Communication Policy Research : South

2013 TPRC | 41th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy September 27-29, 2013 George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information and Internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original research relevant to policy making, share information about areas where research is needed, and engage in ... Read More

There has been a change in the deadline for the reception of the proposals for the ACORN-REDECOM’s annual Conference. The new date will be the 30th January. For more info click ... Read More

4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs April 11-12, 2013, Évora, Portugal http://www.cefage.uevora.pt/ict2013   We are pleased to inform you that CEFAGE-UE will host the 4th Workshop on the Economics of ICTs, an annual workshop organized by CEFAGE-UE and CEF.UP and sponsored by ANACOM, Compass Lexecon and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, which will take place at Évora, Portugal, on April 11-12, 2013. The members of the Scientific Committee Gary Biglaiser (University of North Carolina) Luis Cabral (NYU) Gregory ... Read More

Application periods for the 2013 Internship Program: 1st Batch – Closed  2nd Batch – 18 January to 13 February 2013 3rd Batch – 15 March to 10 April 2013  ADB’s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. ADB welcomes motivated, open-minded and self-directed individuals to apply for internship assignments requiring further research and assistance, identified by the Regional and Knowledge Departments, as well as the Private Sector Operations Department in ADB. The Internship Program is a project-oriented ... Read More

CFP – WMNC’2013 – Atlantis The Palm Dubai – April 23-25, 2013 The Sixth Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC’2013) http://www.wmnc2013.org Atlantis – The Palm Dubai April 23-25, 2012 Organized by the Canadian University of Dubai Submission Deadline January 14, 2013 CALL FOR PAPERS PDF Download: CFP WMNC2013 Dubai April 2013 You are invited to submit a paper to the 6thJoint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC’2013) to be held from 23rdto 25thof April 2013 at Atlantis, ... Read More

As much as it permits CPRsouth  tries to track the movement and interaction of it’s community. We encourage use of facebook through the facebook group and email groups to keep the community active and participating. Taking an article done by  NYT based on the British Council research, Prof. Samarajiva (CPRsouth board member and Chair and CEO of LIRNEasia) talks about the effectiveness of CPRsouth in terms of intra-Asian and Africa-Asia collaborations. Multinational research is more effective (if so are we being too cautious with ... Read More

CIS is seeking applications from interested candidates for the posts of Research Manager,Researcher/Editor, and Programme Officer – Internet Governance. To apply for these posts send your resume to Sunil Abraham (sunil@cis-india.org) with three references. Archives of CIS  bulletins can be found here. Click to read the newsletter on CIS website. *About CIS* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, ... Read More

Call for proposals to the 2012 University of Nairobi-IDRC Research Grants on Innovative Application of ICTs in Addressing Water-related Impacts of Climate Change Deadline extended to Oct 30, 2012   More information and application available online (in English, French and Spanish) at:http://www.ictwcc.or.ke/   The initiative is open to registered Masters and PhD students in universities in Africa, Asia and Latin America to more effectively engage in research on application of ICTs for water management under changing climatic ... Read More

Rohan Samarajiva,  PhD, LIRNEasia Chair and CEO and CPRsouth board member presented  metrics on CPRsouth at the 40th TPRC conference that was held at Washington DC. Rohan blogged: Starting with a comparison between 40 year old TPRC, 25+ EuroCPR and 7 year old CPRsouth, I presented data from CPRsouth developed by the Human Capital Research team headed by Sujata Gamage to an engaged audience (they had to be, given it was the last session on the last day of the conference). The majority of the discussion focused on my claim that we did not ... Read More

Faheem Hussain, a paper presenter at CPRsouth6 presented at the 40th TPRC conference which was held at Washington DC. His paper was on License renewal in Bangladesh (License Renewal of Mobile Phone Services: What a Country Should Not Do (A Case Study of Bangladesh)) Rohan Samarajiva, PhD, LIRNEasia Chair and CEO and CPRsouth board member made a blog post: Sitting at a session in TPRC40 listening to LIRNEasia Research Fellow Faheem Hussain presenting his paper. Impressed that this kind of study, analyzing an issue that is not of great ... Read More