Projects:

User Environment Programme

Thesis:

Title: Knowledge Networks for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems

Overview:
The goal of this research is to bridge the gap between emerging critical theory that discusses new modalities for knowledge sharing in the development sector and current development practice by contributing a new conceptual model for the design and implementation of an ICT system that would enhance the ability of Southern development actors, and the supposed beneficiaries of development in particular, to participate in knowledge networks to access and contribute knowledge.

External Site Links:

www.obs-pascal.com

Biography:

Charlotte Scarf is undertaking her PhD candidature with School of Global Studies, Social Sciences and Planning at RMIT University under the supervision of Dr Chris Ziguras and Professor Chris Duke. Her research critically examines how diverse actors in the international development sector are promoting 'knowledge networks' to facilitate knowledge sharing between people from North and South and how they are employing information and communication technologies to support this.

Previous Positions:

Research Fellow, RMIT University

Copywriter, Saatchi & SaatchiSupplement Editor, The China Post

Qualifications:

MA (Virtual Communication), RMIT

BEC (Social Sciences) Honours, University of Sydney

Research Interests:

ICT for Development, Development Communication, Social Development Outcomes of Knowledge Networking, Knowledge Management, Communities of Practice, Inter-Organisational Collaboration, Community Networks, Sociology (of technology).

National and International Collaborations:

Charlotte’s doctoral research is part of the RMIT Globalism Institute's Border Knowledges Project which encompasses researchers from a number of Victorian universities. The project investigates the nature of the interaction of differing knowledge systems across a range of cultural divides with the overarching theme of analysing inter-cultural knowledge formation.

Charlotte is Content Editor for the Pascal International Observatory, an international research and policy development alliance between RMIT University, Victoria, the University of Stirling, the Scottish Executive, Scottish Communities and Kent County Council, which aims to develop, communicate and explain new and emerging ideas about place management, social capital and learning regions.

Awards:

Australian Postgraduate Award