Dr. Yanuar Nugroho

GENERAL:
Technology & Society: Social Shaping of Technology, Social Construction of Technology, Structuralism
Information Technology: Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Mediated Communication, Identity
Organisation: Non-Governmental, Civil Society, Social Movement, Grassroots Movement
Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Accountability, Business Responsibility, Business Processess, Supply-Chain, MNC-TNC Dynamics
Political Economy: Criticism to Neoliberalism, Politics of Information Technology
Politics and Sociology: Theory of Structuration, Marxist Theory, Social Democracy, Social Identity, Modernity

PARTICULAR:
Business-Technology, Social Democracy, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Mediated Communication, Democratisation of Business Power

Quantitative Research: Survey (population, sampling) using ClassApps, Calibrum, Websurveyor; statistical processing
Qualitative Research: Questionnaire-based in-depth. interview; focus group discussion; workshop; ethnographic study; rapid-appraisal; participatory-appraisal; content analysis including interview analysis using Atlas.ti, N-Vivo, Nud-IST.
Social Networks Analysis: USINET, Pajek.
Computational Lang/App: C++; Pascal; Perl; PHP; MySQL; Fantastico/PHPSurveyor.

1. "Appropriating ICT for Social Transformation in the Indonesian Context - Theorising the adoption of CMC in Indonesian CSOs to promote social reform and social development programmes"
PhD Research, supervised by Prof. Ian Miles & Dr. Lawrence C. Green
Abstract (full synopsis, please contact me)
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are today confronted with an opportunity to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly the Internet, as an emerging network technology to support their quests for social transformation towards a more just society. The scaling-up need is for CSO to learn how to appropriate the Internet that they now have access to it so that it can be used more strategically and politically. The issue of appropriation, i.e. the strategic, political and creative use, is among the most pressing that CSO faces in the information society.
This study concerns the social dimension of the appropriation of ICTs, particularly the Internet and email as a computer-mediated communication (CMC), for social reform and social development. In particular, it is the social change and technology appropriation in organisation and the relation between the two that becomes the centre idea of the study, which is carried out within the context of Indonesian CSOs as a particular case of CSOs movement in the developing country.
The majority of Indonesian CSOs are struggling with the issue of how to use the Internet to meet their needs, i.e. to increase the impact of campaign, projects and programmes. This is, by all accounts, not only the problem for Indonesian CSOs but CSOs world wide in general. More studies have shown that some CSOs have access to the Internet, but less study available on how they are using it to realise their vision, accomplish their mission, and pursue their objectives (Surman & Reilly, 2003; Riker, 2001; Korac-Kakabadse, et al., 2001; Bennet, 2003).
Using the conceptual framework of Information Societies (Miles, 1996; Mansel & Steinmueller, 2000) and Information Age (Castells, 1996; 1997), the key research question is focussing on: what should CSOs do with the Internet now that they have access to them as a networked technology? How CSOs can use the Internet strategically and what are the potentials and the challenges ahead such an appropriation?
To answer the questions, the study benefits from both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Survey at the country level is planned to be done in an attempt to paint a picture of what the strategic use looks like among Indonesian CSOs that are considered leaders and innovators in social movement. In-depth interviews and workshops will then be carried out to explore the appropriation of ICTs and the ways in which they are deployed by Indonesian CSOs in the furtherance of social transformation programmes. The study also considers incorporating other hybrid modelling approaches like Social Network Analysis (e.g. using Pajek, Mathematica or the likes) to get a wider and more comprehensive perspective. Overall, the study aspires to contribute to the advancement of theory relating to the efficacy of ICTs as a tool for social reform and development.
The study anticipates some problems both practically and substantially. Practical difficulty may be encountered from the method of data gathering from fieldwork. Combinations between online and off-line approaches as well as telephony and face-to-face interactions will play much significant importance to resolve this issue. Substantial difficulty will be much related to the effort of properly theorising and modelling the data, which is the biggest challenge.
Successful undertaking of the study would contribute not only to the theoretical world of sociology, i.e. to draw a model and contribute theory of the social change and technology appropriation in organisations; but also to the practical purpose in CSO movement itself, i.e. to provide a useful basic guidelines on how CSO can appropriate ICTs as means for their pursuits.

