During the past decades, mobile technologies have influenced our lives significantly. In the typical western ‘always-on society’, people are used to be available round the clock and to have access to

The increasing ability to access Internet via mobile devices means that learning objects can be deployed and utilized on those devices. Increasing research attention has been accorded to the design a

The majority of effort with regards to information and communication technology in lesser developed countries will inevitably focus on decreasing the digital divide with more developed countries. The

Research concerning mobile phones and financial services in developing countries has undergone rapid growth in recent years. This paper seeks to improve understanding of this expanding research area

This master thesis reports on the design and development of competence development activities for mobile people with implications from experiences from a stationary setting. The Viktoria Institute ha

Recent estimates indicate that information and communications technologies (ICTs) could be accessible to everyone by 2015. We are witnessing a new wave of democratization of access to innovative ICT

This report provides forecasts for the next decade, i.e. from 2010 to 20204, on the evolution of penetration rates, of voice and data traffic on mobile networks, on the services that are expected to

Developing countries face ever increasing challenges in the area of food security. Among these challenges, climate change is arguably one of the most serious and wide-spread threats, since it affects

The rationale for studying urban systems and phenomena is varied and compelling. Urban activity is among the most significant of the Earth’s land-uses. Cities host vast amounts of the world’s built a

The UKHF micro-simulation is capable of dynamically modelling demographically specified populations of people, on an individual basis. Provided the necessary defining statistics exist the populations