Research

Author Title
Capelo, Luis; Chang, Natalie; Verity, Andrej Guidance for Collaborating with Volunteer & Technical Communities Digital Humanitarian Network Report (2012)
Balza, Oscar Rafael Schlenker A Help or a Hindrance? The Role of Social Media in Natural Disaster Management Communication International Media Studies Master’s Programme Thesis Submission (2011), University of Applied Sciences, University of Bonn.
Banzato, A, et al Social Networks and Information Systems to Handle Emergency and Reconstruction in Natural Disasters: The L'Aquila Earthquake Case Study Proceedings of ALPIS 2010)
Beltramin, Matteo The use of social media within nonprofit platforms. Can they increase the speed and efficiency in the resolution of crises and emergencies than using traditional means? Masters Thesis ESCP Europe (2012)
Belyea, Ashley Thinking Outside the Blog: Women’s Voices and a New Generation of Communications Technology Yale Journal of International Affairs, pp. 53-63, Winter 2011
Bernholz, Lucy; Edward Skloot and Barry Varela Disruptive Technology: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, November 2009
Berselli, S Crisis Mapping Community Social Media Information During and After Large-Scale Disasters in Victoria Bachelor of Science Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2012)
Blanchard, Heather; Chapman, Kate et. al. Volunteer Technology Communities: Open Development World Bank and GFDRR Labs Report (2012)
Blom, Jan, et al Fear and the City: Role of Mobile Services in Harnessing Safety and Security in Urban Use Contexts. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Human factors in Computing Systems, 2010
Bruce, Daniel The Role of the Media in Conflict and Peace Building in Kenya InterNews Network, Kenya Country Office, April 2009
Caron, Catherine The Impact of Web 2.0 Tools on the Humanitarian Aid Industry: A Case Study of the Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake MSc Dissertation - London School of Economics (2010)
Cavelty, Myriam Dunn and Giroux, Jennifer Crisis Mapping: A Phenomenon and Tool in Emergencies Strategic Trend Analysis Report, ETH Zurich (November 2011)
Chamales, George and Baker, Rob Securing Crisis Maps in Conflict Zones IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Kenya Evaluation: Uchauzi (Case Study) - Success, Challenges and New Ways Forward Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Kenya Evaluation: Unsung Peace Heros/Building Bridges (Case Study) Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Kenya Evaluation: Blog Series Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Toolbox - Assessment Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Toolbox - Implementation Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Ushahidi Toolbox - Real-time Evaluation Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chan, Jennifer; Tully, Melissa Evaluation Review Kit: Ushahidi Kenya Ushahidi Evaluation Project with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Knight Foundation (2011)
Chiloba, Ezra Citizen Participation through new technological platforms: The promotion of accountability in Kenya's election process Technology and Citizen Participation in the Construction of Democracy, UNDP Mexico-IEPC Jalisco, 2011
Coyle, Diane and Patrick Meier New Technology in Emergencies and Conflicts: The Role of Information and Social Networks UN Foundation Report, 2009
Diamond, Larry Liberation Technology Journal of Democracy. Vol 21, Number 3, July 2010
Donner, Jonathan Framing M4D: The utility of continuity and the dual heritage of mobiles and development Microsoft Research India, 2010. EJISDC
Donner, Jonathan, et al Reflections on MobileActive 2008 and the M4D Landscape 2008
Eggers, William and Leary, John O Creating Public Value by Unleashing the Power of Cross-Boundary Collaboration Report by Deloitte GovLab and Harvard Kennedy School, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (2011)
Eggers, William; Baker, Laura et. al Public sector, disrupted: How disruptive innnovation can help government achieve more for less Deloitte and A GovLab Study (2011)
Ekine, Sokari; Eagle, Nathan; Banks, Ken et. al SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa Sokari Ekine .
