This project aims to shed insight into the different ways digital technologies are used in disasters and emergencies. It examines the challenges and risks, as well as the benefits and opportunities, associated with digital technology use. We seek to provide strategies for guidance, and support efficacy-focused, ethical, low-risk interventions around the world. Our research adopts systems and complex networked perspectives, where we create understanding through interconnectivity. We engage experts and organizations, both academic and practitioner, across disciplines to evolve research at the intersection of systems to enhance context-driven understanding.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Concluded |
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James Orbinski, Director [F17-F24] - Alum
Jennie Phillips, Research Fellow, Digital Ethics & Global Health - Alum Aaida Mamuji, Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Active Rebecca Babcock, Research Assistant, Global Health and Humanitarianism - Alum Ignacio G. Rebollo, UX Research & Design, COVID-19 Portal - Alum Petra Molnar, JD, LLM, Acting Director, International Human Rights Program, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Tiana Putric, Research Assistant, Digital Global Health & Humanitarianism Lab [FW20-21; S21; FW21-22] - Alum Sarah Quayyum, Research Assistant, Digital Global Health and Humanitarianism Lab [FW20-21] - Alum Laksmiina Balasubramaniam, Research Assistant, Digital Global Health & Humanitarianism Lab [S20] - Alum Dyllan Goldstein, Research Assistant, Digital Global Health & Humanitarianism Lab [FW20-21] - Alum Ariana Fathi, Research Assistant, Data in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies [FW19-20]] - Alum Alisha Gauhar, Research Assistant, Digital Global Health & Humanitarianism Lab [FW20-21] - Alum |
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