ICT and Society Research Forum

The first meeting of the ICTSRF was held today as convened by Law Chi Kwong (HKU) and John Fung (ITRC/HKCSS). Here's a quote from John's earlier invitation email:

I am glad to inform you that since last time we spoke/emailed, there has been substantial progress in establishing the research forum on “Information Communication Technology and Society”. The purpose of the forum is to incubate research ideas in relation to ICT and society, an area which is not receiving enough academic attention locally.

There should be research areas that our centre can contribute to - e.g. wider governance issues concerning community informatics, legal environment conducive to information society and civil society development, new forms of social movement and political participation, etc.

Suggested the Forum to pin down the key subject matters in order that scholars and practitioners can readily verify if their own work can tie in well with the interests of the research network.