Professor Shirin Madon

Shirin Madon is Professor of Information Communication Technologies and Socioeconomic Development. She works jointly in the Departments of International Development, and Management () at LSE. Shirin's teaching and research centres on the topic of information and communication technologies for development and humanitarian aid. She is currently engaged in two areas of research. First, she is investigating the implications of digital innovation in the humanitarian sector with a focus on digital identity and cash assistance. A second area of research is based on a longitudinal study of capacity-building within India's Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committees in Karnataka. Shirin currently serves as Associate Editor for the journal Information Technology for Development and Information Technology and People.

Selected publications

• Madon, S., & Krishna, S. (2025). Foot soldiers of the pandemic: the role of frontline health workers in building community healthcare resilience in rural Karnataka. Oxford Development Studies, 1–21.
  
  
• Madon, S. and Krishna, S. (2022) Theorizing community health governance for strengthening primary healthcare in LMICs. Health Policy and Planning.
  
  
• Madon, S., Ranjini, C.R. and Krishnan, R.K. (2021) Aadhaar and social assistance programming: local bureaucracies as critical intermediary. Information Technology for Development.
• Madon, S. (2018) The Role of Community Participation for Sustainable Integrated Neglected Tropical Diseases and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Intervention Programs: A pilot project in Tanzania, (with Edwin Michael, Mwele Malecela, Kijakazi Mashoto, Rose Donohue, Godfrey Mubyazi), Social Science & Medicine, 202, pp. 28-37.
• Madon, S. (2018) Impact Sourcing in India: Trends and implications, (with Ranjini, C.R.) Information Systems Journal, DOI: 10.1111/isj.12220
• Madon, S. (2017) Challenges of accountability in resource-poor contexts: lessons about invited spaces from Karnataka’s Village Health Committees, Oxford Development Studies. ISSN 1360-0818
• Madon, S. and Raghavendra, R. (2016) The rural BPO Sector in India: Encouraging inclusive growth through entrepreneurship. In Socially Responsible Outsourcing: Global sourcing with social impact, edited by Brian Nicholson, Ron Babin and Mary Lacity, Palgrave-Macmillan, Hants.
• Madon, S., Amaguru, J.O., Malecela, M.N. and Michael, E. (2014) Can mobile phones help control neglected tropical diseases?: experiences from TanzaniaSocial Science & Medicine, 102. 103-110. ISSN 0277-9536
• Madon, S. (2014) Information Tools for Improving Accountability in Primary Healthcare. In Closing the Loop: Can technology bridge the accountability gap, edited by Bjorn-Soren Gigler and Savita Bailur, World Bank Publications.
• Madon, S. (2009) E-governance for development: a focus on rural India Technology, work and globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230201576

Expertise

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