Want to understand implications for the global South of #China ’s emergence as a digital superpower?

Read our new paper:
“China’s digital expansion in the Global South: Systematic literature review and future research agenda”
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#DigitalSilkRoad #BeltandRoad

Interesting short blog from Mindy, digging more deeply into the intersections of platforms and the informal economy in Indonesia

ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/fro…

New article [open]

'Conceptualizing variety in platform capitalism: the dynamics of variegated capitalism in Thai digital marketplace platforms'
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As platforms expand globally, how do we consider diverse patterns while being critical of overall impacts?

My new paper, out now: 'Intellectual property rights and control in the digital economy: Examining the expansion of M-Pesa'

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… [Open access]

Take a look at one of our leaflets about why we are on strike - share digitally if you can as it's incredibly important information!

These deductions are unnecessary and punitive.

The University of Manchester have the power to change this!

Keith Brown, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester is leaving shortly, and has posted his final message to staff. He's never been a good leader, not demonstrated compassion or humanity to his staff, and become increasingly aggressive about industrial action. 1/8

Our collective employers accepted this valuation as fact and insisted the scheme was 'unaffordable', in the face of copious expert analysis from academics to the contrary. Now they are saying exactly the same thing about a fair pay offer...

I hope it is now clear that, on USS, those of us standing outside waving placards were the responsible professionals, whereas the people in nice suits putting out polite-looking statements were more or less at the 'stealing a snowplough and driving it at the soft play area' stage

It’s great that @UCU action has made a difference here but I won’t forget that my employer dismissed our now vindicated claims as ‘unaffordable’.

Behind that baroque discussion of valuation methodology was an attempt at economic coercion. Now they're doing the same with salary.

Hiring 2 x 'Head of Digital Technology' roles Wellcome!

🤓You'll need strong science, tech & strategy skills
🧠You'll lead & manage a super smart team of ~8
💰You'll get paid ~£98k + 15% pension + benefits

London-based hybrid w/ 2 days in office

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I don't EVER want to see people who teach/work in EDI, 'decolonising' & social justice topics to say ANYTHING again on these issues if they are actively undermining the MAB & current strike action vs punitive deductions.

Get in the bin, honestly embarrassing stuff !!!🤦🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️

Solidarity

Pls share: Announcing the Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Singapore, July 21-26 2024. For post-fieldwork PhD students, postdocs, and early career faculty (travel assistance available, local expenses covered).
econgeog.net/events/Singapo…
Questions? <[email protected]>

📣 Out now: UNIDO Policy Brief “Aligning digital & industrial policy to foster future industrialization”

How can latecomer economies harness the benefits of the digital era?

👉tinyurl.com/mwv9jkzk
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#DigitalTransformation #IndustrialPolicy

'Aligning digital and industrial policy to foster future industrialization' - New UNIDO policy brief by me and Shamel Azmeh

Blog Summary: iap.unido.org/articles/align…

Full policy brief: unido.org/sites/default/…