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CIS is now part of the Information School

The Center for Internet Studies has a new home in the Information School. The Center has been re-visioned as the Center for Information & Society to encompass a broader vision which builds upon and expands the Center's previous work. Efforts are now underway to determine how best to leverage efforts of the multiple units and disciplines within UW to promote and accomplish multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work.

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Publications

Events and Conferences

CIS News

Healing and Jobs: ICT training for survivors of human trafficking at the Philippine's Visayan Forum Foundation (May 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training by VFF in the Philippines.

Protection, Options and Advantages: ICT training to improve economic livelihoods and reduce exploitation among Filipina domestic workers (May 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training by VFF in the Philippines.

Mentors and Computers: Developing work and life skills in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue Washington (May 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training in Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

"Lifers," Computers and Kids: Community building and technology education in Tacoma's Al Davies Boys and Girls Club (May 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training in Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Bridging the e-Skills Gap in Central and Eastern Europe: The Growth of e-Skills and Employability Initiatives in the Newly Expanded European Union (April 2008)

This study examines the relationship between basic e-skills – and employability, focusing on several NGO projects in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland and Romania

The Road to Employability: Austrian Pilot Program Brings "Computer Driver's Licenses" to Vienna's Most At-Risk women (February 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training by Caritas in Austria.

The Spirit of Volunteerism: Re-building civil society and delivering jobs through youth networks in Turkey (March 2008)

Evidence Narrative describing the impact of ICT training by Youth for Habitat in Turkey.

More Publications

 

Research workshop held in Seattle (April 30-May 2) for the Public Access to ICT Impact Project.

The CIS team, faculty advisors, research experts from the Research Working Group as well as researchers from 3 countries selected for the pilot studies - Bangladesh, Chile and Lithuania - participated in a three day workshop to design the pilot study for this project.

ICTD Program Holds Global Public Access Workshop in Costa Rica

This workshop featured research partners in our landscape study of public access in 24 countries to plan the research design for Phase II of fieldwork. April 14-16.

Joyojeet Pal from UC Berkeley discusses “Computers and the Promise of Development”

In this talk, Pal will review the recent history of technology and development, or what we have come to know as ICTD and consider some areas of promise and caution.

Tuesday, May 13th 2:30pm
Mary Gates Hall, Room 420

Maria Garrido has been invited to present at the UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy

Maria has been invited to present in a panel on "e-learning, open distance education and ICT" at the UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy held at Baku, Azerbaijan on May 14-16.

Past events

 

Related Conferences

Berkman@10 Conference, "The Future of the Internet"

The Berkman@10 Conference offers a chance to reflect critically on the last ten years of the development of the Internet and to look ahead to the crucial questions we face in the next ten years of cyberspace. Followed by a celebratory Gala on the evening of May 16.

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
May 15-16, 2008

More Conferences

 

Humphrey Fellow Thierno Oumar Baldé collaborating on CIS workforce study

Thierno Oumar Baldé, A Humphrey fellow at the Evans School of Public Affairs is working with CIS in the area of ICT training and Employability as part of his Professional Affiliation.

 

POSITION AVAILABLE

The CIS ICTD Program is seeking a Communications Specialist. View the complete job description here.

 

The CIS Blogs

See Maria Garrido's blog about e-Inclusion in Central and Eastern Europe. More blogs to come!

 

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Mailing List

The list will include periodic announcements from the CIS and occasional topics for discussion regarding the impact of information, the Internet, and communication technologies on all aspects of society. All UW researchers are welcome to subscribe.

 

ICTD Program RELAUNCHES WEBSITE

In the wake of the CIS move to the iSchool, the ICTD Program has reorganized itself online.  Watch for more changes in the weeks to come.