11 November 2020
The GovLab works toward opening institutions to the insights and expertise of others to make their processes and outcomes more legitimate and effective. In the interest of “walking the talk,” the GovLab seeks to experiment with innovative and participatory peer review processes for most of our research products. Rather than sharing drafts only with a select group of identified stakeholders – i.e., the ‘usual suspects’ – we make our work openly accessible for review in the interest of gaining broader input on our findings and collaboratively producing common resources for the field. We appreciate and acknowledge all the input we receive.
With only ten years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, development practitioners need to rapidly innovate how they make decisions and solve problems. Such innovations can be enabled by new intelligences, born from emerging uses of technology. Using the new paradigm of intelligence — which includes data intelligence, artificial intelligence, collective intelligence, and embodied intelligence — a new position paper from The GovLab and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) provides practitioners an overview of the benefits and risks associated with various emerging uses of technologies, illustrated by examples from the field where possible. It recommends the creation of a decisionmaking framework to help practitioners determine whether to invest in emerging technologies and if such technologies can effectively support development objectives.
The GovLab and AFD are now welcoming scholars, practitioners, and interested parties in the innovation, technology, and development space to provide feedback on a semi-finalized version of the position paper, Emerging Uses of Technology for Development: A New Intelligence Paradigm. The paper is available in English and French, and we welcome input in either language.
If you are interested in being a Recognized Peer Reviewer of the piece, please use this form to share a bit about your interest and expertise. Once signed up, we will share the draft paper and a brief questionnaire to solicit your input. Upon completing the review, your name (and affiliation) will be added to our list of peer reviewers. The policy paper is also open for open public comment at this link.
PLEASE NOTE: The peer review process will close on Wednesday, November 25th.
