Dr Janaki Srinivasan Named CBI Research Fellow

The Charles Babbage Institute For Computing, Information and Culture has named Dr Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Digital South Asian Studies, a CBI Research Fellow. 

Dr Srinivasan's research examines the political economy of information technology-based development initiatives. She uses ethnographic research to examine how gender, caste and class shape the use of such technologies. Her work has explored these interests in the context of Indian digital inclusion initiatives focussed on community computer centres, mobile phones, identity systems and open information systems. As co-investigator on the Fairwork India team, she has been involved in researching and advocating for change in the precarious working conditions of gig workers in India.

The Charles Babbage Institute for Computing, Information and Culture is a research centre of the History of Science Technology and Medicine in the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota. Its mission is to facilitate, foster, and conduct research to advance understanding of computing, information, and culture.