The ICT4D Collective in the 2020s continues the tradition of the original ICT4D Collective founded in 2004 at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 2007, the University and UNESCO agreed to establish a UNESCO Chair in ICT4D building on the work of the multidisciplinary research group in ICT4D that had grown out of the original Collective. However, in 2023, after 16 successful years of research, teaching and practice at the interface between digital tech and development, the restructuring of Royal Holloway, University of London under a new leadership team, no longer saw a place for the UNESCO Chair within its portfolio of activities. This provided an exciting opportunity to build on the mission of the original Collective, and an international group of researchers came together in the new ICT4D Collective with the aim of undertaking
“the highest possible quality of research and practice together in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (also referred to as “digital technologies”) for Development (ICT4D)” .
(extract from the ICT4D Collective Charter)
All the work of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (2007-23) is preserved within this site and is clearly distinguished as such.
Navigation links to the most important new areas of the ICT4D Collective’s site are as follows:
- Members of the ICT4D Collective from 2023.
- The Collective’s Charter which builds in part on the original ICT4D Collective’s membership principles.
- How our research and practice contribute to delivering the UN-led Sustainable Development Goals.
- Our main ongoing current initiatives:
- How to contact us
Page created 12 June 2023
Revised 27 June 2023
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