Dorothea Kleine is director of the Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) Centre at Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) (www.ict4dc.org). The Centre was ranked 7th among global think tanks in science and technology (University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School, 2015). Dorothea is reader in Human Geography and directs the MSc in Practising Sustainable Development (including the ICT4D specialism). She has published widely on development, technology, choice, sustainability, youth and gender. Her most recent book is Technologies of choice: ICTs, development and the capabilities approach (2013, The MIT Press). Her work ranges from policy analysis and theoretical work to participatory action research, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. She has conducted collaborative research with and/or advised UNICEF, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), EuropeAid, the Department for International Development (DFID), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), the private sector and NGOs. Dorothea was lead author, with David Hollow and Sammia Poveda, of the key UNICEF report, Children, ICT and development (2014).
Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
