L I R N E . N E T

European network

The European centres participating in LIRNE are:

• Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI) at Aalborg University, Denmark;
• Center for Information and Communication Technologies (CICT) Technical University of Denmark;
• Economics of Infrastructures (EI), Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands;
• Media and Communications Department (media@LSE), London School of Economics, UK.

Anders Henten is the LIRNE.NET European centres contact person.
The following are activities undertaken by these centres which contribute to the LIRNE.NET research program.

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CMI
Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies, Denmark

Overall theme: Mobile and wireless communications

• The role of Personal Networks in the organisation of networks of people (based on MAGNET project)
• World Bank Toolkit on implications of technology development on regulation
• Business models for customer value in heterogeneous network services (Norwegian project)
• Use of mobile and wireless technologies in the organisation and development of manual services (manual service projects)
• Paper on services, e-services and non-services (e-Service project)
• Lead-user and toolkit approach in information and communication technology development (MAGNET and DVB-H project)

Researchers: Anders Henten
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EI
Economics of Infrastructures (EI), Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Flexible frequency management research;
• Wi-Fi book project

Researchers: Vic Hayes, Wolter Lemstra
Also, there is currently an open position for a PhD candidate in this area, which will be filled by end 2007.

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media@LSE
Media and Communications Department (media@LSE), London School of Economics, UK

Claire Milne’s prospective activities with relevance to LIRNE include:

• Participation in assembly of infoDev Regulatory Toolkit for Universal Access (led by Intelecon Research; target completion spring 2008);
• Development of a paper summarising existing work of relevance to a satisfactory theoretical framework for affordability, with the longer term aim of a joint contribution in this area with Roxana Barrantes (of the DIRSI network).

Robin Mansell’s contributions to LIRNE.NET will be primarily via PhD students:

• Dorothea Kleine – Critical approaches to ICTs in development contexts with a special focus on Chile;
• Iginio Gagliardone – Political perspectives on states, governance and ICTs – case studies from Africa

David Souter has just joined LSE will also be developing work of relevance to LIRNE.NET.