On the evidence ecosystem in South Africa
The evidence ecosystem in South Africa is rapidly evolving.
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What did we do before going digital?
Leah McLaren in this article in The Guardian ponders a time when our attention was allowed to wander. Below an extract with the key steps in our lives becoming digital Let’s go digital Key developments that changed the way we communicate. By Hayley Myers 1971: Email Ray Tomlinson was responsible for electronic mail as we know it,
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A reminder: the original Manifesto for Agile Software Development
Available at: agilemanifesto.org ‘We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the
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Podcast: Nepal on its way to federalism. A conversation with Shailendra Sigdel
In September 2015, Nepal promulgated a new Constitution which mandates the transition of Nepal from a centralized unitary state to a federal country with the goal to bringing democracy to the doorstep of the citizens and assign more power and responsibility to local governments. Four years on, how is Nepal doing? How is the reform
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We need to prepare today the knowledge systems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Martin Dietz until recently led the HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation team implementing the Performing and Responsive Social Sciences (PERFORM) project in Serbia and Albania. The aim of the project was to test ways to strengthening the relevance of social sciences for social and political reforms in the two countries. The project has been funded by the
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The 4IR Is Here. Do We Need to Design Development Initiatives Differently?
I have written this blog post with Vanessa Weyrauch. This article first appeared in Helvetas Mosaic, a quarterly publication exploring new trends and fresh ideas of international development. Subscribe to receive more articles like this from Helvetas Mosaic. It is easy to get carried away with the promises of technology when we read about the Fourth Industrial
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Were the seeds of human-centered design being planted by the Bauhaus movement 100 years ago?
I was wondering about this while reading the article by Rowan Moore in the Guardian this morning: Bauhaus at 100: the revolutionary movement’s enduring appeal. ‘The Bauhaus, simply put, was a German school of art and design that opened in 1919 and closed in 1933. It was also very much more than that. It was the most influential
Policymaking by androids?
Erica was born in 2016. The day she was born she was already 23 years old. That is because Erica is an android. The most advanced humanoid or android to date developed through a collaboration between Osaka and Kyoto universities, and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR). Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University’s Intelligent Robotics Laboratory
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