Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/E026052/1
Title:	Rural e-services: Participatory co-design of sustainable software and business systems in rural co-operatives
Principal Investigator:	Fu, Professor X
Other Investigators:
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Department:	International Development
Organisation:	University of Oxford
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	28 September 2006	Ends:	27 June 2009	Value (£):	93,886
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Human-Computer Interactions
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Information Technologies
Related Grants:	EP/E023827/1 EP/E027563/2
Panel History:
Summary on Grant Application Form
This project is working with rural co-operatives in India to develop new sustainable ways for them to deliver services and to develop their capacity to innovate in the way they use existing information and communications technologies that are available to them.We shall be examining 'best practice' participatory methods from the world of ICT design and from international development to identify creative ways in which these methods can be combined effectively. We shall also be examining how technology design can be combined with the design of sustainable business models in parallel design activities, and developing new sustainable business models for rural co-operatives.The software and business systems will be designed as a collaboration between UK researchers and local software and business development organisations.
Key Findings
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Potential use in non-academic contexts
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Impacts
Description This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk Summary Date Materialised
Sectors submitted by the Researcher
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
Project URL:
Further Information:
Organisation Website:	http://www.ox.ac.uk