Sector Events
Malaria Consortium webinar: “Let’s talk: how the Community Dialogue Approach helps communities to achieve better health”
OnlineTo mark Universal Health Coverage day, Malaria Consortium will host a webinar that explores the role of social and behaviour change in improving health in low and middle-income settings. We will discuss the Community Dialogue Approach as a form of meaningful community engagement which has triggered behaviour change in different countries and across a range […]
ICTD X Conference (Ahmedabad, India)
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, IndiaThe international conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) is organized every 12-18 months, and brings together researchers and practitioners working across domains, sectors, and disciplines to study the role of ICT in social, political, and economic development. The conference, held in cooperation with ACM SIGCAS, invites participation from a highly diverse and […]
8th London Annual World Radio Day: Dialogue, Tolerance, and Peace (London, UK)
SOAS 10 Thornhaugh St, London, United Kingdom8th Annual World Radio Day: Dialogue, Tolerance, and Peace UNESCO World Radio Day with SOAS Radio and the Communication for Development Network Join the C4D Network at the 8th annual World Radio Day London event with SOAS Radio - with a focus on the role of radio broadcasting in initiatives for dialogue, tolerance and peace […]
1st Africa Social Behavior Change Conference (Nairobi, Kenya)
Safari Park Hotel Nairobi, KenyaThe Africa Social Behavior Change conference, the first of its kind, seeks to establish a platform that brings together practitioners and stakeholders to showcase theory, effective mechanisms, methodologies, learnings witin the African context. One outcome of the ASBC conference will be a road map of solutions and a shared value proposition to promote a thriving […]
Solidarity Across Borders – Evolution of Struggle (London, UK)
SOAS 10 Thornhaugh St, London, United KingdomOverview: Today’s generation of activists often hold up the anti-apartheid movement in the UK as an ideal example of how solidarity should function. It was organised and coordinated with direct reference to the ANC, with a clear view of the strategic role of the movement in the UK focused on UK institutional complicity with apartheid. However, […]
Le Sommet Francophone pour le Changement Social et de Comportement – santé reproductive, maternelle, néonatal, infantile et de nutrition (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire)
Radisson Blu Hotel Abidjan, Côte d'IvoireLe pouvoir collectif a la capacité de transformer les structures sociales et est au cœur du développement. Le changement social et de comportement (CSC) engage et soutient les personnes dans le but de former un collectif afin de surmonter les défis du développement tels que la pauvreté, l’accès et l’utilisation des soins de santé de […]
GLASNOST! Nine ways Facebook can make itself a better forum for free speech and democracy (Oxford, UK)
Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomAs a platform with more than 2.2 billion users, Facebook has found itself at the epicentre of many of the ongoing conversations about digital media, technology policy and democracy. Following multiple controversies, Facebook has entered a new period of cautious glasnost, inviting researchers to consider its operations and understand how it formulates and implements its […]
International Conference: Claiming Civic Space Together (Copenhagen, Denmark)
GAME Enghavevej 82D, Copenhagen, DenmarkGlobal Focus and members are excited to invite civil society actors, governments and the private sector from around the world to the two-day international conference: “Claiming Civic Space Together – Joint strategies to ensure development and humanitarian action” on 4-5 March 2019 in Copenhagen. The aim of the conference is to bring together civil society from different […]
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 (London, UK)
Various venues across London LondonThe Human Rights Watch Film Festival bears witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each […]
IV Annual Conference: What Works? Social and Behavioral Approaches to Boost Children’s Well-Being (Zurich, Switzerland)
Department of Economics Schönberggase 1, 8001 Zürich, SwitzerlandBased on their research and development projects across the world, experts from different fields will present new insights into behavioral and social change, focusing on community engagement and empowerment to improve child development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline an ambitious agenda for the global development community over the next decade. Achievement of these goals […]
TICTeC 2019
OECD Headquarters & Conference Centre 2, rue André Pascal,75016, Paris, FranceReturning for a fifth year, TICTeC 2019 will focus on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are having upon citizens, decision makers and governments around the world. Primarily, the goal of TICTeC is to promote and share rigorous and meaningful research into online technologies and digital democracy around the world. The conference facilitates […]
Engaging local faith actors in urban response (ALNAP webinar)