Eronen, Oskari Discourses on future contexts of crisis management Finnish Defence Forces International Centre - Fincent Publication Series (2012)
Fall, Kevin, et al A Disruption-Tolerant Architecture for Secure and Efficient Disaster Response Communications Under review, 2010
Fleischner, Justine, et al Homebound Security: Migrant Support for Improved Public Safety in Conflict Prone Settings Report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies Post Conflict Reconstruction Project, December 2009
Freifeld CC, Chunara R, Mekaru SR, Chan EH, Kass-Hout T, et al Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting PLoS Med 7(12) 2010
Fung, Archon; Gilman, Hollie Russon; Shkabatur, Jennifer Six Models for the Internet + Politics Research supported by Technology and Accountability Initiative of the Open Society Foundation (2012)
Gedeon Achi, Fiona Behind the map: crises and crisis collectives in high-tech actions Master of Arts Thesis, The University of Chicago (May 2012)
Gendron, Renee and Evan Hoffman Resource Scarcity and the Prevention of Violent Conflicts The Peace and Conflict Review, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2009
Goodman, Saymour and Harris, Andrew The coming African tsunami of information insecurity Magazine Communications of the ACM CACM Homepage archive, Volume 53 Issue 12, December 2010
Gosier, Jon Queensland and the Ushahidi Ecosystem Ushahidi Blog, 2011
Greengard, Samuel Following the crowd Magazine: Communications of the ACM CACM Homepage archive, Volume 54, Issue 2, February 2011, ACM New York, USA
Greenough, P., et al Applied Technologies in Humanitarian Assistance: Report of the 2009 Applied Technology Working Group Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , 2009
Grimsrud, Sabrina Improving geo-information through guided participation MSc Dissertation in Geographical Information Management and Application (2012)
Hagtun, Ida Norheim and Meier Patrick Crowdsourcing for Crisis Mapping in Haiti Innovations/fall 2010, pp. 81-89
Hanchard, Doug Constructive Convergence: Imagery and Humanitarian Assistance Center for Technology and National Security Policy, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University (Feb 2012)
HarassMap Volunteers HarassMap Brief: First Annual Report March 2012 March 2012
HarassMap Volunteers HarassMap Brief: First Annual Report March 2012 (Arabic Version) March 2012
Harling, Nina Paulsen More nimble, more human, more efficient - A case study of how the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement relates to alternative journalism in disaster and conflict operations 2012 Spring Semester Paper, Karlstad University, Sweden
HEAL, Apia, Samoa NEOC Cyclone Simulation (December 3 & 15 - 2011) Report prepared for MNRE, Disaster Management Office, Apia, Samoa (April 2012)
Heinzelman, Jessica and Waters Carol Special Report Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster Affected Haiti United States Institute of Peace, October 2010
Hiltz, Starr Roxanne; Gonzalez, Jose J. Assessing and Improving the Trustworthiness of Social Media for Emergency Management: A Literature Review Norwegian Information Security Conference, NISK(2012)
Hogge, Becky Open Data Study Transparency and Accountability Initiative, May 2010
Huder, Roger C Disaster Operations and Decision Making Wiley Publishers (February 14, 2012)
Iacucci, Anahi Ayala Citizens Journalism: Positive Evolution of Communication (Title in Spanish: Periodismo ciudadano. Evolución positiva de la comunicación) Book Chapter on Ushahidi (2011)
Jacobs, Andreas Say it with murder: the Kenyan Post-Election-Violence 2007/2008 from the perspective of Nairobi’s slum-dwellers Final thesis in Political Science (Diplomarbeit), 2010 - Available on Request
Jain, Ramesh; Singh, Vivek and Gao Mingyan Social Life Networks for Middle of the Pyramid University of California Irvine Journal (2011)
Johnson, Grady Gaps in the Net: The Equity of Crowdsourced Reporting in Haiti December 2010
Keay, Andra Ushahidi and Crowdmap : micro- streaming as time-binding media 3PM Journal of Digital Research Publishing, Volume: 1 , Issue: 2 (2010)
Kumar, Rupesinghe (Ed) Third Generation Early Warning Foundation for Coexistence: Sri Lanka, 2009
Kumpel, Emily et. al NextDrop: Using Human Observations to TrackWater Distribution Paper, University of California, Berkeley (2012)
Land, Molly Peer Producing Human Rights Alberta Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2009
Latonero, Mark et. al. The Rise of Mobile and the Diffusion of Technology-Facilitated Trafficking USC Annenberg, Research Series on Technology and Human Trafficking (November 2012)
Lindroos, Saila Facebook and Peace in Nairobi: A reception study of social media in post‐conflict Kenya University of Amsterdam (UvA), Graduate School for Social Science, Conflict Resolution and Governance Dissertation (2011)
Livingston, Steven; Walter-Drop, Gregor Information and Communication Technologies in Areas of Limited Statehood SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, No. 38 (September 2012)
Mabee E. Warren, Fraser Evan D.G. and Slaymaker Olav Evolving ecosystem management in the context of British Columbia resource planning Perspectives - BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, Volume 4, Number 1, 2004
Marsden, Janet Stigmergic self-organization and the improvisation of Ushahidi School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, USA (June 2012)
