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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:01:15 +0100
From: "Arianna Tibuzzi" <atibuzzi a gmail.com>
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Subject: [TIC] PhD Scholarships for ICTs & Poverty Research


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2007.

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        Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:55 am (PST)

The University of Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute announces
a series
of scholarships for PhD study on poverty analysis starting in academic
year 2007/8. This can include study on the relation between ICTs and
poverty.

To be considered for these scholarships, candidates will need to apply
to study
for a PhD via the normal University process (see details at:
http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi/postgradchol/
<http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi/postgradchol/>). All
components of
the application must be completed by 31 January 2007.

Application needs to include a PhD proposal written by the candidate.
This can
relate to any aspect of the relation between ICTs and poverty but must
have a
strong poverty dimension. The topic areas shown below are for
illustrative purposes only.

Note that the competition for scholarships covers all areas of poverty
research,
not just ICT-related. Competition is open to all for the four main
scholarships; there are two additional PhD scholarships intended for US
and Sri
Lankan nationals.

Illustrative topic areas for research on the relation between ICTs and
poverty:

- ICTs and poverty reduction: general research on the potential and
actuality of
ICTs to deliver poverty-reducing projects; who actually benefits from
such projects?

- IT outsourcing to poor communities: implications of new business
models that
are outsourcing IT-based work to individual and cooperative enterprises
in poor
communities: who benefits? are these models sustainable and scalable?

- Technologies of connection and social inclusion/exclusion in poor,
remote communities: remote communities are often the seats of chronic
poverty yet they
are gradually being penetrated by "technologies of connection" - roads;
mobile
communications; wi-fi/Internet connectivity. Do these increase or
reduce the
social exclusion of such communities?

- Mobile communications and poverty: understanding the poverty
implications posed by the growing penetration of mobile technologies
into poor communities.

- ICT infrastructures and poverty: how are the particular needs and
interests of
the poor included or excluded from policy-making and implementation
about information society infrastructures in developing countries?

- Technology, hope and empowerment: we have field and anecdotal evidence
that
involvement with new technologies brings hope to the disempowered poor.
Is this true; is this a sustainable impact; and what poverty-affecting
impact (if
any) does hope have?

- ICTs, poverty and capabilities: using the lens of Sen's capabilities
approach,
how can we understand the potential of ICTs in impacting the livelihoods
of the
poor?

- Using GIS and other information systems for poverty mapping and
analysis: how
effective are these systems? can their use be linked to positive poverty
outcomes?

For further details, please see:
http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi/postgradchol/
<http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi/postgradchol/>

Successful candidates would join the University's twelve-strong
Development Informatics Group that researches, consults and teaches on
a wide variety of issues linking ICTs and socio-economic development.
For specific enquiries about PhD study on ICTs and poverty with the
Development Informatics Group, please contact Dr Richard Duncombe:
richard.duncombe a manchester.ac.uk <mailto:richard.duncombe%
40manchester.ac.uk>

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