Dr Andrea Jimenez
MSc (Royal Holloway), PhD (Royal Holloway)
Information School
Lecturer in Information Management
+44 114 222 2684
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Information School
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- Profile
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In 2019, I began working as a Lecturer in Information Management at the Information School. Prior to that, I worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the 91Ö±²¥ Institute of International Development (SIID). I have a PhD from Royal Holloway University of London's School of Management and a Masters in Sustainable Development, with a focus on social innovation and ICTs for Development (ICT4D). My research focuses on the role of digital innovation, social innovation, and entrepreneurship in socioeconomic development. I have extensive industry experience, having worked for the United Nations in both the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), as well as the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI).
In addition to my teaching and research responsibilities, I will be focusing on the internationalisation and decolonisation of the Department's curriculum.
- Research interests
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My research is centred on the role of innovation in socioeconomic development. I investigate this from two perspectives: internal organisational processes such as absorptive capacity, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, and the larger geopolitical dimension of innovation discourses embedded in the international development sector. I'm also interested in the use of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D).
My approach is informed by critical perspectives such as intersectional feminism, decolonial approaches, and data justice.
I am currently working on several projects that aim to deconstruct assumptions about innovation for social inclusion and environmental sustainability. Among these projects are:- Adopting Southerly epistemologies to reimagine innovation and investigating the extent to which innovation (policy and implementation) can be guided and informed by indigenous knowledges.
- Establishing the Metropolitan Water Observatory, an action-research and citizen science platform for water and data justice.
- Organising public policy dialogues to examine the role of indigenous innovations in climate change mitigation.
- Examining the role of innovation hubs in development through a feminist lens.
I'd be interested in supervising PhD projects that use critical approaches to investigate the role of innovation and technology in socioeconomic development.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Sustainability Science.
- . The Journal of Development Studies.
- . European Journal of Information Systems.
- . The Information Society, 37(3), 163-176.
- . Innovation and Development, 9(1), 41-64.
- . Information Technology for Development, 24(1: Conceptualising Development in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)), 95-118.
Chapters
- , IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (pp. 180-191). Springer International Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
- (pp 171-181)
All publications
Journal articles
- . Big Data & Society, 10(2).
- . Journal of Documentation.
- . Sustainability Science.
- . The Journal of Development Studies.
- . European Journal of Information Systems.
- . The Information Society, 37(3), 163-176.
- . Innovation and Development, 9(1), 41-64.
- . Information Technology for Development, 24(1: Conceptualising Development in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)), 95-118.
- . Information Systems Journal.
- . Information Systems Journal.
- Data Science for Empowerment: Understanding the Data Science Training Landscape for Women and Girls in Africa. Gender, Technology and Development.
- . THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
- . Information Technology for Development, 1-22.
- , 1-6.
- . Journal of Political Ecology, 28(1).
Chapters
- , Critical ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) (pp. 157-172). Routledge
- , Freedom and Social Inclusion in a Connected World (pp. 595-607). Springer International Publishing
- , Freedom and Social Inclusion in a Connected World (pp. 203-216). Springer International Publishing
- , IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (pp. 180-191). Springer International Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
- Tensions in inter-organisational knowledge transfer from a Quadruple Helix perspective: The FinTech ecosystem in Bahrain. IFKAD2020 Proceedings: Knowledge in Digital Age, 9 September 2020 - 11 September 2020.
- . Locally Relevant ICT Research, Vol. 933 (pp 261-278), 23 August 2018 - 24 August 2018.
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- A capabilities approach to innovation: A case study of a technology and innovation hub in Zambia. 24th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2016
- . Sustainability Science.
- Teaching interests
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I coordinate the module INF6041 ICTs, Innovation and Change, where we explore the ways in which organisational change is influenced by the introduction of ICTs.
I also teach in the module INF6002/6511 Information and Knowledge Management, where I focus on innovation and absorptive capacity.
- Teaching activities
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INF6002 - Information and Knowledge Management
INF6041 - ICTs, Innovation and Change
INF6400 - Information Systems and the Information Society
INF6511 - Information and Knowledge Management DL
- Professional activities and memberships
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Invited presentations
- 2018 African Innovation Summit (AIS), in Rwanda
- 22-24 October 2018 Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) in Accra, Ghana
- 2019 Department of Human Geography at Frankfurt University