Martin-Shields, Charles Post-Ethnic Politics? Why do mobile phones have such a significant effect on conflict prevention, using the Kenyan case study? Working paper prepared for the OCIS V Conference, University of Sydney (July 2012)
Meier, Patrick Do “Liberation Technologies” Change the Balance of Power Between Repressive States and Civil Society? PhD Dissertation - The Fletcher School (2011)
Meier, Patrick Crisis Mapping in Action: How Open Source Software and Global Volunteer Networks Are Changing the World, One Map at a Time Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, 2012
Meier, Patrick and Jennifer Leaning Applying Technology to Crisis Mapping and Early Warning in Humanitarian Settings Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Working Paper Series 2009
Meier, Patrick Philippe Verifying Crowdsourced Social Media Reports for Live Crisis Mapping: An Introduction to Information Forensics November 2011
Meurn, Cathryn The role of information communications technologies in voilence prevention Institute of Medicine (2011)
Miard, Fabien Mobile Phones as a Tool for Civil Resistance : Case studies from Serbia and Belarus DigiActive Research Series, June 2009
Miller, Kirstin Eco City Builders: Rio+20 Summary Report July 2012
Monroy-Hernández, Andrés et. al. The New War Correspondents: The Rise of Civic Media Curation in Urban Warfare Microsoft Labs Research Paper (2013)
Mora, Fernando Emergent digital activism: The generational/technological connection Proceedings of ILA 2011
Mora, Fernando Innovating in the midst of crisis: A case study of Ushahidi St George's University Working Paper (2011)
Morrow, Nathan; Mock, Nancy; Papendieck, Adam and Kocmich, Nicholas Independent Evaluation of the Ushahidi Haiti Project DISI – Development Information Systems International, Ushahidi Haiti Project (2011)
Mueller, Philipp S. and Huellen, Sophie van A Revolution in 140 Characters? Reflecting on the Role of Social Networking Technologies in the 2009 Iranian Post-Election Protests Policy & Internet (Dec 2012), Volume 4, Issue 3-4, pages 184–205
Nagarajan, Meena; Sheth, Amit; and Velmurugan, Selvam Citizen Sensor Data Mining, Social Media Analytics and Development Centric Web Applications -
Nelson Anne, Sigal Ivan and Zambrano Dean Media Information Systems and Communities - Lessons from Haiti Report by CDAC, and John S and James L Knight Foundation (January 2011)
Nesbit, Josh and Janah, Leila Chirayath Directing Relief Efforts and Creating Jobs through Text Messaging Innovations/fall 2010, pp. 69-72
Nyheim, David Preventing Violence, War and State Collapse: The Future of Conflict Early Warning and Response Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2009
Osborn, Duncan eDemocs: Electronic Distributed Election Monitoring over Cellular Systems Fifth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2010
OSCE Gender and Early Warning Systems: An Introduction Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2009
Pham, Phuong N.; Vinck, Patrick Technology, Conflict Early Warning Systems, Public Health, and Human Rights Health and Human Rights (December 2012), Volume 14, No. 2
Poblet, Marta Mobile Governance: Empowering Citizens to Promote the Rule of Law Under review, 2010
Poblet, Marta Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation Law, Governance and Technology Series, Volume 2 (2011), Springer Link
Poynter Institute & Telekom Austria Group IPI Report - Brave New Worlds: Navigating the New Media Landscape -
Ramirez, J 'Ushahidi' Technology Saves Lives in Haiti and Chile -
Rencoret, N., Stoddard, A., Katherine, H., Taylor, G., & Harvey, P Haiti Earthquake Response: Context Analysis DAC Network on Development Evaluation, 2010
Rogstadius, Jakob; Kostakos, Vassilis et. al Towards Real-time Emergency Response using Crowd Supported Analysis of Social Media Research Paper (2011)
Sarrazin, Tom Texting, Tweeting, Mobile Internet New Platforms for Democratic Debate in Africa FES Media Africa Series (2011)
Sharma, Ankit Evaluating IT enabled Crisis Management Systems - The Case of Haiti Earthquake Relief Response MSc Dissertation - London School of Economics (2010)
Sherman, Aliza The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crowdsourcing Alpha Publisher (2011)
Shirky, Clay Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators Penguin Publisher (2011)
Slagh, Christopher Lawrence Managing Chaos, 140 Characters at a time: How the usage of Social Media in the 2010 Haiti Crisis Enhanced Disaster Relief Masters Dissertation - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University (2010) - Available on Request
Slaughter, Anne-Marie; Meegoda, Eleanor Harnessing Connection Technologies for Development The 2012 Brookings Blum Roundtable Policy Briefs
Staal, Frans Interaction between Social Media and Democracy Masters Thesis Information Management - Tilburg School of Economics and Management (2011)
Starbird, Kate and Palen, Leysia Pass It On?: Retweeting in Mass Emergency Proceedings of the 7th International ISCRAM Conference, 2010
Stauffacher Daniel, Weekes Barbara, Gasses Urs, Maclay Colin and Best Michael Peace Building in the Information Age Sifting Hype from Reality ICT4Peace, January 2011
Tapscott, Don Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World Portfolio Publishing (2010)
Taylor, Keisha Inter-governmental organisations sharing and linking open and real-time data for inclusive governance: development effectiveness and protection of privacy and security Diplo Foundation (2011)