My recent interview on the Ready Living Podcast, I discussed why digital skills and critical thinking are essential in today’s digital society, and explored ways to build a more ethical and inclusive internet. I also had the opportunity to share a personal story about reclaiming my family history.
I had the privilege of hosting Dr. Natasha Katunga from the University of the Western Cape, a distinguished senior researcher whose work continues to push the boundaries of digital literacy and inclusion. She delivered a compelling lecture at the Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences that shed critical light on digital skills education in semi-urban South African communities.
It’s my pleasure to announce that my book “Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities” (published by Springer Nature Group, 2024) is officially out! You can find the details and the chapter summaries in this article.
Danica Radovanović discusses the detrimental effects of the digital gender divide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, and explores solutions to this growing issue.
In honour of today’s International Day for Access to Information, Springer Nature Women spoke to me about the importance of digital inclusion, global socio-economic disruption and resilience, digital transformation, the current projects I am working on, and hopes for the future.
I am happy and excited to announce that Basic Internet Foundation, and yours truly, is collaborating with PRIO (The Peace Research Institute Oslo) on the NORM project. NORM is the new project on the Digital Silk Road and has been funded by the Norwegian Research Council (Norges forskningsråd).
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by Google’s Next Billion Users initiative for an expert interview. I had the pleasure to have an inspiring conversation with the core team, and learn about the research and design methods behind this Google’s project. For those of you who are not familiar, Next Billion Users (NBU) is an initiative with an emphasis on the value of user research in the low and middle-income countries.