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Datafication, Power and Control in Development: A Historical Perspective on the Perils and Longevity of Data (2022)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., & Margócsy, D. (online). Datafication, Power and Control in Development: A Historical Perspective on the Perils and Longevity of Data. Progress in Development Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/14649934221076580

The collection, processing, storage and circulation of data are fundamental element of contemporary societies. While the positivistic literature on ‘data revolution’ finds it essential for improving development delivery, critical data studies stress... Read More about Datafication, Power and Control in Development: A Historical Perspective on the Perils and Longevity of Data.

Offline contexts of online jobs: Platform drivers, decent work, and informality in Lagos, Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Banya, R., & Vira, B. (2022). Offline contexts of online jobs: Platform drivers, decent work, and informality in Lagos, Nigeria. Development Policy Review, 40(4), Article e12595. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12595

Motivation: The Sustainable Development Goals targets include decent work for all by 2030 but progress in sub-Saharan Africa has been slow. Over the past five years, the platform work sector (e-hailing platforms in particular) has expanded considerab... Read More about Offline contexts of online jobs: Platform drivers, decent work, and informality in Lagos, Nigeria.

Investigating project sustainability: Technology as a development object in a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan (2022)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Dewulf, A., & Foggin, J. M. (2022). Investigating project sustainability: Technology as a development object in a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan. Oxford Development Studies, 50(4), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2022.2039607

The imperative of project sustainability has become explicit policy within development. This is especially true for technology transfer: ‘development objects’ are to be used by prospective beneficiaries long after the project’s closure. We argue that... Read More about Investigating project sustainability: Technology as a development object in a community-based project in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan.

Theorising theories of change in international development (2021)
Book Chapter
Cieslik, K., & Leeuwis, C. (2021). Theorising theories of change in international development. In D. Ludwig, B. Boogaard, P. Macnaghten, & C. Leeuwis (Eds.), The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation (165-180). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003112525-15

Theories of change (ToCs) are development tools that describe how a certain set up of conditions and actions leads to producing specific results. They are used to design, monitor, evaluate, and scale interventions and are increasingly required by bot... Read More about Theorising theories of change in international development.

The role of ICT in collective management of public bads: The case of potato late blight in Ethiopia (2021)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Cecchi, F., Assefa Damtew, E., Tafesse, S., Struik, P. C., Lemaga, B., & Leeuwis, C. (2021). The role of ICT in collective management of public bads: The case of potato late blight in Ethiopia. World Development, 140, Article 105366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105366

What is the role of Information and Communication Technology in the collective management of public bads? We study epidemics of late blight in potato as a collective action challenge in Oromia, Ethiopia. As a highly infectious, air-borne disease, pot... Read More about The role of ICT in collective management of public bads: The case of potato late blight in Ethiopia.

Applying Citizen Science for Sustainable Development: Rainfall Monitoring in Western Nepal (2020)
Journal Article
Paul, J. D., Cieslik, K., Sah, N., Shakya, P., Parajuli, B. P., Paudel, S., …Buytaert, W. (2020). Applying Citizen Science for Sustainable Development: Rainfall Monitoring in Western Nepal. Frontiers in Water, 2, Article 581375. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2020.581375

We introduce a case-study agnostic framework for the application of citizen science in a sustainable development context. This framework is tested against an activity in two secondary schools in western Nepal. While the purpose of this activity is to... Read More about Applying Citizen Science for Sustainable Development: Rainfall Monitoring in Western Nepal.

Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia (2020)
Journal Article
Damtew, E., Leeuwis, C., Struik, P. C., Cecchi, F., van Mierlo, B., Lie, R., …Cieslik, K. (2021). Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia. Food Security, 13(2), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01120-0

Potato late blight remains a threat to food security and livelihood of millions of people in Ethiopia. Despite a rapid dispersal of the disease pathogen and farmers’ interdependency in managing it, the literature on agricultural extension and communi... Read More about Communicative interventions for collective action in the management of potato late blight: evidence from a framed field game experiment in Ethiopia.

From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes (2020)
Journal Article
Karpouzoglou, T., Dewulf, A., Perez, K., Gurung, P., Regmi, S., Isaeva, A., …Cieslik, K. (2020). From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes. Environmental Science and Policy, 114, 606-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.016

Mountains are dynamic landscapes that are home to rich natural and human heritage. However, climatic variability, globalisation and increasing ecomomic integration are making these landscapes more fragile with implications for present and future deve... Read More about From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes.

Project Narratives: Investigating Participatory Conservation in the Peruvian Andes (2020)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Dewulf, A., & Buytaert, W. (2020). Project Narratives: Investigating Participatory Conservation in the Peruvian Andes. Development and Change, 51(4), 1067-1097. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12592

This article shares findings from a participatory assessment study of a community-based environmental monitoring project in the Peruvian Andes. The objective of the project was to generate evidence to support sustainable livelihoods through participa... Read More about Project Narratives: Investigating Participatory Conservation in the Peruvian Andes.

Building Resilience to Chronic Landslide Hazard Through Citizen Science (2019)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Shakya, P., Uprety, M., Dewulf, A., Russell, C., Clark, J., …Dhakal, A. (2019). Building Resilience to Chronic Landslide Hazard Through Citizen Science. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7(278), Article 278. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00278

Landslides disrupt livelihoods, cause loss of human lives and damages to property and infrastructure. In the case of Nepal, the destructive impact of landslides has been steadily increasing as a result of the rising occupation of marginal land and ex... Read More about Building Resilience to Chronic Landslide Hazard Through Citizen Science.

Reflections on the potential of virtual citizen science platforms to address collective action challenges: Lessons and implications for future research (2018)
Journal Article
Leeuwis, C., Cieslik, K., Aarts, M., Dewulf, A., Ludwig, F., Werners, S., & Struik, P. (2018). Reflections on the potential of virtual citizen science platforms to address collective action challenges: Lessons and implications for future research. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 86-87(1), 146-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.07.008

Rural communities in Africa are facing numerous challenges related to human health, agricultural production, water scarcity and service delivery. Addressing such challenges requires effective collective action and coordination among stakeholders, whi... Read More about Reflections on the potential of virtual citizen science platforms to address collective action challenges: Lessons and implications for future research.

Addressing socio-ecological development challenges in the digital age: Exploring the potential of Environmental Virtual Observatories for Connective Action (EVOCA) (2018)
Journal Article
Cieslik, K., Leeuwis, C., Dewulf, A., Lie, R., Werners, S., van Wessel, M., …Struik, P. (2018). Addressing socio-ecological development challenges in the digital age: Exploring the potential of Environmental Virtual Observatories for Connective Action (EVOCA). NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 86-87(1), 2-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2018.07.006

Climate change, (a) biotic stresses and environmental degradation are adversely affecting the sustenance of farming communities in Africa. Addressing such challenges requires effective collective action and coordination among stakeholders, which ofte... Read More about Addressing socio-ecological development challenges in the digital age: Exploring the potential of Environmental Virtual Observatories for Connective Action (EVOCA).

Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building (2017)
Journal Article
Paul, J. D., Buytaert, W., Allen, S., Ballesteros‐Cánovas, J. A., Bhusal, J., Cieslik, K., …Supper, R. (2018). Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 5(1), Article e1262. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1262

In disaster risk management (DRM), an emerging shift has been noted from broad-scale, top-down assessments toward more participatory, community-based, bottom-up approaches. Arguably, nonscientist local stakeholders have always played an important rol... Read More about Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building.