Against bureaucrapitalism: a response to Shanley and colleagues

This is a response to an important contribution to the understanding and future of our research fields that deal with concepts and practices of responsible research and innovation (RRI). Comments are made on the bureaucrapitalist science system that Shanley and colleagues, the authors of this important contribution, hold up to scrutiny, on the relationship of RRI to the military use of science and technology, and on emancipatory perspectives in our research fields

Internet communication in and with developing countries. Summary

Developing countries and modern information and communication technologies (ICTs): How do they go together? This often-discussed, but rarely examined in detail topic is dealt with in this book, primarily on the basis of sub-Saharan Africa, a world region with considerable obstacles to development. The focus is on internet use, which is particularly prerequisite-rich. In fact, the hurdles for a development-promoting use of modern ICTs and especially the internet are still very high there. The results of the study, which is rich in material and for which research was also carried out on site, not only point to the potential of ICT for development, but also show that internet use in sub-Saharan Africa is already diverse and is currently developing dynamically. There are considerable opportunities and needs for an expansion of the information society in this region of the world, not only with regard to the fields that are the focus of the study (democratisation, economy, education and research). Proposals on how to react to this politically and promote development through networking are another focus of this report