Online London, United KingdomUrban areas are home to a diverse range of stakeholders, from civil society to first responder groups, academics and many levels of government. Local faith groups/leaders are one of several different urban stakeholders that humanitarians often fail to engage with effectively. Reflections on recent humanitarian crises, such as the Ebola response in West Africa, have […]
Joyful Militancy – Transforming group culture in our movements (London, UK)
SOAS 10 Thornhaugh St, London, United KingdomWhy is it that groups that seek to bring about social change can, at times, be draining and lead to burnout of those involved? What needs to change? What are some of the causes? Join this daylong workshop exploring how to transform culture within social change groups. Inspired in part by the ideas from Joyful Militancy […]
Innovation Occasional Seminar: Rethinking ICT4D (Edinburgh, UK)
Old Surgeons' Hall, The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United KingdomKEYNOTE Prof. Tim Unwin, UNESCO chair in ICT4D, Royal Holloway, University Of London. Reclaiming ICT4D Dr Luis Soares The 3 Rs of successful ICT4D, Dr Claudia Pagliari, Usher Institute Of Population Health Sciences And Informatics Michele Wahome, Fabricated Narratives: Developing an ICT4D discourse that reflects complexity and agency on the ground, There will be a […]
Beyond Visual Stereotypes: A Symposium on Media and the Middle East (Norwich, UK)
Earlham Hall UEA, Norwich, United KingdomThis symposium on media representations and the Middle East will be filled with talks, workshops, and panel discussions and will end with a screening of Asghar Farhadi's About Elly (2009). Moving beyond visual stereotypes, organisers invite attendees to join them in thinking about and challenging media representations. A more detailed programme will follow but registration is now […]
2019 ICT4D Conference (Kampala, Uganda)
Speke Resort Wavamunno Road, Kampala, UgandaThe 11th global ICT4D Conference brings together public, private and civil society organizations from across the humanitarian and international development community. Participants share how they are using innovations in information and communications technology to increase impact in addressing humanitarian and development challenges. This highly interactive and hands-on conference attracts a diverse audience of technical advisors, […]
IFIP WG9.4 2019: Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania)
College of Information and Communication Technologies Kijitonyama Campus, Alli Hassan Mwinyi Road, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic ofAbout IFIP W.G 9.4 Officially designated as Working Group 9.4 of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) the group has the following aims and scope. Aims To collect, exchange and disseminate experiences of developing countries; To develop a consciousness amongst professionals, policymakers and public on social implications of computers in developing nations; To develop […]
The Creative Wealth of Nations: How Artistic Language Advances Development (Washington, USA)
Suite 500 1129 20th St NW, Washington, WA, United StatesSIL International and the Society for International Development, Washington Chapter have collaborated to present the following event: This discussion will focus on the value of the artistic languages of indigenous communities in driving development results. The panel will provide proven methods and sound theory for incorporating local traditions with musical, dance, visual, dramatic, poetic and […]
Mobile Times: Nations, Communication and Social Change (London, UK)
Loughborough University London London, United KingdomAbout this Event: This one-day symposium provides a space for the interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of nationhood and national identity. In recent years we have seen a rapid and deepening concern with the ways in which time and memory are implicated in processes of social and cultural change, particularly in relation to the role of […]
Research Ethics: Developing Best Practice for Researching in the Global South (Sheffield, UK)
Geography Building Room B8 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomThis event comprises a two day workshop exploring and developing best practice for research ethics when working in the global south. Core research ethics training is primarily focused upon expected conditions and challenges of conducting research in the minority Global North. As a result, much training fails to consider the added ethical challenges and complexities […]
DW Global Media Forum (Bonn, Germany)
World Conference Center Bonn Bonn, GermanyMedia policy increasingly is becoming part of national and international politics. We are already witnessing how a tweet can change the world; inflaming or calming foreign policy and driving or blocking the global economy. What consequences will this have for the media? How will newsmakers uphold standards of objectivity in this climate and provide a […]
Com4Dev Roundtable: Leading Inclusive Development using Media and Communication (Melbourne, Australia)
