Dr Shirin Madon

Associate Professor of Information Systems

Information Systems and Innovation Faculty Group

On Sabbatical leave Michaelmas Term 2016-17

Research interests

Information & Communication Technologies for Socioeconomic Development
E-Government and mobile usage for public service delivery in developing countries
Improving accountability of primary healthcare delivery in rural India
Impact Sourcing and Inclusive Development
India's National ID System and povery alleviation

Recent publications

Challenges of accountability in resource-poor contexts: lessons about invited spaces from Karnataka’s Village Health Committees
Madon, Shirin (2016) Challenges of accountability in resource-poor contexts: lessons about invited spaces from Karnataka’s Village Health Committees. Oxford Development Studies . ISSN 1360-0818 (In Press)
Can mobile phones help control neglected tropical diseases?: experiences from Tanzania
Madon, Shirin, Amaguru, Jackline Olanya, Malecela, Mwele Ntuli and Michael, Edwin (2014) Can mobile phones help control neglected tropical diseases?: experiences from Tanzania. Social Science & Medicine, 102 . pp. 103-110. ISSN 0277-9536
Social IT outsourcing and development: theorising the linkage
Madon, Shirin and Sharanappa, Sandesh (2013) Social IT outsourcing and development: theorising the linkage. Information Systems Journal, 23 (5). pp. 381-399. ISSN 1350-1917
Health information systems, decentralisation and democratic accountability
Madon, Shirin, Krishna, S. and Michael, Edwin (2010) Health information systems, decentralisation and democratic accountability. Public Administration and Development, 30 (4). pp. 247-260. ISSN 0271-2075
E-governance for development: a focus on rural India
Madon, Shirin (2009) E-governance for development: a focus on rural India. Technology, work and globalization . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230201576

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