Recent & Upcoming Talks

2020

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

May 18, 2020 The Past, Present, and Future of Work workshop

The Future(s) of Work

Feb 4, 2020 Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Seminar, London, United Kingdom

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

Jan 31, 2020 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, Stavanger, Norway

2019

Social Science on the Future of Work

Nov 7, 2019 SAGE Ocean Seminar, London, United Kingdom

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

Jun 20, 2019 Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2019, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Automation and the Future of Work at the Workplace

Jun 10, 2019 CogX Festival AI, Blockchain and Breakthrough Technologies, London, United Kingdom

The Future of Work Will Soon Be the Present

Jun 9, 2019 The Alan Turing Institute Tech Briefing on the Future of Work, London, United Kingdom

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

Mar 28, 2019 Digital | Economy | Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa

2018

The Future of Work Will Soon Be the Present

Nov 28, 2018 Highlands and Islands Enterprise Seminar on Future of Work, Inverness, United Kingdom

Rethinking the Digital Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nov 18, 2018 Shifting Paradigms 2018 Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

The AI Will See You Now?

Nov 1, 2018 Data Debate at the British Library, London, United Kingdom

Futures of Work in the UK

Aug 22, 2018 Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Seminar, London, United Kingdom

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

Apr 3, 2018 Department for International Development (DfID) Workshop on the Future of Work, London, United Kingdom

2017

The Digital Knowledge Economy Index: Mapping Content Production

Nov 16, 2017 Fifth International Monetary Fund Statistical Forum, Washington, DC, United States

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

Nov 3, 2017 Regional Conflicts and Contested Spatial Identities in the Digital Sphere workshop, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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

Sep 7, 2017 Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2017, Bradford, United Kingdom

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

Sep 7, 2017 Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2017, Bradford, United Kingdom

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

May 10, 2017 Telecommunications Workshop of the Change, Power and Network Industries Seminar Series, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Addressing Development Challenges With the Use of Big Data

Apr 5, 2017 Bond Technology for Development Group Seminar, London, United Kingdom

2016

Constructing a Digital Index to Measure the Global Knowledge Economy

Dec 8, 2016 Oxford Internet Institute Platform Economy Seminar, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

Nov 30, 2016 Oxford Internet Institute Brown Bag Seminar, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

Sep 15, 2016 Symposium on Big Data and Human Development, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

Sep 12, 2016 Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2016, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

Jun 6, 2016 Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Program Seminar, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

May 23, 2016 Center for European Policy Studies InGRID Expert Workshop, Brussels, Belgium

2015

Economic Geographies of Knowledge Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oct 22, 2015 Missing Maps: Navigating Humanitarianism, Aid and International Development Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Uneven Geographies of Connectivity in Sub Saharan Africa

Sep 24, 2015 Oxford Global Language Symposium, Oxford, United Kingdom

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

Aug 22, 2015 4th Global Conference on Economic Geography, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sub-Saharan Africa and Uneven Geographies of Connectivity

Feb 19, 2015 Social Media in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Symposium of the Kings International Development Institute, London, United Kingdom

2013

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

Jun 29, 2013 Comparative Politics Panel of the 6th Annual Meeting of the Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Bloomington, Indiana, United States