2. "R&D Service Innovation"
An EU funded research with principal: Prof. Ian Miles, PREST, the Univ. of Manchester
Abstract
The study informs analysis and policymaking concerning innovation in the EU. Specifically, it examines the dynamics of R&D in service industries in Europe, with a number of specific aims including: understanding reasons for the apparent shortfall of services' R&D as compared to that of manufacturing sectors and the performance of services in the USA; and engaging in Foresight studies which will identify prospects for change and points of action that may help to improve European services' performance and contribution to the whole economy.
Few studies have set out to systematically survey how innovation policies affect services - for instance, how policies that are not specifically designed with services in mind may have substantial implications for services innovation. Similarly, few studies have examined whether any innovation policies specifically seek to take service firms (or activities) into account. There is thus little published evidence concerning how policies may affect the volume and directions of R&D undertaken by services - or, indeed, how they may affect the reporting of R&D by services. What overviews there have been, concur that there has been little attention to services in innovation policy in general. This situation seems to be changing - especially in a few Northern European countries.
The overall aim for the study is to explore new approaches for research and innovation policy of the EU. The study develops an explanatory framework including new elements for research and innovation policies that are geared to a knowledge-based service economy.

3. "Making Mobile Phones More Useful for Older People"
Funded by British Society of Gerontology and undertaken by the School of Informatics, Univ of Manchester, principal: Dr. Sri Hastuti Kurniawan

4. "Annual Digest for Industrial R&D"
A project undertaken by PREST, The University of Manchester, principal: Prof. Jeremy Howells

5. "PRIME Forum - Network of Excellence"
Building THESAURUS (a web-based database) and depositing case studies, under supervision of Dr. Maria Nedeva.
Prime is a European Network of Excellence, which is supported by the Union sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006). PRIME stands for Policies for Research and Innovation in the Move towards the European Research Area.
PRIME addresses the major transformations that research and innovation policies are currently facing.

RELEVANT RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
(Oct 05 - now) Research (0.25 FTE) on PRIME Forum project carried out by PREST, with particular responsibility on developing web-based interface for database of case and evelopment of case studies, under supervision of Dr. Maria Nedeva.
(Sept 05 - now) Research (0.25 FTE) on Annual Digest for Industrial R&D, a project undertaken by PREST for ETEPS, supervised by Prof. Jeremy Howells
(Sept 04 - Aug 05) Research (0.4 FTE) on Future of R&D in services: Implications for EU research and innovation policy, conducted by PREST (Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology), The University of Manchester, funded by the European Commission
(Jan 2004 - now) Empirical Research on Pro-poor Investment in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) in Indonesia, funded by Oxfam Great Britain and Unilever, as member of reference group (reviewer). The report will be published by Oxfam, 2004
(Aug - Oct 2004) Research on Youth and Political Participation: The Situation in Indonesia", funded by the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) Germany, to be published and presented in Manila, October 2004
(Dec 2003) Desk Study/Research on Democratisation of Market Power, as researcher, funded by NOVIB (Oxfam The Netherlands). The report is published as a book entitled "Democratising Business Power"(Indonesian Language), Solo: The Business Watch Indonesia, 2003.
(June - Nov 2003) Empirical Study/Investigation on the ING and Citibank, funded by SOMO The Netherlands (www.somo.nl), as principal (together with A. Prasetyantoko). Report is for SOMO' internal matters and is not to be published. Report of research available in English, upon request.
(June - Dec 2003) Desk Study/Research on the Financial Sector in Indonesia, funded by SOMO The Netherlands, as principal (together with A. Prasetyantoko). Published in two books entitled "Looking for Business Social Responsibility in Financial Sector" (Indonesian Language) and "A Portrait of a country" (Indonesian Language), Solo: The Business Watch Indonesia, 2004. Report of research available in English, upon request.
(June - Sept 2003) Empirical Research on the Implication of GATS in 5 sectors in Indonesia - Tourism, Maritime Transportation, Telecommunication, Industrial Services and Financial Services, as researcher and principal, funded by 11.11.11 Belgium (www.11.be), conducted together with IGJ (The Institute for Global Justice). Report presented in GATS Strategy Meeting in Geneva, Feb 2004, available in English upon request.
(Feb - Apr 2003) Desk Study/Research on Water Privatisation, funded by HBF, Germany, as researcher. The report to be published by HBF, 2004, available in English, upon request.
(Nov - Dec 2002) Desk Study/Research on The Current Stage of the Privatisation of Essential Services in Indonesia - case study in health, water and electricity, as principal and researcher. Published as a report entitled "When Life is Traded" (Indonesian Language), Solo: The Business Watch Indonesia, 2003.
(Jan - Mar 2001) Empirical Research on Anonymity in Computer Mediated Communication", as part of MSc study at UMIST, published as MSc Dissertation, England: UMIST, 2001, short version (English) as appeared in journal available upon request.
(Jan 1997) Feasibility study for the "Initiative of Eco-Tourism" at Soran village, Central Java, as researcher, not published