Sundeep Sahay
Biographic Data
| ID | 93422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sundeep Sahay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sundeep |
| FAMILY NAME | Sahay |
| SIGNATURE | SAHAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4374-9551 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Informational challenges of dengue surveillance and response. A case study from India
Background: While digital surveillance systems are being widely deployed for infectious diseases monitoring, yet their potential remains underutilized in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Dengue, a significant global public health concern is threatening over half of the world's population and would benefit from the strengthening of supporting monitoring systems. India contributes roughly to one-third of global dengue cases, making it an im…
Complex Systems and Public Health Information Systems
Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are actively strengthening their National Health Information Architectures (NHIAs) to keep pace with ever-evolving health data and integration needs. Because these systems are large and complex, embedded in diverse socio-technical and political contexts, their evolution often comes with emergent properties and unintended consequences. Through a complex-systems lens, we examine the Indian NHIA as it ev…
ICTs mediated identity work of community health workers
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how digital interventions are mediating the identity work of community health workers (CHWs) in the context of two African countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes the everyday work of CHWs in two low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts (Uganda and Malawi) and seeks to understand changes in collective identity and the role of Information and Communication Technologies (IC…
What role does “hope” play in ICT4D research
In this research commentary, I develop the notion of hope, and argue for its relevance to inform Information Systems (IS) and ICT for Development (ICT4D) research and practice. Moving beyond lay meanings of hope, as reflecting a future positive orientation, often laced with optimism, I will develop a more theoretically informed understanding of hope based on Arjun Appadurai's articulation of the "capacity to aspire" and Ronald Stade's Conceptual …
“A living lab within a lab”
A living lab is an emerging concept, particularly in Europe, as a vehicle to develop digital innovations through a process of co-produced design and development, which takes place, physically and socially, in real-life use contexts. However, there is limited research relating to guiding our understanding of the process by which such labs are established, and digital innovations are co-created and scaled to other settings requiring similar solutio…
Strengthening digital monitoring of antibiotic resistance in low-resource settings
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a tremendous contemporary challenge, described by the former secretary-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), M Chan as a “slow-moving tsunami” threatening “the end of modern medicine as we know it” [1]. AMR has multi-faceted adverse consequences spanning human and animal health, economics, climate, and environment, endangering the future of societies [...]
Digital public goods platforms for development
In this article we consider the notion of digital global public good and articulate our understanding of it. Against this conceptual foil, we examine the development of DHIS2, a global health platform inspired by public goods, focusing on the paradoxes that arise in the scaling process. We find that the scaling dynamics played out differently at the macro and micro levels, giving rise to the following paradoxes: addition of new functionalities to…
Multiplicity and temporality of rationality
Currently, better data is called for around the world to strengthen detection and response to epidemics. Health information systems are envisioned to provide such data in a coherent manner, but different rationalities of those engaged in the collection and use of data, often lead to fragmentation. In this article we present a socio-technical analysis of the multiple flows of information construction for disease surveillance. Our study is based on…
Information Technology, Innovation and Human Development
This paper addresses the topic of how innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to human development. A theoretical framework is developed in two stages. Firstly, ICT-based innovation is conceptualized as involving technological, social and institutional innovations. Secondly, Sen’s capability approach is drawn on to theorize how such innovations can contribute to human development. The theoretical frame…
Human resource development policy in the context of software exports
Software industry development is acknowledged as an important engine of economic growth for many less developed countries. The role of national policy has been identified by various researchers as a catalyst to software industry and software exports development. Software development is a service that is both labour and knowledge-intensive, and thus an important aspect of related policy is concerned with the provision of appropriately educated and…
E-Government Policy and Health Information Systems Implementation in Andhra Pradesh, India
In recent years, many different types of e-government projects have been implemented across the developing world. One important application area, especially following the Millennium Development Goals, is the introduction of health information systems to improve the management of health care for development. Despite significant investments in these projects, experience reveals a disjuncture between macro-level policy priorities and micro-level imp…
The quality of HIV/Aids case-detection and case-reporting systems in Mozambique
Despite the underlying importance of surveillance systems for the management of HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes, there has been limited analysis of the quality of HIV/AIDS case-detection and case-reporting systems, beginning with peripheral facilities through to those at national levels. In Mozambique, HIV cases are generally correctly detected despite some unreliable use of test kits beyond their expiry date, uneven distribution of te…
