The following research papers and publications from faculty and fellows have been funded by the HCTIA.
2019-2020
Information Technologies and Imagines Communities: Democracy in Balance
Michael Glennon
Russian Views of Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies
Chris Miller
Cybercrime Problems of Mobile Money Technology
Josephine Wolff
2018-2019
Can mobile phones improve learning? Evidence from a mobile phone experiment in Niger
Jenny Aker
Governance structures used by mobile money agents in Kenya
Jonathan Greenacre
Effect of real-world fuel economy information provided through internet on fuel economy of vehicles purchased
Shinsuke Tanaka
Flow of information/misinformation in refugee camps in Greece: A comparative study
Elizabeth Prodmundo and Edward Schumacher-Matos
Completing the financial circuitry
Kim Wilson
2017-2018
Does the digital mechanism matter? Paying cash transfers via mobile money or Shap-Shap
Jenny Aker
The financial and ICT journeys of extra continental migrants
Kimberly Wilson
2016-2017
Migration remittances and the demand for digital financial services in WAEMU
Jenny Aker
Harnessing information technology to promote yield gains from ecosystems services
Avery Cohn
Cybersecurity of residential networks in the uS: A study of market determinants
Carolyn Gideon
Monitoring mobile phones: Environmental standards and incentives for manipulating fuel efficiency in Japan
Shinsuke Tanaka
The social journeys of refugees: The role of ICT
Kimberly Wilson
2015-2016
Should Interest be Paid on Mobile Money Balances? The Impact of Tanzania’s Policy Experiment on Savings Behavior
Jenny Aker & Simone di Castri
Information Technology to Monitor and Improve Tropical Agriculture in a Changing Climate
Avery Cohn
Alternative Credit Scoring for Financial Inclusion: Fintech Data and Privacy Regimes in Emerging Markets
Simone di Castri
Internet and Terrorism: Increased Connectivity for a Safer World
Carolyn Gideon
Crisis Banking: Transnational Movement of Money for Refugees and Economic Migrants
Kimberly Wilson
2014-2015
Information, Mobile Phones and Farmers in Tanzania and Niger
Jenny Aker
The Fate of Agricultural Technology Under Climate Change: Evidence from Double Cropping in Brazil’s Midwest
Avery Cohn
Broadband Industry Structure and Cybercrime: An Empirical Analysis
Carolyn Gideon
Technology & Peacebuilding Evaluation: Best Practices and Emergent Innovation
Cheyenne Scharbatke-Church
Research on Political Economy of Finance-based Clientelism in Developing Societies
Nancy Hite
This is Us: Using Technology to Harness Student Engagement
Kimberly Wilson
2013-2014
Mobiles and Savings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Experiments in Niger and Rwanda
Jenny Aker
Safety in Numbers? The Effect of Network Competition on Cybersecurity
Carolyn Gideon
Adoption of Modern Banking Technologies and its Influence upon Political and Economic Integration in Developing Democratic Societies
Nancy Hite
Valuing Risk of Nuclear Energy Technology: Evidence from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident and the US Housing Prices
Shinsuke Tanka
This Is Us – the Beta Year: Technology and the Environment, Technology and Human Security”
Kimberly Wilson
2012-2013
Mobiles, Messages and Savings for Moutons
Jenny Aker
Safety in Numbers? The Effect of Network Competition on Cybersecurity
Carolyn Gideon
Participation’s Paradox: Financial Modernization and Patterns of Political Engagement in the Philippines, Mexico, India and Brazil
Nancy Hite
Information Communication Technology and Corruption in India
Shinsuke Tanaka
2011-2012
Let it Reign: Understanding the Constraints to the Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Technologies in the Sahel
Jenny Aker
Innovating at Scale in Emerging Markets
Bhaskar Chakravorti and Peter Uvin
The Social Media Effect: A Game Theoretic Framework for Understanding the Role of New Media in Revolution
Carolyn Gideon
Technology and Social Media in Nation Branding and Public Diplomacy: Understanding Best Practices
Bernard Simonin
Environmental Regulations in China and Technological Innovation in Electricity Industry
Shinsuke Tanaka
2010-2011
Zap it to Me: The Impact of a Short-Term Mobile Money Transfer Program
Jenny Aker
Voice Connectivity in Developed Countries
Carolyn Gideon
States as Cyber-Defenders
Michael Glennon