DIAL Input / Portfolio

Email:

mmulobi@dial.global

Organisation:

DIAL

What is your organization’s Macro-research strategy for 2022-2025? (E.g., What can be achieved in the next 2-5 years?  What are your topical or functional priorities for research? What funding opportunities are being pursued?) Mandatory

DIAL believes the difference between a positive future state and a negative one is largely dependent on two factors: 1) Foundational digital platforms – like consent management, identity, payments – are intentionally designed, implemented, and governed to benefit society; and 2) Data produced through digitization is governed in ways that enable trusted data mobility, thereby maximizing its value for people, governments, and markets while also ensuring privacy is preserved and data is protected.

Which of the following are you/your organization's main research interests? You may select more than one option.

What is you/your organizations’ preferred way of contributing to research? You may select more than one option.

Please list relevant past publications done by you and/or your organization?

https://dial.global/research/greener-future-navigating-digital-frontier-for-climate-action/

https://dial.global/research/how-can-digital-public-technologies-accelerate-progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals/

https://dial.global/research/comparative-analysis-of-digital-transformation-funding-and-financing-models/

https://dial.global/research/digital-drivers-template/

https://dial.global/research/governing-data-to-support-good-digital-transformation-leadership-series-brief-4/

-- Algorithms in Government: A Magic Formula or a Divisive Force?: https://dial.global/research/algorithms-in-government-a-magic-formula-or-a-divisive-force/

-- How India is Reimagining Consent to Empower People: https://dial.global/research/case-study-india-consent/

-- Can We Future-Proof Digital Public Goods? Rethinking Sustainable Business Models: https://dial.global/research/can-we-future-proof-digital-public-goods-rethinking-sustainable-business-models/

-- In Machines We Trust: https://dial.global/research/spolight-paper-machines-trust/

-- How can digital public technologies accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals? https://dial.global/research/how-can-digital-public-technologies-accelerate-progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals/

-- Comparative Analysis of Digital Transformation Funding and Financing Models: https://dial.global/research/comparative-analysis-of-digital-transformation-funding-and-financing-models/

-- What is ‘good’ digital infrastructure? Measuring digital infrastructure to maximize development outcomes and mitigate risks: https://dial.global/research/what-is-good-digital-infrastructure-measuring-digital-infrastructure-to-maximize-development-outcomes-and-mitigate-risks/

-- Public Procurement of Digital Technology: Leadership Series Brief #3: https://dial.global/research/public-procurement-of-digital-technology-leadership-series-brief-3/

-- Unlocking the Digital Economy in Africa: Benchmarking the Digital Transformation Journey: https://dial.global/research/unlocking-the-digital-economy-in-africa-benchmarking-the-digital-transformation-journey/

Please list any conferences you have engaged with in the past that may be relevant for the GovStack Initiative and our ongoing efforts around research (e.g., MyData Summit, Data for Policy, FWD50, ICE-GOV etc).

-- Transform Africa Summit

-- MyData Summit

-- Internet Governance Forum

Please list potential research partners for GovStack (e.g., think tanks, private sector, civil society, donors, etc) and identify why. Please also identify if your organization has collaborated with this potential partner in the past.

-- Caribou Digital

-- Research ICT Africa

-- Public Digital

Please provide a list of potential forums/ journals where our research could be published/shared, with website URLs and an explanation of relevance. (E.g., Data for Policy, Information Policy, etc). 

-- Data for Policy

-- Cambridge Data & Policy: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/data-and-policy

Please provide a list of upcoming (December 2022-December 2023) research events, deadlines, and website URLs.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

-- Transform Africa Summit: https://smartafrica.org/

-- Global Digital Development Summit: https://digitaldevforum.com/

-- MyData Global Summit: https://2022.mydata.org/

-- Tallinn Digital Summit: https://www.digitalsummit.ee/

-- Frontiers of Digital Development Forum: https://www.frontiersdigitaldevforum.com/

-- Internet Governance Forum: https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023

Please provide a list of possible sources of funding for the GovStack Initiative, with an explanation and/or links for each source. (OPTIONAL)

Co-Develop/World Bank funding for DIAL Research (possibility to engage GovStack community)

Smart Africa (possibility to collaborate on research)

Google India (possibility to collaborate on DPI research)

Are there any other questions, concerns, or considerations you would like to register for consideration of the GovStack team regarding research? (OPTIONAL)

While GovStack research priorities offer overlap with DIAL priorities, and those of other partners, it should seek to design a few thematic focuses which will help to guide the research it prioritizes and the capacity-building it takes through its networks and community-building activities.