On the Margins of the “Information Society”
While much has been written about marginalization as a structural phenomenon, there is little understanding of how the dynamics of marginalization unfold at the micro level in urban contexts. We seek to understand these micro-level marginalization processes via a comparative study of Bangalore, India, and Ronneby, Sweden. Our analysis highlights the important role that “mediators” such as governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs…
Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries
(2002). Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries. The Information Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 73-76
An Information-Based Model of NGO Mediation for the Empowerment of Slum Dwellers in Bangalore
With the rapid increase in population coupled with the seemingly irreversible flow of people from rural to urban areas, cities in the developing world are acquiring unplanned and uncontrolled squatter settlements at their peripheries. The provision of urban services and infrastructure in these cities is hampered by the failure of formal bureaucratic government institutions to collect appropriate information for planning, especially in areas that …
Democracy and Information
The phenomenon of rapid urbanization is posing challenges to planners in developing countries. As it becomes harder and harder for planners to disentangle the global from the local, it is increasingly recognized that without a solid local base, city governments will not have the strength that is needed to navigate global circuits. This social integration requires democratized political mechanisms based on administrative decentralization and the p…
Information Technology, Innovation and Human Development
This paper addresses the topic of how innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to human development. A theoretical framework is developed in two stages. Firstly, ICT-based innovation is conceptualized as involving technological, social and institutional innovations. Secondly, Sen’s capability approach is drawn on to theorize how such innovations can contribute to human development. The theoretical frame…
An Information-Based Model of NGO Mediation for the Empowerment of Slum Dwellers in Bangalore
With the rapid increase in population coupled with the seemingly irreversible flow of people from rural to urban areas, cities in the developing world are acquiring unplanned and uncontrolled squatter settlements at their peripheries. The provision of urban services and infrastructure in these cities is hampered by the failure of formal bureaucratic government institutions to collect appropriate information for planning, especially in areas that …
E-Government Policy and Health Information Systems Implementation in Andhra Pradesh, India
In recent years, many different types of e-government projects have been implemented across the developing world. One important application area, especially following the Millennium Development Goals, is the introduction of health information systems to improve the management of health care for development. Despite significant investments in these projects, experience reveals a disjuncture between macro-level policy priorities and micro-level imp…
Human resource development policy in the context of software exports
Software industry development is acknowledged as an important engine of economic growth for many less developed countries. The role of national policy has been identified by various researchers as a catalyst to software industry and software exports development. Software development is a service that is both labour and knowledge-intensive, and thus an important aspect of related policy is concerned with the provision of appropriately educated and…
On the Margins of the “Information Society”
While much has been written about marginalization as a structural phenomenon, there is little understanding of how the dynamics of marginalization unfold at the micro level in urban contexts. We seek to understand these micro-level marginalization processes via a comparative study of Bangalore, India, and Ronneby, Sweden. Our analysis highlights the important role that “mediators” such as governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs…
Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries
(2002). Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries. The Information Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 73-76
Democracy and Information
The phenomenon of rapid urbanization is posing challenges to planners in developing countries. As it becomes harder and harder for planners to disentangle the global from the local, it is increasingly recognized that without a solid local base, city governments will not have the strength that is needed to navigate global circuits. This social integration requires democratized political mechanisms based on administrative decentralization and the p…
Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries
(2002). Introducing the Special Issue on Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries. The Information Society: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 73-76
An Information-Based Model of NGO Mediation for the Empowerment of Slum Dwellers in Bangalore
With the rapid increase in population coupled with the seemingly irreversible flow of people from rural to urban areas, cities in the developing world are acquiring unplanned and uncontrolled squatter settlements at their peripheries. The provision of urban services and infrastructure in these cities is hampered by the failure of formal bureaucratic government institutions to collect appropriate information for planning, especially in areas that …
The quality of HIV/Aids case-detection and case-reporting systems in Mozambique
Despite the underlying importance of surveillance systems for the management of HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes, there has been limited analysis of the quality of HIV/AIDS case-detection and case-reporting systems, beginning with peripheral facilities through to those at national levels. In Mozambique, HIV cases are generally correctly detected despite some unreliable use of test kits beyond their expiry date, uneven distribution of te…
