Digitalisation
We explore how technology can be harnessed for the greater good, and identify ways to monitor and reduce its potential to damage the positive outcomes – justice, equality and inclusion – that we seek.
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ODI on Digital
Digital dissidence: Russian online censorship and possibilities for opposition
This event will examine how media actors are responding to the dramatic increase of online censorship and political repression in Russia since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War, placing developments in a wider historical and political context.
Remittances for recovery: a new era of digital money
Remittances have long been a critical source of income in developing countries. They have steadily increased over the years, a product of migration patterns and advances in cash-transfer technologies. How can the public and private sectors collaborate to lower the costs of remittances and create policies for inclusive socio-economic development?
Social media and inclusion in humanitarian response
Exploring how the presence of social media in humanitarian crises intersects with efforts to make humanitarian aid more inclusive.
Social media and inclusion in humanitarian response: ‘caminantes’ at the Venezuela–Colombia border
Understanding the role of social media in humanitarian action in the Venezuelan refugee crisis, focusing on migrants travelling by foot.
Social media and inclusion in humanitarian action – the case of refugees in Uganda
Examining the relationship between social media and inclusion in humanitarian action in Uganda’s forced migration context.
Hidden in plain sight: how social media infrastructure shapes gender norms
This report tackles the back-end of social media platforms, and how patriarchal decision-making and technological design create gendered bias online.
