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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>***Apologies for cross-posting***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please distribute as you see fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Gianluca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#202124;background:white'>Gianluca Miscione</span><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#202124'><br><span style='background:white'>University College Dublin</span><br></span><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><a href="http://www.ucd.ie/cito/members/gianlucamiscione" target="_blank"><span lang=IT style='color:blue;background:white'>http://www.ucd.ie/cito/members/gianlucamiscione</span></a></span><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Richard Heeks <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 27, 2022 3:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Richard Heeks <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Call for Funded Case Studies: China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>**Please forward to relevant potential applicants**<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>We are issuing a call for funded case studies: analyses of China’s digital expansion into other low-/middle-income developing countries, with a particular interest in implications for actors in those countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>We are seeking proposals of 500-1,000 words by <u>Friday 18 Feb 2022</u>. Those selected will be published as working papers, presented at an international workshop, and build an agenda and network for future research. We are also seeking opportunities to publish the collection as a journal special issue. A payment of £2,000 per case will be made.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>For further details on the background, required case study, proposal format, and timetable, see the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oYVTsAWsgf76D_O4fWYp1v-cA1zKfmhB/view?usp=sharing">main call document</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>If you have any questions, do ask. This call is also available at: <a href="https://www.cdd.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/">https://www.cdd.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/christopher-foster(0ff0c659-8ca6-4b0e-a715-74c273fccb55).html">Christopher Foster</a>, <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Ping.Gao">Ping Gao</a>, <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/richard.heeks">Richard Heeks</a>, <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nicholas-jepson(db304d35-870e-4480-8829-b07cdb06ab61).html">Nicholas Jepson</a>, <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/seth.schindler.html">Seth Schindler</a> and <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/qingna.zhou.html">Qingna Zhou</a> (Global Development Institute) and <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/xia.han.html">Xia Han</a> (Alliance Manchester Business School)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt'>You are receiving this message because you completed the mailing list subscription form for the University of Manchester’s </span><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://www.cdd.manchester.ac.uk/"><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt'>Centre for Digital Development</span></a></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt'>. 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