Every summer students are supported with research grants to explore the intersection between technology and their fields of interest.
2021-2022
- Arpitha Desai, Voting Out Political Disinformation
- Pujitha Gullapalli, NewSense: Making Fact-Checking Accessible, One Tweet at a Time
- Camilla Kapustina, Predictive Mapping for Forest Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation: Trinity County, California
- Katyayinee Richhariya, Regulating Morality: Social Media and Individual Receptivity of Religious Hate Speech
- Daniel Kroth, Talking Past Victory: AI and (Mis)Perception in Grant Strategy
- Talha Jilani, Technological, Regulatory, and Socio-Political Challenges in Pakistan’s Music Industry
- Sarthak Satapathy, Governing Digital IDs: Narratives and Conundrums
- Ram Sundaram, NewSense: A Study in Reducing Inaccessibility to Fact-Checking on Twitter
- Sarah Shaukat, Alleviating Mobility and Informational Constraints Through Online Social Networks for Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan
- Robin Tharakan, Shifting Responsibilities: An Accountability Mechanism for Philanthropic Organizations Funding Public Interest Technology
- Stefan Tschauko, Strengthening Multilateralism Through Communications: Branding and Brand Management in the UN System
- Lakshmee Vinayak Sharma, Can Civic Tech Be More Equitable?
2020-2021
- Amanda Borquaye, The Role of ICTs and Digital Platforms in Facilitating Safer Mixed Migration Journeys
- Cristina Gallotto and Vikram Singh, WISER: Holding a Mirror to Society; A plug-in that reveals how internet companies classify users
- Maalana Hislop, Racial Bias within Digital Health Prediction Algorithms
- Neil Maheshwari, Goliaths vs. Governments: How does big tech’s hegemony on freedom of speech hold when elected governments push back?
- Oishi Masrura, Impact Measurement Practices in EdTech Interventions in East Africa
- Kazuki Motohashi, Nudge and Diffusion on Usage of Sanitation Technology in Rural India
- Aaron Spitler, How have developing countries dealt with digital inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic? (Kosovo Case Study)
2019-2020
- Sameer Boray, Should Machine Learning Algorithms be Subject to Regulation? (Presentation)
- Adriana Lamriande, Digital Platforms, Content Moderation & Free Speech: How to Set a Regulatory Framework for the Government, Tech Companies & Civil Society
- Lyndon Sam, The Role of Technology in M-Kops’a Operations in Rural Kenya (Presentation)
- Tasfia Zaman, International Labor Organization
- Joseph Jamison, Jayashri Lokarajan, and Max Loebl, Political Risk Project
2018-2019
- Jeremy Danz, The economic impact of innovative landmine and unexploded ordinance survey and clearance technologies in Cambodia
- Aesclinn Donohoe, Measurement of the effectiveness of online dispute resolution systems and their equity
- Nicole Leaver, The impact of predictive technologies on public sector services
- Megan Rounseville, Measuring text message take-up
- Alex Tenney, Electrification of refugee camps using solar power
2017-2018
- Arik Burakovsky, The Way Social Media Facilitates the Formation of Dissident Networks
- Floor de Ruijter van Steveninick and Kate Hirschboeck, Improving the Secondary Education System in Nepal: Can Video Technology in the Classroom Increase Learning and Accountability?
- Callie Burke, The Culture of Terrorist Propaganda in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study on Al-Shabaab’s Use of Communication Technologies in Somalia and Kenya
- Bin Zheng, A Demonstration Well-Being Index for the City of Los Angeles
- Anmol Kamra, Home to Home: Massive Open Online courses (MOOCs) Enables India’s Technically ‘Disabled’ Talent Pool
- Dunhyeon Kim, North Korea’s Cybersecurity Operations: Implications for Financial, State, and Human Security
- Lami Kim, Curbing Sensitive Nuclear Assistance: The Impact of the Nuclear Export Control Regime
- Megan Rounseville, Texting Aspirations for Teens in Ecuador
- Anthony Schultz, Technology and the Immigration Industry: The Presence of Technology Innovation Across the Continuum of Immigration
- Marina Shalab, When Artificial Intelligence is Not Yet Intelligent Enough: Making the Case for Strategic Alternative Narratives to Combat Extremism in the United States Online
- Suhail Shersad, How Emerging Markets Can Create a Policy Framework to Promote Innovation in the Digital Technology Space
- Savant Shrestha, The Role of Technology in Nation-Branding
- Juan Taborda, Decentralization and its Links to Economic Development and Public Service Provision
2016-2017
- Ahmad Hemmat, Virtual Civil Society: Scoping Study of Internet-Enabled Social Activism in Afghanistan
- Ahmed Jawad, Information and Communications Technology for Crisis Management and Response
- Brittany Parker, A Tech Hub in an ICT Desert: Case Study of Rawabi
- Muralidhar Selvamani, Closing the Digital Divide in India
- Nemmani Sreedhar, Concept of Rashmi (A Community Based Local News Service)
- Rasima Swarup, Assessing the Value Proposition of Digital Financial Services in Financial Inclusion
- Alysha Tierney, Why is Daesh so Popular? A Social Network Analysis of Extremist Narratives
- Stefan Tschauko, Strategic Communication and Branding in International Organizations: The Case of the United Nations
2015-2016
- Grant Bridgman, What Do You Want to know? Information Through Cellphones in East Africa & Phone-based Search Engine
- Fern Gray, Suitability of ‘Price Cap’ Method of Subsidy Calculation: Fossil Fuel Transportation Subsidy Model
- Robert Helbig, Innovative Disruption in the Context of the Sharing and Freelance Economies: The Puzzling Case of Germany and Brazil”
- Kai Keller, The Development of the Ebola Vaccine: A Social Network Approach
- Luisa Malcherek, Force(d) for Good: What Are the Implications of Government Directed Internet Censorship to Counter Online Terrorist Radicalization
- Abhineet Singh Malhotra, Role of Technology in Improving Public School Administrative Systems
- Zedenka Myslikova, Indicators of Innovation Capabilities in Clean Energy Technologies: How Big is the Technology Gap Between Developed and Developing Countries?
