---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melissa Densmore <mho@ischool.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:32 PM Subject: [TIER] Fwd: SIRCAII Phase 2 Call for Proposals To: TIER <tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu>, ictd-group <ictd-group@ischool.berkeley.edu> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melissa Densmore <mdensmore@cs.uct.ac.za> Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:19 PM Subject: SIRCAII Phase 2 Call for Proposals To: ict4d <ict4d@cs.uct.ac.za> Please see attached for the SIRCA III Phase 2 Call for Proposals! Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) III PHASE II CALL FOR PROPOSALS – OPEN DEVELOPMENT SIRCA III is a theory and capacity building research programme run by the SiRC (Singapore Internet Research Centre) that began in April 2015 and will run until May 2017. SIRCA III has already funded six projects led by teams of two senior researchers and/or practitioners to develop cross-cutting open development theoretical frameworks. This call seeks research proposals to empirically test these theoretical frameworks in developing countries in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. The purpose of the SIRCA III programme is to deepen our understanding as to whether, how, for whom, and in what circumstances the free, networked, public sharing of digital (information and communication) resources contribute towards (or not) a process of positive social transformation. The programme is organised into two phases, a theoretical phase (Phase I) and an empirical phase (Phase II). Researchers who submit successful project proposals will join SIRCA III as a Phase II scholar. SIRCA III Research Themes and Theoretical Frameworks During Phase I, inter-disciplinary teams tackled six cross-cutting themes of open development. We are currently accepting Phase II proposals to research these themes specifically and exclusively. Descriptions of the projects, research questions and hypotheses are available in detail on our website. We also encourage you to read a forthcoming publication on open development here. Interested Phase II applicants are asked to propose a research project that responds to one of the following frameworks (Click on links or see Appendix 1 for framework details): 1. Open and/or Apolitical? A critical re-examination of Open Information Systems by Janaki Srinivasan and Bidisha Chaudhuri, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 2. Resources, Learning and Inclusion in Open Development by Marion Walton, University of Cape Town, Andy Dearden, Sheffield Hallam University, Melissa Densmore, University of Cape Town 3. Elements of Trust in an Open Model: Exploring the Role and Place of Trust in Open Education and Urban Services in the Global South by Rich Ling, Nanyang Technological University, John Traxler, University of Wolverhampton 4. A Critical Capability Approach to Open Development by Yingqin Zheng, Royal Holloway University of London, Bernd Carsten Stahl, De Montfort University. 5. Open development – A focus on organizational norms and power redistribution by Anita Gurumurthy, Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change 6. Public Engagement in Open Development: A Knowledge Stewardship Approach Katherine Reilly, Juan Pablo Alperin, Simon Fraser University Pre-existing projects that do not relate substantively to one of the SIRCA III open development themes listed above will not be considered. Please examine the materials for each project and related literature, and then formulate your research design to test or validate the stated research questions and hypotheses. For more details on participation please see the attached document and/or visit the links below. http://www.sirca.org.sg/programs/about-sirca-iii/call-for-proposals-empirica... https://www.facebook.com/SiRCSingapore/ https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/call-proposals-sirca-iii-open-de... https://twitter.com/SiRC_NTU https://twitter.com/ArulChib/status/701261893881561093 ________________________________ _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier