Iginio Gagliardone
British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
iginio.gagliardone@csls.ox.ac.uk
Qualifications
PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science
BA/MA, University of Bologna
Iginio Gagliardone is a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow. He is also a Research Associate at the Centre of Governance and Human Rights at the University of Cambridge and at the Centre for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania. His research and publications focus on new media and political change in Sub-Saharan Africa, the adaptation of international norms of freedom of expression in authoritarian regimes, and the role of the media in peace-building processes. His current research, developed in collaboration with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), explores the role of emerging powers such as China in promoting alternative conceptions of the Internet in Africa. It analyses in particular whether and how the ideas of state stability, development and community that characterize the Chinese model are influencing and legitimizing the development of a different conception of the information society. Iginio completed his PhD at the LSE investigating the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and nation building in Ethiopia.
Core research and teaching interests
- International communication
- ICTs for development
- Freedom of expression
- Politics of technology
- Media and peace-building
- Media and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
- China-Africa relations
Affiliations and previous positions
- Centre of Governance and Human Rights, University of Cambridge – Research Associate
- Centre for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research – Research Associate
- United Nations Educational Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Addis Ababa – Project officer
Awards
- Rotary Foundation, Ambassadorial Scholar (2007-2008)
- Università Statale di Milano, Doctoral Research Award (2008)
- London School of Economics and Political Science, PhD Scholarship (2006-2010)
- United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA Fellowship (2005)
Selected publications
The technopolitics of the Ethiopian nation, in Coakes, E. (Ed.) Knowledge Development and Social Change through Technology. Hershey: Igi Global. 2011
From mapping information ecologies to evaluating media interventions: An expert survey on evaluating media interventions in conflict countries. Centre for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School of Communication and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Philadelphia, 2010.
La Cina in Africa: Media e telecomunicazioni. Inchiesta, n. 168, July/September 2010
China in Africa: A new approach to media development? Working paper published by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), University of Oxford. Oxford, 2010 (with Nicole Stremlau and Maria Repnikova)
The socialization of ICTs in Ethiopia: Reshaping technology for nation building. Journal of Socio Technology and Knowledge Development, Vol. 1, n. 4, 2009
Public opinion research in a conflict zone: Grassroots diplomacy in Darfur. International Journal of Communication, Vol. 2, 2008 (with Nicole Stremlau)
Virtual enclaves or global networks? The role of Information and Communication Technologies in development cooperation. Psychnology Journal, Vol. 3, n. 3, 2005
La scatola nera e il mantello di Arlecchino. Autonomie culturali nelle reti globali. Studi culturali, Vol. 1, n. 2, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2004 (with Massimiliano Geraci)
Tecnologia e società. In Diritto a Comunicare e Accesso ai Saperi, edited by Nardi, J. and Padovani, C. Yema, Modena, 2004
Come collegare le tecnologie al territorio. Inchiesta, n. 144, April/September 2004 (with Massimiliano Geraci)
