School of Social and Political Science

Description

1 January 2000 - 30 January 2004

The SIGIS project has investigated women and girls’ participation in ICT (Information and Communication Technology), in education, training, employment and in the development and consumption of technology products across five European countries. The research involved 45 detailed case studies of gender inclusion strategies by public and private sector organisations, underlining the key obstacles to and success stories in gender inclusion. The findings emerging from the case studies have been used to develop recommendations and examples of best practice aimed at both policy makers and practitioners, and others involved in the development of new inclusion efforts. The project has generated a wonderful resource on gender and ICT, covering a variety of themes, ranging from constructions of gender and gendered identities in ICT settings to the market mechanisms for inclusion. Project reports and detailed findings can be found through the SIGIS project homepage, researchers at nine universities across Europe, who together have investigated processes of innovation in multimedia. Their work has shown how the eventual uses and utility of multimedia products are often far removed from supplier presumptions, because “social learning” is crucial to how generic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capabilities are applied and used in particular settings. More specifically,

Researchers: Dr James Stewart; Dr Lisa Lee; Dr Wendy Faulkner; Prof Robin Williams

Contact: Robin Willaims