Renee Sieber, McGill University

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Assistant Professor Computer Science Geography Montreal, Quebec sieber@geog.mcgill.ca Office: (514) 398-4941

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Communications technologies in social movements Community economic development Digital divide E-commerce Local economic development Public participation Public participation geographic information systems Virtual activism

Bio/Research

Sieber's research program addresses the use and value of information and communications technologies (ICT) in social movements and in marginalized, poor and rural communities. She focuses on three forms of ICTs, which are geographic information systems (GIS), e-commerce, and the Internet. The soc...

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Bio/Research

Sieber's research program addresses the use and value of information and communications technologies (ICT) in social movements and in marginalized, poor and rural communities. She focuses on three forms of ICTs, which are geographic information systems (GIS), e-commerce, and the Internet. The social movements she primarily studies are urban community-based organizations and conservation/environmental grassroots organizations. Marginalized communities are characterized as poor, native or rural.

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