Donald Whitehead building La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus, Plenty Rd & Kingsbury Dr, Bundoora VIC 3086, AustraliaThis RDI Network conference 2019 side-event brings together academics, researchers and practitioners from across Australian universities, think tanks and NGOs. The aim is to provide a platform for international development actors involved or interested in Communication for Development (C4D) work to share experiences, lessons learned and recommendations that can contribute to an improved practice. It […]
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 (New York, USA)
Various venues, New Yotk New York, United StatesThe Human Rights Watch Film Festival bears witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each […]
Media & Communication: The State of the Art Conference (Leicester, UK)
De Montfort University Leicester, United KingdomThe central aim of this conference is to explore the extent to which existing theories of media and communication are adequate for the analysis of our contemporary media landscape. The conference is underpinned by a concern with what we see in the classroom; changes in technology and society; and the role of theory. Centrally, we […]
Media, new technologies and development in Latin America: political, social and economic perspectives (London, UK)
City, University of London St John Street, LondonThis is a two-day conference. The first day takes place at City, University of London. The second day takes place at Loughborough University, London Campus. In an age of increasing media concentration and commercialisation, how can we envision a role for the media in development and for democracy? How can networked communications be better used […]
IAMCR 2019: Communication, Technology and Human Dignity – Disputed Rights, Contested Truths (Madrid, Spain)
School of Communication Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainThe year 2018 saw the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At its heart was the premise that everyone had the right to live in dignity. In the intervening years, with the successive growth of television, the explosion of digital media, and the emergence of artificial intelligence, communication systems […]
Panel Discussion: How can NGOs and Civil Society Organisations Enhance Their Production and Use of Research?
Institute of Development Studies Room 221 Library Road, brighton, United KingdomThe panel will share some of the newest ideas to emerge around these challenges and opportunities, reflecting on what steps can be taken to enhance the use of evidence to support learning and engage in policy and practice. Panel members include: Ruth Mayne is Oxfam’s Senior Researcher on Influencing and its Effectiveness. She has an interdisciplinary […]
Understanding Transition VII Conference: Voices of the voiceless – New challenges of mobilization and citizen engagement (Bucharest, Romania)
University of Bucharest 36 - 46M Kogalniceanu Bld, Bucharest, RomaniaThe “Voices of the voiceless: New challenges of mobilization and citizen engagement” international conference is the 7th edition of the Understanding Transition conferences held byFJSC (University of Bucharest) and the Lumière University Lyon 2. Participating, sharing, mobilizing and interactivity have become essential strategies to shaping citizen engagement and a collaborative construction of knowledge. Digital platforms allow citizens to turn into […]
Social and Behavioural Change and Climate Action Discussion
"Meet in Place" 675 Third Avenue, New York, United StatesJoin the Global Alliance for Social and Behaviour Change for a discussion on what can be learned from initiatives to communicate climate science, climate policies, climate risk and climate impacts. Specifically, the event will look at the role media and communication play in building greater social consensus on climate action and enabling meaningful shifts in […]
(After) Hybrid Media Activism
University of Westminster 309 Regent Street Room: RS UG04, London, United KingdomEmiliano Treré is a Senior Lecturer in Media Ecologies and Social Transformation in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. He is the author of Hybrid Media Activism: Ecologies, Imaginaries, Algorithms (Routledge, 2018), winner of the Outstanding Book Award of the ICA Activism, Communication and Social Justice Interest Group. Emiliano reflects on the current and future challenges […]
Digital inclusion beyond access: The struggle for a sustainable and accountable digital equality
Loughborough University London -- Room LDN.3.23Speaker: Norbert Wildermuth (Roskilde University) The ongoing growth in data connectivity and the rapid proliferation of basic mobile phones (lately of internet-enabled feature and smart phones) throughout the Global South, has questioned the concept of the digital divide. However, the online experiences of worldwide internet users differ greatly in quantity and quality. In his lecture, Dr. […]
MozFest: a seven-day community gathering dedicated to creating a better, healthier open internet
London , United KingdomMozFest is an annual, hands-on festival for and by the open Internet movement. Every year, bright minds from around the world build, debate, and explore the future of our lives online. In this publication, everyone is invited to share their thoughts and start conversations. Celebrating Hackers, journalists, activists, artists and scientists. People who are the […]
Public Talk by Cees J. Hamelink — Deep Dialogue as Peace Maker?
