UNESCO ICT4D Chair

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Today marks the end of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London. Please follow members of the revitalised ICT4D Collective at @ICT4DCollective. Our site remains at ict4d.org.uk.

A reminder that the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at @RoyalHolloway is transitioning to the ICT4DCollective in 2 months and this Twitter account will be archived. Do retune and follow us at @ICT4DCollective now!

Our focus remains doing the highest possible quality of research and practice in the interests of the world's poorest and most marginalised peoples.

This Twitter account will remain open as an archive and record of our activities on Twitter, but over the next two months we will shift all posts to @ICT4DCollective. Our work continues to be freely available through ict4d.org.uk.

Royal Holloway, University of London has decided not to proceed with renewal of its agreement with @UNESCO for our UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (first established in 2007) with effect from 1 August 2023. We are moving forward as @ICT4DCollective, and encourage you to follow us there.

Listening to what #migrants want is an integral part of impact initiatives by our #digital tech team @UNESCOICT4D who organised training workshops and videos creation by migrants covering a range of issues affecting them. Click here for more: bit.ly/3HWf8tW

Celebrating World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (#WTISD; itu.int/wtisd) we are featuring our research on how migrants can improve their lives through digital technologies (rather than being exploited through them) ict4d.org.uk/technology-ine… @timunwin

We are delighted to share the latest videos developed by migrants with whom we are working in South Africa about the challenges they face and the ways that they have found to overcome them - workstream led by Maria Rosa Lorini @timunwin @MIDEQHub ict4d.org.uk/advanced-migra…

@nnenna Come across to UNU Macau for satellite event unwdf-macau.org/en/university-… plus unwdf-macau.org/en/schedule/ plus youth and data session...

Check in.. Hanghzou #UNDataforum

Interesting opportunities to engage with some inspirational people - if you are under 25 think about becoming a Learning Planet Youth Fellow learning-planet.org/youth/

This work by Clario (clario.co) should be much better known - interesting analysis @TimUnwin

@rsamii @Twitter Couldn't agree more!

Twitter's metamorphosis is shooing away people from the platform and contributing to its total decline. As an early adopter, seeing the destruction of what used to be a useful platform with these unwarranted and uncalled for changes makes me sad. #socialmedia #twitterfail

Great to be participating in @UNESCO's 2023 Global SIDS Dialogue on Transformation of Education in the Digital Age unesco.org/en/articles/tr…. The SIDS each have very special challenges, but also enormous potential. @TimUnwin

IIC Future Leaders Competition iicom.org/future-leaders… - write an essay on Cybersecurity on the Edge? - deadline 17 July 2023

Interesting development - Chat GPT banned in Italy -I wonder if other countries will follow suit? bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

Our list of "Interesting literature on digital tech and #migration between countries in #Africa, South and South-east #Asia, and #Latin_America #Caribbean with links to the original papers as part of our contribution to @MIDEQHub - freely available at ict4d.org.uk/technology-ine…

@phat_controller @Andrejcisneros It probably wouldn't be called a tech hub!

Decolonising Innovation: what would innovation look like if tech hubs weren't channeling Silicon Valley values & using US corporate metrics & methods? Is an Ubuntu technology possible? What innovation would a Buen Vivir worldview produce? @Andrejcisneros scholar.google.com/citations?view…