On the Margins of the “Information Society”
While much has been written about marginalization as a structural phenomenon, there is little understanding of how the dynamics of marginalization unfold at the micro level in urban contexts. We seek to understand these micro-level marginalization processes via a comparative study of Bangalore, India, and Ronneby, Sweden. Our analysis highlights the important role that “mediators” such as governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs…
E-Government Policy and Health Information Systems Implementation in Andhra Pradesh, India
In recent years, many different types of e-government projects have been implemented across the developing world. One important application area, especially following the Millennium Development Goals, is the introduction of health information systems to improve the management of health care for development. Despite significant investments in these projects, experience reveals a disjuncture between macro-level policy priorities and micro-level imp…
Human resource development policy in the context of software exports
Software industry development is acknowledged as an important engine of economic growth for many less developed countries. The role of national policy has been identified by various researchers as a catalyst to software industry and software exports development. Software development is a service that is both labour and knowledge-intensive, and thus an important aspect of related policy is concerned with the provision of appropriately educated and…
Information Technology, Innovation and Human Development
This paper addresses the topic of how innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to human development. A theoretical framework is developed in two stages. Firstly, ICT-based innovation is conceptualized as involving technological, social and institutional innovations. Secondly, Sen’s capability approach is drawn on to theorize how such innovations can contribute to human development. The theoretical frame…
Strengthening digital monitoring of antibiotic resistance in low-resource settings
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a tremendous contemporary challenge, described by the former secretary-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), M Chan as a “slow-moving tsunami” threatening “the end of modern medicine as we know it” [1]. AMR has multi-faceted adverse consequences spanning human and animal health, economics, climate, and environment, endangering the future of societies [...]
Digital public goods platforms for development
In this article we consider the notion of digital global public good and articulate our understanding of it. Against this conceptual foil, we examine the development of DHIS2, a global health platform inspired by public goods, focusing on the paradoxes that arise in the scaling process. We find that the scaling dynamics played out differently at the macro and micro levels, giving rise to the following paradoxes: addition of new functionalities to…
Multiplicity and temporality of rationality
Currently, better data is called for around the world to strengthen detection and response to epidemics. Health information systems are envisioned to provide such data in a coherent manner, but different rationalities of those engaged in the collection and use of data, often lead to fragmentation. In this article we present a socio-technical analysis of the multiple flows of information construction for disease surveillance. Our study is based on…
“A living lab within a lab”
A living lab is an emerging concept, particularly in Europe, as a vehicle to develop digital innovations through a process of co-produced design and development, which takes place, physically and socially, in real-life use contexts. However, there is limited research relating to guiding our understanding of the process by which such labs are established, and digital innovations are co-created and scaled to other settings requiring similar solutio…
ICTs mediated identity work of community health workers
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how digital interventions are mediating the identity work of community health workers (CHWs) in the context of two African countries. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyzes the everyday work of CHWs in two low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts (Uganda and Malawi) and seeks to understand changes in collective identity and the role of Information and Communication Technologies (IC…
What role does “hope” play in ICT4D research
In this research commentary, I develop the notion of hope, and argue for its relevance to inform Information Systems (IS) and ICT for Development (ICT4D) research and practice. Moving beyond lay meanings of hope, as reflecting a future positive orientation, often laced with optimism, I will develop a more theoretically informed understanding of hope based on Arjun Appadurai's articulation of the "capacity to aspire" and Ronald Stade's Conceptual …
Complex Systems and Public Health Information Systems
Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are actively strengthening their National Health Information Architectures (NHIAs) to keep pace with ever-evolving health data and integration needs. Because these systems are large and complex, embedded in diverse socio-technical and political contexts, their evolution often comes with emergent properties and unintended consequences. Through a complex-systems lens, we examine the Indian NHIA as it ev…
Informational challenges of dengue surveillance and response. A case study from India
Background: While digital surveillance systems are being widely deployed for infectious diseases monitoring, yet their potential remains underutilized in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Dengue, a significant global public health concern is threatening over half of the world's population and would benefit from the strengthening of supporting monitoring systems. India contributes roughly to one-third of global dengue cases, making it an im…
Computer Science (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Data science (4 works) · ICT in Developing Communities (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Information and Communications Technology (3 works)