Loughborough University London -- Room LDN.1.02In his lecture Professor Hamelink proposes to conceptualise peace as "inclusive togetherness" and will argue that on a fragmented planet this can only be achieved through the pro-social conversation that he calls "deep dialogue". The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and drinks reception. About the Speaker Cees J. Hamelink is emeritus professor of Communication […]
14th International Conference & Exhibition on ICT for Education, Training & Skills Development
Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire , Côte d'IvoireOver 13 consecutive years, eLearning Africa has hosted 17,278 participants from 100+ countries around the world, with over 80% coming from the African continent. More than 3,530 speakers have addressed the conference about every aspect of technology supported learning, training and skills development. The PROGRAMME includes core dialogues, discovery demos, knowledge exchange sessions, knowledge factories, panel discussions, panel talks, plenary sessions, pre-conference events and poster […]
Communication for Development Group Meet-up in Bangkok
Frank MansionMeet-up location: Frank Mansion, 9/2 Soi Ari 1, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
ICT4Scale: A Roadmap for Scaling-Up (webinar)
Farm Radio International, Farm Radio Trust (Malawi) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are pleased to invite you to an event on scaling-up agricultural solutions with ICTs. #ICT4Scale: A Roadmap for Scaling-Up How can we scale-up agricultural solutions that are promising? What role do Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play in this process? Through […]
Should We Use Entertainment Media to Shape Norms and Behaviors at Scale?
OnlineThe World Bank’s Narrating Behavior Change program of the Development Impact Evaluation department (DIME-NBC) conducts experimental evaluations of entertainment media to improve the effectiveness of development investments. Next Tuesday October 29th (12:30-2:00pm EST) we will present some of the work we are doing with our edutainment partners MTV, Discovery and ITVS. These edutainment partners will […]
2019 FoME Symposium: Rethinking Media Development – New Actors, New Technologies and New Strategies
Deutsche Welle Headquarters Bonn, GermanyDW Akademie and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung are pleased to invite you to the 2019 FoME Symposium held November 7-8, 2019 in Bonn at Deutsche Welle’s headquarters. “Rethinking media development – New actors, new technologies and new strategies” is the focus of this year’s symposium and explores the future for media development in the new information ecosystem. Social […]
Children and Screen Media in Arab Contexts: An Ethnographic Perspective
University of Westminster 309 Regent Street Room: RS UG04, London, United KingdomFocusing on ethnographic research conducted with Syrian refugee children living in Beirut, our talk will show how both the researchers and their interlocutors were caught up in the political economy of fear produced by the context of war and the sectarian politics imposed by Hezbollah. It will rethink the whatness of media, moving from a […]
Reflections from the amazon jungle: Building an intercultural dialogue and re-thinking development
Loughborough University London -- Room LDN.001The current environmental crisis, which the amazon forest destruction is a part of, calls for a re-thinking of our development practices and the symbolic-cultural conditions of organic and human life. The circumstances around the crisis are closely related to indigenous struggles about their right to autonomy and self-determination within their territories. The purpose of this talk […]
Trust Conference 2019
Queen Elizabeth II Centre Broad Sanctuary, London, United KingdomTrust Conference is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event and a world-leading human rights forum. Held in the heart of London each year, the conference brings together some 600 delegates from diverse sectors representing more than 60 countries. Day one will address creating a fairer economic system for those left behind, with a focus on […]
