Research

2024

In collaboration with The Balanced Economy Project and People vs. Big Tech, we at IT for Change are pleased to release a White Paper titled, Beyond Big Tech: A Framework for Building a New and Fair Digital Economy.

The White Paper sets out an initial high-level framework for states, policymakers, civil society, workers, and others to…

2024

IT for Change conducted a study on the "Little KITEs" program, implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), across 2,174 high schools in Kerala. Our study report highlights how the program equips students with learning that goes beyond technological literacy and skills. The program helps…

2024

We are thrilled to announce the selection of 6 exceptional researchers for the second edition of the Think Pieces: Gender and Digital Economy, as part of our project, ‘Re-wiring India’s Digitalising Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-being,’ supported by the European Commission and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

The researchers will produce…

2024

We are thrilled to announce the selection of ten exceptional researchers for the second edition of the National Gender Fellowship, as part of our project, ‘Re-wiring India’s Digitalising Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-being,’ supported by the European Commission and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

The National Gender Fellowship supports…

2024
Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami and Amay Korjan from IT for Change, contributed a chapter to a report titled “Future of Global Governance: Perspectives from Global South”. The report was launched by Global Policy Watch ahead of the Summit of the Future to be held on September 22-23 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, with views from…
2024

IT for Change invites applications for think pieces under the project, ‘Re-wiring India’s Digitalising Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-being,’ supported by the European Commission and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. We seek well-established, mid to senior-career scholars and researchers who identify as women, with a proven track record of…

2024

IT for Change is pleased to announce the second edition of its National Gender Fellowship under the project, ‘Re-wiring India’s Digitalising Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-being,’ supported by the European Commission and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

We invite early-career scholars, researchers, and practitioners from India to submit…

2024

Our Research Associate, Ranjitha Kumar, authored a paper titled, ‘Realising Data Cooperatives in the Digital Epoch: SEWA’s Journey to Reclaim Agri-Value Chains’ for the sixth issue of COOP Dialogue on Positioning Cooperatives in the Gig and Platform Economy, published by the International Cooperative Alliance.

The issue delves into the…

2024

Twenty years ago, stakeholders gathered in Geneva at the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and affirmed a “common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society.”

In preparation for the WSIS+20 review set to take place in 2025, we partnered with the Association…

2024

IT for Change is conducting research on ‘Studying the Scaling of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) for English Language Learning’. This action research project studies how the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework (TPACK) can be used to up-scale TPD. The framework describes three main components…