Madon, Shirin


Dr Shirin Madon  

Department

Position held

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG) (Department of Management)

Senior Lecturer in ICTs and Socio-economic Development

Department of International Development

Experience keywords:

telecentres & community development; ICTs and socio-economic development; health information systems for improving primary healthcare; rural e-governance in India

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I have been researching the impact of ICTs on government reform initiatives in India for the last 15 years. At present, I am studying the development impact of a selection of e-governance projects in India. These projects relate to ICT usage for improving the administration and planning of rural development programmes: e-services applications; telecentre projects; and health information systems.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

HealthcareInformation TechnologyPublic Administration

Countries and regions to which research relates:

developing countries; India

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; Gujarati [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7627

Publications

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2013

Madon, Shirin and Sharanappa, Sandesh (2013) Social IT outsourcing and development: theorising the linkage. Information systems journal, online ISSN 1350-1917

2010

Madon, Shirin and 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

2009

Madon, Shirin (2009) E-governance for development: a focus on rural India. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230201576

Madon, Shirin and Reinhard, Nicolau and Roode, Dewald and Walsham, Geoff (2009) Digital inclusion projects in developing countries: processes of institutionalization. Information technology for development, 15 (2). pp. 95-107. ISSN 0268-1102

2008

Smith, Matthew and Madon, Shirin and Anifalaje, Adebusoye and Lazarro-Malecela, Mwele and Michael, Edwin (2008) Integrated health information systems in Tanzania: experience and challenges. The Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries, 33 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1681-4835

2007

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep and Sudan, Randeep (2007) E-Government policy and health information systems implementation in Andhra Pradesh, India: Nned for articulation of linkages between the macro and the micro. The information society, 23 (5). pp. 327-344. ISSN 0197-2243

2006

Madon, Shirin (2006) IT-based government reform initiatives in the Indian state of Gujarat. Journal of international development, 18 (6). pp. 877-888. ISSN 0954-1748

Madon, Shirin (2006) Evaluating the development impact of e-governance initiatives: an exploratory framework. In: Saith, Ashwani and Vijayabaskar, M. and Gayathri, V., (eds.) ICTs and Indian social change: diffusion, governance, poverty. Sage, India, pp. 268-289. ISBN 9780761936121

2005

Avgerou, Chrisanthi and Madon, Shirin (2005) Information society and the digital divide problem in developing countries. In: Berleur, Jacques and Avgerou, Chrisanthi, (eds.) Perspectives and policies on ICT in society. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 205-218. ISBN 0387255877

Madon, Shirin (2005) Evaluating the developmental impact of e-governance initiatives: An exploratory framework. Ejisdc, 20 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1681-4835

Madon, Shirin (2005) Governance lessons from the experience of telecentres in Kerala. European journal of information systems, 14 (4). pp. 401-416. ISSN 0960-085x

Madon, Shirin (2005) Evaluating e-governance projects in India: a focus on micro-level implementation. In: Howcroft, Debra and Trauth, Eileen M., (eds.) Handbook of critical information systems research: theory and application. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 325-349. ISBN 1843764784

2004

Beck, Eevi and Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (2004) On the margins of the "information society": a comparative study of mediation. The information society, 20 (4). pp. 279-290. ISSN 0197-2243

Madon, Shirin (2004) Evaluating the developmental impact of e-governance initiatives: an explanatory framework. In: Gupta, M.P., (ed.) Towards e-government: management challenges. Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, India, pp. 475-485. ISBN 9780070583603

Madon, Shirin and Avgerou, Chrisanthi (2004) Framing information systems studies: understanding the social context of IS innovation. In: Avgerou, Chrisanthi and Ciborra, Claudio and Land, Frank, (eds.) The social study of information and communication technology: innovation, actors, and contexts. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 162-184. ISBN 9780199253524

Lewis, David and Madon, Shirin (2004) Information systems and non-governmental development organisations: advocacy, organisational learning and accountability. The information society, 20 (2). pp. 117-126. ISSN 0197-2243

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep and Sahay, Jyotsna (2004) Implementing property tax reforms in Bangalore : an actor-network perspective. Information and organization, 14 (4). pp. 269-295. ISSN 1471-7727

