Recent & Upcoming Talks

2020

Patterns of Content Creation in the Sub-Saharan African Knowledge Economy

The Future(s) of Work

The Networked Nature of the Sub-Saharan African Digital Knowledge Economy

2019

Social Science on the Future of Work

What Do Employment Trajectories of African Platform Workers Reveal of the Potentials of Digital Labour in Africa

Automation and the Future of Work at the Workplace

The Future of Work Will Soon Be the Present

Mapping the Contours of the Emerging Digital Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018

The Future of Work Will Soon Be the Present

Rethinking the Digital Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

The AI Will See You Now?

Futures of Work in the UK

Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Technology for Developing Country Industries and Workers

2017

The Digital Knowledge Economy Index: Mapping Content Production

Studying the Impact of ICT Policies on Growth Patterns of Local Online Content in Sub Saharan Africa

Building on National ICT Policies to Achieve SDG 9c Investigating the Growth of Local Digital Content in Africa

The Networked Nature of the Sub Saharan African Knowledge Economy and Its Relation to Regional Trade

The Impact of Connectivity in Africa: Grand Visions and the Mirage of Inclusive Digital Development

Addressing Development Challenges With the Use of Big Data

2016

Constructing a Digital Index to Measure the Global Knowledge Economy

Constructing a Digital Index to Measure the Hidden Contours of the Global Knowledge Economy

Engagement in the Knowledge Economy Regional Patterns of Content Creation in Sub Saharan Africa

Measuring the Hidden Contours of the Global Knowledge Economy With a Digital Index

How Can Big Data Make a Difference in Researching Inequality and Exclusion

Addressing New Societal Challenges With the Use of Big Data: Inequality and Exclusion

2015

Economic Geographies of Knowledge Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Uneven Geographies of Connectivity in Sub Saharan Africa

The Geography of Engagement in the Knowledge Economy: Regional Patterns of Content Creation

Sub-Saharan Africa and Uneven Geographies of Connectivity

2013

Networked Structures in International Development: a Proposal for a Research Agenda