This is the title of the 10th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), recently held in João Pessoa, Brazil. As in 2015 the world community marks 10 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS + 10), it is also a call to harness ICTs for social and economic change.
What makes Communication for Development (ComDev) strategies come into NGO initiatives, how does it work and evolve? What are the limits and potentials of ComDev within an international organizational setup? This week Ørecomm researcher Jonas Jeppesen presents findings from his ethnographic research.
Radio is everywhere; radio is resilient. But what will happen to community radio if governments bypass or refuse to provide imperative policies? These and other questions are raised by Maria Erliza Pedersen, Ørecomm contributor and a researcher from Malmø University, who took part in the recent ECREA Radio Research 2015 in Spain.
Communication for Development research field would be unimaginable without Glocal Times magazine that celebrates its 10th birthday.
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict evolves, thousands are joining the Rally of Rage in Palestine. Meanwhile, the ComDev members have discussed how the international observer mission works in current conditions. Rebecca Bengtsson, the Communications Officer of Temporary International Presence in Hebron shares her experience with the C4D community.
This week in research and news feed from Ørecomm members: How to erase walls of academia and, most importantly, what for? Why can social media activism escalate violence? Lastly, in what way is the relationship between peace, conflict and academic writing changing?
Today the world celebrates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme of “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Thus, the keys are defined: it’s sustainability and collaboration. Where does communication tap in?
This Thursday, 8 October 2015, Ørecomm is hosting Emiliano Treré from the Autonomous University of Querétaro (Mexico) with a seminar titled Undermining digital dissent: the perils of social media for social change.
A historic day, 25 September 2015, has outlined the way we define and work towards sustainable development until 2030. Years of consultations. 193 participating countries. Now 17 Sustainable Development Goals are eventually ratified.
Ørecomm researchers Anders Høg Hansen, Ylva Ekström, with Tanzania-based researcher Shani Omari have presented their project that explores how to make youth interested in learning about cultural heritage.
New PhD opportunities at the University of Leicester
Call for Abstracts: New Directions in Media, Communication and Sociology (NDiMS) Conference
Ørecomm Team to Gather at the University of Coimbra
“Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective” Published
C4D Network to Sum Up Global Communication for Development Practice
Entering Media and Communication into Development Conferences?
IAMCR Conference 2016: Communication for Development Highlights
Glocal Classroom Revisited – Storytelling & Social Change Leicester-Malmö
I EvalComDev International Conference: Call for Papers
Looking for Media and Communication in Development Conferences: Devres 2016