Programme summary for MSc Information and Communication Technologies and Development

Programme content

The MSc Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Development programme at UEL explores the debates around the potential of ICTs to facilitate social economic development within an international context. It forms the basis of critical evaluation of research and practice in the field and provides the opportunity to understand the complex and dynamic relations between the social, economic and political forces that shape ICTs and development processes,

Unique in its offer of a social science perspective, the programme provides a distinctive interdisciplinary curriculum that draws on science, technology and society studies, development studies, economics, geography, anthropology, politics Information technology and other perspectives associated with ICTs and Development:

Historical perspectives on ICTs and Development
Global, National and Regional ICT and development Policies
Society, ICT and Innovation processes
Methods, design and implementation of ICT systems
Sustainable ICT Management
Theoretical and conceptual frameworks that underpin ICTs and socio- economic development processes and practice

Students conduct an original research project and write a research dissertation under supervision and have opportunities to attend research seminars , workshops and events on campus, and in and around London related to both scholarly and public interest