| Areas of Expertise and Research Interests of BCGIT:
Digital Government
How IT is transforming the practice of governance and democracy: online government services, transformation of public administration, citizens' access to elected officials, virtual governance, online voting,
The Household, the Workplace and Society
How IT is changing the shape of household interactions, the relations between digital workers and managers, the impact of telecommuting on work practices, and the virtual embodiment of society.
IT and Diasporic Communites
How IT sustains transnational relations; issues of digital marginality; sustainability of diasporic identity; and virtual diasporas.
IT and Development
How IT can be used in the process of economic development, in delivering services to remote villages, in providing access to information in rural areas, in enhancing the performances of public administration and in alleviating poverty in general.
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