- Rajiv Nair, Media at the Bottom of the Pyramid
- Andrew Olsen, Identifying High-tech and Low-tech Strategies for Knowledge Sharing in Faith-based Foreign Aid
- Nikolas Ott, Moving Beyond the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare: Implications of NATO’s Role in Shaping Perception of the Cyber Space
- Aditi Patel and Gaspar Rodriguez, Salesforce and Force.com Implementations for Social Impact Organizations
- Rebecca Peral-Martinez, The Impact of Women’s Advancement on the Clean Energy Economy
2014-2015
- Jung Woo Chun, Minimizing the Impacts of Accidental Oil Spills: Lessons Learned from the Hebei Spirit, Taean 2007 to the Wu Yi San, Yeosu, 2014
- Erik English, Analysis of Energy Demand and Trends within Hargeisa, Somaliland
- Hee-Jun Lim, Comparative Analysis on Effect of National Innovation System on Economic Growth and Social Welfare: A Case of USA, South Korea, and China
- Zdenka Myslikova, Empirical Evidence on the Innovation in Energy Technology Indicators Availability
- Prashanth Parameswaran, Beyond Triangulation: Advancing U.S.-Japan-ASEAN Technological Cooperation
- Franziska Schwartzmann, Dying Out or Self-Inflicted Failure? Were There Signs that the European Daily Newspaper Market was About to Get Disrupted?
- Laura Stankiewicz, The Use of ICTs for Online and Blended Education in Refugee Camps
2013-2014
- Michael Baskin, Understanding and Applying ORA to Large Bureaucracies: A Pilot Investigation
- Panagiota Kaltsa, Using Technology to Increase Citizen Participation
- Laura Kuhl, Technology Transfer for Agricultural Adaptation: A Case Study in Western Honduras
- Aaron Melaas, Industrial Policy Support for Domestic Innovation in Renewable Energy Technologies: A Case Study of Brazil
- Katherine Nolan, Powering Developing Communities: Financial Models for Sustainable Off-Grid Energy Supply
- Prashanth Parameswaran, Bridging the Gap: Enhancing U.S.-ASEAN Infrastructure Cooperation
- Caroline Troein, It’s Getting Crowded Up There: Industry and Political Risk for Satellite Operations in a Multipolar World
- Jiefei Yuan, Expanding the Market for Loyalties: The Hollywood-China Story Revisited
2012-2013
- Hilary Eason, Multi-sector ICT4D Education Partnerships
- Ahmed Malik and Jonathan Torn, Uninterruptible Power Systems in Pakistan
- Kartikeya Singh, Scaling Technologies: How can We Truly Light Up a Billion Lives?
- Panagiota Kaltsa, Participation: National Identity, Media & Technology in Greece
2011-2012
- Rachel Fredman, The Dictator’s Dilemma and the Politics of Telecommunications in Cuba: A Case Study
- Prashanth Parameswaran, Beyond Damnation: Nam Theun 2 and the Future of Hydropower in the Mekong
- Jim Platte, National Decision Making and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Japan: An Analysis of Influences
- Elizabeth Yepsen, The Geography of Fiber Optics Infrastructure and GDP Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
2010-2011
- Jacqueline Deelstra, Can Text Messages Fix East Africa’s Development Challenge?
Presentation
Thesis
- Joshua Haynes, Does deregulation / liberalization of African telecoms help the poor?
- Jonathan R. Siegel, The Diffusion of Off-Grid Solar Electricity in Rural Bangladesh
Paper
Presentation
- Aaron Strong, Tackling Maritime Bunker Fuel Emissions: The Evolution of Global Climate Change Policy at the International maritime Organization
Paper
Presentation
Collaboration with the Hitachi Research Institute
Global Competition for Talent: Employees’ Goals, Firms’ Strategies, and National Agendas
The aims of this Joint Research Project on Migration and Competitive Advantage in Human Capital are first to understand the motivation of the people whom we call “highly skilled mobile workers (HSMWs)”, or those with tertiary education who are able to migrate to utilize their expertise for work. What are the factors affecting their decisions to migrate? How does it differ in different ethnic groups? What other traits of migrants are significant in their decision to (or not to) migrate? What are their long-term career goals? Existing studies only partially answer these questions, and we hope to acquire deeper insights on them. The second aim is to investigate the recruiting and retention strategies of the companies that are successful in attracting HSMWs, thus winning the global competition for talent. Which companies have been successful? Where and how do they recruit? How do they avoid turnovers? Could other companies learn from the best practice? How do they choose between recruiting foreign nationals and foreign direct investment? How do they lobby their host countries in order to effect change in immigration policy, and how do the host countries of successful companies structure their immigration policies?
This is a collaborative research project between the Hitachi Center and the Hitachi Research Institute.