f4j_K…>: April 13 at 3 pm EST

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Reminder: No Change Tomorrow
by Trevor Perrier 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

Just a quick reminder that there will be no Change Seminar tomorrow (Tuesday March 8). We will meet again the first week of spring quarter on Tuesday March 29. Thanks to everyone who came to the seminar this quarter and a really big thanks to everyone who presented their work. As always, if you have ideas for Change Seminars please let me know. All the best, - Trevor

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Application Deadline Extension: iSchool Guam Study Abroad
by Sheryl Day 06 Mar '16

06 Mar '16

******************************************* APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENSION: MARCH 11TH. Benefits of how credit is applied for Exploration Seminars: * This 5-credit course applies to your fall quarter 2016 course load. This means that students can enroll for just 7 credits in fall and will be considered full time. Only part time tuition will apply in this case, and students will get credit for a full time load. * Alternatively, students may enroll for a full 18-credit load in the fall, and will receive 23 credits because of this exploration seminar at no extra tuition cost for credits above the full-time load. ******************************************* Applications are now being accepted for the iSchool Guam: Oral Traditions, Knowledge, & Science Early Exploration Seminar. In this seminar, we will explore the concept of information within oral traditions and the relationship to contemporary notions of knowledge and science. This 5-credit seminar is open to all UW undergraduate and graduate students. The program description is below, and the online application along with more info are on the iSchool Guam Online Application and Program Brochure<http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram…>. Applications are due February 29th. ***DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 11th.*** We are happy to answer any questions in the meantime, so feel free to contact us at: Sheryl A. Day (sagutie(a)uw.edu<mailto:Sheryl%20A.%20Day<sagutie(a)uw.edu>>) and Helen P. Enguerra (hpe(a)uw.edu<mailto:Helen%20Enguerra%20<hpe(a)uw.edu>>). [cid:0BC361F3-3410-43E7-84C3-5F1393471382] *********************************************** PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Indigenous Pacific Islanders of Oceania are characterized by their long histories and developed societies deeply rooted in rich oral traditions. These oral traditions are embedded within education, spiritual practices, and relationships with the environment and people and are expressed through such practices as social customs, song, dance, chant, and storytelling. The knowledge and information associated with oral traditions has historically been viewed as ancient and obsolete. This perception has had significant impact on the knowledge systems of Pacific Islanders. In this program, students will gain an understanding and appreciation of the concept of information, types of information systems, and the flow of information within the context of oral traditions and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. This program focuses on Guam, the Marianas Islands, and the oral traditions of the Chamoru culture and people who are native to this region. Students will critically explore historical and contemporary issues, perceptions, and the value of oral traditions and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. In partnership with the University of Guam, students will gain contextual understanding of the program learning objectives through readings, site visits, and presentations by scholars, oral historians and "manamko" (elders) who will speak on Chamoru oral traditions and cultural practices such as traditional art, dance, and music, fishing, canoeing, food and medicinal plants, genealogy, agriculture, navigation, religion and spirituality, and history. Students will also participate with University of Guam students in Chamoru language and cultural classes that will be conducted throughout the program. Finally, students will interact with local Chamoru people and participate in cultural events to gain a deeper understanding of Chamoru customs and oral traditions. COURSE: INFO 497 or INFX 597: Oral Traditions, Knowledge, and Science: A Chamoru Exploration (5 credits) APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 29, 2016 ***DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 11th.*** Online Application<http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram…> ********************************************* Sheryl A. Day PhD Candidate, Information Science University of Washington Information School Box 325840, Seattle, WA 98195-2840 Indigenous Information Research Group (IIRG)<http://iirg.ischool.uw.edu/> Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA)<http://tascha.uw.edu/> UW-Myanmar Info Strategies for Societies in Transition<http://tascha.uw.edu/projects/information-strategies-for-societies-in-trans…> s<mailto:sagutie@uw.edu>agutie(a)uw.edu<mailto:sagutie@uw.edu> *********************************************

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