2003

Madon, Shirin (2003) IT diffusion for public service delivery: looking for plausible theoretical approaches. In: Avgerou, Chrisanthi and La Rovere, Renata, (eds.) Information systems and the economics of innovation. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 71-88. ISBN 9781843760184

2002

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, S. (2002) An information-based model of NGO mediation for the empowerment of slum dwellers in Bangalore. The information society, 18 (1). pp. 13-19. ISSN 0197-2243

2001

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (2001) Urbanisation and megacities in developing countries: the management challenge. In: Avgerou, Chrisanthi and Walsham, Geoffrey, (eds.) Information technology in context: studies from the perspective of developing countries. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Farnham, UK, pp. 220-233. ISBN 9780754614807

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (2001) ICTs and cities in the developing world: a network of flows. Information technology & people, 14 (3). pp. 273-286. ISSN 0959-3845

Sorensen, Carsten and Whitley, Edgar A. and Madon, Shirin and Klyachko, D. and Hosein, Ian and Johnstone, J. (2001) Cultivating recalcitrance in information systems research. In: Russo, Nancy L. and Fitzgerald, Brian and DeGross, Janice I., (eds.) Realigning research and practice in information systems development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 297-316. ISBN 9780792374206

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (2001) Cities in the developing world : linking global and local networks. Information technology and people, 14 (3). pp. 273-286. ISSN 0959-3845

2000

Madon, Shirin (2000) The Internet and socioeconomic development : exploring the interaction. Information technology and people, 13 (2). pp. 85-101. ISSN 0959-3845

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (2000) Democracy and information: a case study of new local governance structures in Bangalore. Information, communication & society, 3 (2). pp. 173-191. ISSN 1369-118X

Madon, Shirin and Bhatnagar, Subhash (2000) Institutionalising decentralised information systems for local level planning: comparing approaches across two states in India. Journal of global information technology management, 3 (4). pp. 45-49. ISSN 1097-198X

1999

Madon, Shirin (1999) International NGOs: networking, information flows and learning. The journal of strategic information systems, 8 (3). pp. 251-261. ISSN 0963-8687

1998

Madon, Shirin and Galliers, Robert D. and Rashid, R. (1998) Information systems and culture: applying 'states of growth' concepts to development administration. Information technology for development, 8 (2). pp. 89-100. ISSN 0268-1102

1997

Madon, Shirin and Bhatnagar, Subhash (1997) The Indian software industry: moving towards maturity. Journal of information technology, 12 (4). pp. 277-288. ISSN 0268-3962

Madon, Shirin and Sahay, Sundeep (1997) Managing natural resources using GIS: experiences in India. Information and management, 32 (1). pp. 45-53. ISSN 0378-7206

Madon, Shirin (1997) Information-based global economy and socioeconomic development: the case of Bangalore. The information society, 13 (3). pp. 227-244. ISSN 1087-6537

1995

Madon, Shirin and Walsham, Geoff (1995) Decentralised information systems for development planning in India: context/process interaction. Information infrastructure and policy, 4 (2). pp. 163-179. ISSN 1383-7605

1994

Madon, Shirin (1994) Designing information systems for development planning. Alfred Waller Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, UK. ISBN 9781872474113

1993

Madon, Shirin and Avgerou, Chrisanthi (1993) Development, self determination and information. In: Beardon, Colin and Whitehouse, Diane, (eds.) Computers and society: citizenship in the information age. Intelect Books Ltd., Oxford, UK, pp. 120-137. ISBN 9781871516418

Madon, Shirin (1993) Introducing administrative reform through the application of computer-based information systems: a case study in India. Public administration and development, 13 (1). pp. 37-48. ISSN 0271-2075

Odedra , Mayuri and Madon, Shirin and Harindranath , G and Liebenau, Jonathan (1993) Information technology policies and applications in the Commonwealth developing countries. Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK. ISBN 9780850924015

1992

Madon, Shirin (1992) Computer-based information systems for decentralized rural development administration: a case study in India. Journal of information technology, 7 (1). pp. 20-29. ISSN 0268-3962

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