Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Larry Stillman is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University.
Research interests
- Community Informatics and Development Informatics in urban or rural settings in Australia or elsewhere particularly with marginalized and underpresented communities and well as non-profit organisations.
- All forms of critical theory, post-colonial theory (eg subaltern), feminism, disability theory, structuration theory, capability approach, Marxist derivations, and its application to information theory; new critical theories (ontologies, epistemologies) of Information Systems and Information and Knowledge Mangement.
- Tools for change in non-profit organisations.
- Organisational culture.
- Information and Knowledge Mangement.
- Qualitative methodologies, including grounded theory, critical ethnography, story-telling as applied to ICT in society
- Theories of valuing and evaluation as applied to ICTs research.
- How to conduct effective under-resourced research vs. well funded projects!
- Participatory Research particularly community-based research.
- Social Media and advocacy and political campaigning.
- Voices for the Voiceless
- Impacts and Outcomes of community-based ICT initiatives.
- Application of the Monash Information Continuum in new ways.
- Innovation for social good and wellbeing.
- Assyriology
Supervision interests
- Community Informatics and Development Informatics in urban or rural settings in Australia or elsewhere particularly with marginalized and underpresented communities and well as non-profit organisations.
- All forms of critical theory, post-colonial theory (eg subaltern), feminism, disability theory, structuration theory, capability approach, Marxist derivations, and its application to information theory; new critical theories (ontologies, epistemologies) of Information Systems and Information and Knowledge Mangement.
- Tools for change in non-profit organisations.
- Organisational culture.
- Information and Knowledge Mangement.
- Qualitative methodologies, including grounded theory, critical ethnography, story-telling as applied to ICT in society
- Theories of valuing and evaluation as applied to ICTs research.
- How to conduct effective under-resourced research vs. well funded projects!
- Participatory Research particularly community-based research.
- Social Media and advocacy and political campaigning.
- Voices for the Voiceless
- Impacts and Outcomes of community-based ICT initiatives.
- Application of the Monash Information Continuum in new ways.
- Innovation for social good and wellbeing.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
PhD supervisor, examiner, University of South Africa (UNISA)
Research area keywords
- Community Informatics
- Critical Theory
- Information Theory
- Community-Based/Participatory Research
- Development Informatics
- Information Processing Continuum
Network
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PROTIC2: Participatory Research and Ownership with Technology, Information and Change
Oliver, G., Stillman, L., Grundy, J., Olivier, P., Bartindale, T., Wright, S., McNaney, R. & Anwar, M.
1/07/19 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Asia Postgraduate Mobility Grants - International Development informatics project in Bangladesh
Delir Haghighi, P., Denison, T., Stillman, L. & Burstein, F.
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
5/01/17 → 30/12/17
Project: Other
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Empowering Community Organisations and the People They Serve through Better Use of Technology
1/04/07 → 30/03/10
Project: Research
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Environment Victoria: Networks Evaluation, 7th November 2005
Johanson, G. & Stillman, L.
15/03/06 → 30/06/06
Project: Research
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The complexities of participatory action research: a community development project in Bangladesh
Stillman, L., Anwar, M., Oliver, G., Frings-Hessami, V., Sarker, A. & Ahmed, N., 2022, Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development. Stoecker, R. & Falcon, A. (eds.). Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 218-238 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Understanding information and communication opportunities and challenges for rural women through the sustainable livelihood framework
Biswas, M., Anwar, M., Stillman, L. & Oliver, G., 2022, 17th International Conference, iConference 2022 Virtual Event, February 28 – March 4, 2022 Proceedings, Part II. Smits, M. (ed.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 175-191 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 13193).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Talk, smartphones, notebooks, and brown paper
Stillman, L., Anwar, M., Sarker, A., Hessami, V. & Oliver, G., 22 Jun 2021, ICT and International Learning Ecologies: Representation and Sustainability Across Contexts. Lubin, I. A. (ed.). 1st ed. Abingdon OX UK: Routledge, p. 17-41 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
The Protic Project. Outcomes from a ICT4D Action Research in Rural Bangladesh
Stillman, L., Sarrica, M. & Matta, M., Jun 2021, Sapienza for International Development Cooperation Strategies, Projects, Actions. Cereti, C. & Giofrè, F. (eds.). Rome Italy: Casa Editrice Universita' La Sapienza, p. 117-126 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research
Open AccessFile -
“When people come to me for suggestions, I feel like an expert”: Empowering women through smartphones in rural Bangladesh
Sarker, A., Biswas, M., Anwar, M., Stillman, L. & Oliver, G., 2021, Technology and Women's Empowerment. Lechman, E. (ed.). 1st ed. London UK: Routledge, p. 181-199 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)