We Need to Talk About Robots: Gender, Datafication and AI
University of Westminster 309 Regent Street Room: RS UG04, London, United KingdomThis talk reviews how the acceleration of data infrastructure development and growing adoption of data practices in everyday life are entwined with wider cultural discourses about gender and sexuality. Using artificial intelligence (AI) assistants and social robots such as Alexa and Siri as an example, it analyses these links from a feminist data studies perspective […]
Dialogue in Agriculture
Royal Society Of Chemistry Piccadilly, LondonTogether with a diverse range of partners, CABI has been implementing development communication programmes in multiple countries around the world. For the last seven years, we have been implementing the Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC) project and the Plantwise programme. The programmes have used a combination of intervention approaches and services to increase farmer productivity, […]
Internet Memes and Society: Social, Cultural and Political Contexts
University of Westminster 309 Regent Street Room: RS UG04, London, United KingdomThis talk is about a recently published book on memes which provides a solid, encompassing definition of internet memes, exploring both the common features of memes around the globe and their particular regional traits. It identifies and explains the roles that these viral texts play in internet communication. It looks at cultural, social and political […]
TICTeC 2020
Harpa Conference Centre Austurbakki 2, 101, Reykjavík, IcelandReturning for the sixth year, TICTeC 2020 will focus on the impact that civic technology and digital democracy are having upon citizens, decision-makers and governments around the world. Primarily, the goal of TICTeC is to promote and share rigorous and meaningful research into online civic technologies and digital democracy around the world. The conference facilitates […]
Migrations / Mediations. Promoting intercultural dialogue through media, arts and culture
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan Largo Agostino Gemelli, 1, Milan, Milano, ItalyScientific Board: Naures Atto (University of Cambridge), Paola Barretta (Associazione Carta di Roma – Osservatorio di Pavia), Nadia Bellardi (Community Media Forum Europe), Nico Carpentier (Charles University – Prague), Sabine Hess (University of Goettingen), Judith Keilbach (Utrecht University), Pierluigi Musarò (Alma Mater Università degli studi di Bologna), Tim Prentki (University of Winchester), Guglielmo Schininà (IOM […]
Mapping Environmental Media and Art Practices Webinar
Open to all! Zoom Link: 87157304672
IAMCR 2020: Reimagining the Digital Future: Building inclusiveness, respect and reciprocity
Tsinghua University 30 Shuangqing Rd, Haidian, Bejing, ChinaAt the critical juncture of the second decade of the 21st century, the world is facing tremendous challenges. More than three decades of cultural, economic and communication globalization have created sharp income and wealth inequities, a divisive international community, dysfunctional media, an increasingly fragmented digital culture and an accelerating environmental crisis. We witness growing populism […]
Webinar: Reframing Women’s Leadership (The Community Hub) (July 11, 2021)
C4D Network together with Community Hub cordially invites you to an online event for the project, "Reframing Women's Leadership". This is a photovoice project that is in partnership with the British Council (BC), Communication for Development Network (C4D Network) and contribution from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages. […]
POSTPONED – SBCC Summit
Marrakesh Marrakesh, MoroccoCOVID-19 and the International SBCC Summit We hope this finds you safe and well wherever you may be in these uncertain and unprecedented times. We're sure like those of us on the Secretariat, you are all closely following the COVID-19 pandemic both locally and globally. We imagine as well that many of you are […]