Mobile phones are a blessing and a curse. Instant communication for good or evil purposes. This presentation will look at unexpected benefits.

Tuesday 20th November

8pm at Lindisfarne House, 4 Barbourne Terrace, Worcester WR1 3JS

Professor Paul Jackson will speak on

“Technology, Mobile Phones, and Peacemaking in Africa”

Mobile phones change the way work is done in conflict-affected countries. Mobile phone  technology has changed the way millions of people work across the Global South and has opened up new avenues of research, monitoring of violence and reporting of peace-making as well as the better known economic aspects. .Drawing on extensive field experience in Africa, this talk will look at the development of the technology including potential  use of mobiles for research in areas otherwise impossible to reach.

Professor Jackson is Professor of African Politics in the International Development Department at Birmingham University. He is a political economist specialising in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction and is a Project Leader in Sustainable Redevelopment for the British Academy. He has published widely on African issues and is actively involved in government and international groups for conflict prevention and resolution. Paul is associated with Bromyard Road Methodist Church in Worcester.

To download a flyer with more information, please click here: B & S flyer Paul Jackson November 2018