Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks (new paper)

13 April 2016 0

Chris Foster and I have a new publication that will be coming out in Global Networks: Foster, C. and Graham, M. 2016. Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks. Global Networks. DOI: 10.1111/glob.12142 (pre-publication version here). Abstract: Global production networks (GPN) has become a key framework in conceptualising linkages, power and structure… Read More: Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks… »

Spatial discourses around Internet access in the developing world (new paper)

1 April 2016 0

The ways in which we envision and talk about the internet matter. This is especially the case in the context of plans and projects to use the internet for human development, and at a time when charismatic Silicon Valley champions of new technologies are popularising narratives about its impact. This is a point that Charlotte… Read More: Spatial discourses around Internet access in the developing world (new… »

‘Digital Transformations of Work’ 🎬 Conference Webcasts 🎬

23 March 2016 0

The Digital Transformations of Work Conference that Alex Wood and I organised brought together a room full of brilliant and passionate speakers and 80 guests to have a wide-ranging and critical conversation about what digital transformations mean for the future of work (and workers). Sadly, the room could only accommodate 80 and we had a huge… Read More: ‘Digital Transformations of Work’ 🎬 Conference Webcasts 🎬 »

The Domestic Turn: Business Process Outsourcing and the Growing Automation of Kenyan Organisations (now in print)

22 March 2016 0

I’m happy to announce a new paper to come out of our previous project studying Development and Broadband Internet Access in East Africa. The project looked at the role that changing connectivity in East Africa was having on three sectors of the economy: tea, tourism, and business process outsourcing (BPO). This paper, written with Laura Mann, focuses… Read More: The Domestic Turn: Business Process Outsourcing and the Growing Automation… »

Digital Transformations of Work [Conference, March 10 2016]

29 January 2016 0

As part of the Green Templeton College Future of Work Programme we are bringing together leading researchers to consider the ways in which digitalisation and the internet are globally transforming work, employment and labour markets. This one-day conference features: Professor Saskia Sassen (Columbia University) and Professor Linda McDowell (University of Oxford) on digital work and exploitation;… Read More: Digital Transformations of Work [Conference, March 10 2016] »

‘big data’ and development seminar series

28 January 2016 0

All are invited to our new ‘big data’ and development seminar series. The schedule for the coming term is, as follows: 26 January 2016: “Big Data, Data Activism, and the Global Civil Society” Speaker: Professor Stefania Milan Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, Univ. of Amsterdam Register interest here! 9 February 2016: “Big Data… Read More: ‘big data’ and development seminar series »

Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (new publication)

19 January 2016 0

A new publication of ours in now out in The African Technopolitan. Graham, M., and Foster, C. 2016. Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa, The African Technopolitan. 5 78-85. The piece draws on some of our previous empirical research to reflect on what connectivity means to inclusion in the ‘network society.’ Connectivity certainly isn’t a sufficient condition… Read More: Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (new publication) »

Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector (new publication)

19 January 2016 0

A new publication of ours in now out in The African Technopolitan. Graham, M., Mann, L., Friederici, N. and Waema, T. 2016. Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector, The African Technopolitan. 5 93-95 The short piece is based on our longer report on the Internet and Business Process Outsourcing in East Africa. It offers a summary… Read More: Growing the Kenyan Business Process Outsourcing Sector (new publication) »

Introducing Mohammad Amir Anwar to the Geonet project

13 January 2016 0

We are lucky to have Mohammad Amir Anwar joining our team in the Geonet project! Amir is a Human Geographer by training, and his work has focused on geography of globalisation, political economy and development in the Global South, with a special focus on India and Africa. He is currently researching the growth of knowledge… Read More: Introducing Mohammad Amir Anwar to the Geonet project »