Professor Robin Mansell

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Profile

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet. Her research focuses on how and why people communicate with each other, especially when their relationships are mediated by the use of information and communication technologies. She has a special interest in the relationships between institutional and micro-level change and in technological innovation, inequality and social justice. Her current research focuses on the social, political and economic influences of media and communication policy and regulation, with a special interest in governance arrangements for new media and the Internet. Topics central to her interest include: social and organizational transformation and new technologies; information and communication technology policy, regulation and governance; knowledge networks and innovation systems; and information and communication technologies and development.

She has training in several social science disciplines including psychology, social psychology, politics and economics. She is a strong advocate of interdisciplinary research when it builds on the strengths of disciplinary inquiry. Her teaching includes a course on Communication, Information and Knowledge Systems (MC413) and she contributes to the Department's courses on theories and concepts.

She served as Head of the Department of Media and Communications 2006-2009 and is Department Exam Board Chair from January 2012.

External commitments

Robin Mansell is a member of the European Research Council Large Grants Panel (SH2 Institutions, Values, Beliefs and Behaviour). She is a member of the Steering Committee of Information and Knowledge Management - Emergent (IKM- E)|; Chair of the annual European Communications Policy Research Conference|; Honorary Professor at Science and Technology Policy Research |(SPRU) University of Sussex; and a member of the Promotions Board at Institute of Development Studies (IDS)|, Sussex, where she was a trustee, 1999-2009. She is a member of Scientific Advisory Council, LIRNEAsia|, Sri Lanka. She was President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research|, 2004-2008.

Selected publications

Books

		Mansell, R. (in press) Imagining the Internet: Communication, Innovation and Governance|. Oxford University Press, July 2012.
		Mansell, R. and Raboy, M. (Eds) (2011) Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy|. Wiley-Blackwell. (Also available here: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/38382/|).
		Mansell, R. (Ed) (2009) The Information Society (Critical Concepts in Sociology)|. Routledge. (Read the preface and introductions to 4 volumes here: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/23743/|).
		Mansell, R., Avgerou, C., Quah, R. and Silverstone, R. (Eds) (2007) The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies|. Oxford University Press, 2007. (Also available here: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/20604/). |
		Mansell, R. and Collins, B. S. (Eds) (2005) Trust and Crime in Information Societies. Edward Elgar Publishers|, 2005. (Also available here: here http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/4365/|).
		Mansell, R., Samarajiva, R. and Mahan, A. (Eds) (2002) Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions and Intervention|. Delft University Press. (Available free online here: http://www.lirne.net/resources/netknowledge/index.htm| and here: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3533/|).
		Mansell, R. (Ed) (2002) Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction|. Oxford University Press. (Spanish translation published as La revolución de la comunicación: Modelos de interacción social y técnica|).
		Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (2000) Mobilizing the Information Society: Strategies for Growth and Opportunity|. Oxford University Press.
		Mansell, R. and Wehn, U (Eds) (1998) Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development|. Prepared for the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Oxford University Press. (Available free at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/research/ink/knowledgesocieties|).
		Credé, A. and Mansell, R. (1998) Knowledge Societies - in a Nutshell: Information Technology for Sustainable Development|. Ottawa: IDRC.
		Mansell, R. and Silverstone, R. (Eds) (1996) Communication by Design: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies|. Oxford University Press.
		Mansell, R. with Davies, A. and Hulsink, W. (1995) The New Telecommunication in the Netherland: Strategic Developments in Technologies and Markets|. The Hague: Rathenau Institute.
		Hawkins, R. W., Mansell, R. and Skea, J. (Eds) (1995) Standards Innovation and Competitiveness: The Politics and Economics of Standards in Natural and Technical Environments|, Edward Elgar.
		Mansell, R. (1994) The Management of Information and Communication Technologies: Emerging Patterns of Control|, London: ASLIB (Association of Library and Information Systems).
		Mansell, R. (1993) The New Telecommunications: A Political Economy of Network Evolution|, Sage. (Italian translation published as Le telecomunicazioni che cambiano: Innovazione technolgica ed economica delle reti|, Turin: Utet Libreria, 1996.)
		Garnham, N. and Mansell, R. (1991) Universal Service and Rate Restructuring in Telecommunications|. Paris: OECD, ICCP No. 23.
		Mansell, R. (1989) Telecommunication Network-Based Services: Policy Implications|. Paris: OECD, ICCP No. 18.
		Mansell, R. (Ed) (1988) New Telecommunications Services: Videotext Development Strategies|. Paris: OECD, ICCP No. 16.

Papers by topic

My research focuses on Media and Communication Policy, Regulation and Governance|; Information or Knowledge Society and Innovation|; New Media Networks and Services Innovation|; Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Technologies|; Political Economy of Communication|; Communication and Development|; Trust and Crime in Cyberspace|; and Research Approaches|.

Selected papers can be downloaded from http://eprints.lse.ac.uk| (search for "Robin Mansell). Where they are not freely available, click on the title to find a link to the source of the journal article or to the publisher.

Media and Communication Policy, Regulation and Governance

Journals

Mansell, R. (2011) New Visions, Old Practices - Policy and Regulation in the Internet Era|, Continuum: Journal of Cultural and Media Studies, 25(1): 19-32.

Mansell, R. (1999) New Media Competition and Access:  The Scarcity-Abundance Dialectic|, New Media & Society, 1(2): 155-182.

Mansell, R. (1996) Les Nouveaux Marchés de la Communication et la Réglementation|, Reseaux, 78(Jul/Aug): 29-40.

Mansell, R., Davies, A., and Hulsink, W. (1996) The New Telecommunications in the Netherlands: Strategy, Policy and Regulation|, Telecommunications Policy, 20(4): 273-290. 

Mansell, R. (1995) New Communication Markets: Regulating in the Commodity Supply Environment|, Javnost/The Public, II(2): 47-57.

Mansell, R. and Paltridge, S. (1993) The Earth Observation Data Market: Industrial Dynamics and their Impact on Data Policies|, Space Policy, 9(4): 286-298.

McGowan, F. and Mansell, R. (1992) Utilities in the European Community: A Regime in Transition|, Futures, 24(1): 65-82.

Mansell, R., Holmes, P., and Morgan, K. (1990) European Integration and Telecommunications: Restructuring Markets and Institutions|, Prometheus, 8(1): 50-66.

Mansell, R. (1988) Telecommunication Network-based Services: Regulation and Market Structure in Transition|, Telecommunications Policy, 12(3): 243-255.

Mansell, R. (1987) Information Sector Policy Analysis: Some Implications of Alternative Conceptual Frameworks|, International Communication Gazette, 39(3): 195-210.

Mansell, R. (1986) The Telecommunications Bypass Threat: Real or Imagined|, Journal of Economic Issues, 20(1): 145-164.

Mansell, R. (1985) Contradictions in National Communication/Information Policies: The Canadian Experience|, Media Culture and Society, 7: 331-353.

Mansell, R. (1985) Is Policy Research an Irrelevant Exercise The Case of Canadian DBS Planning|, Journal of Communication, 35(2): 154-166.   
  

Book chapters

Mansell, R. (in press 2012) Technological Innovation, Paradox and ICTs: Challenges for Governing Institutions, in M. E. Price and S. G. Verhulst (Eds) Handbook of Media Law and Policy: A Socio-Legal Exploration. New York: Routledge.

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (in press 2011) Digital Infrastructures, Economies and Public Policies: Contending Rationales and Outcome Assessment Strategies|, in W. H. Dutton (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mansell, R. and Raboy, M. (2011) Introduction: Foundations of the Theory and Practice of Global Media and Communication Policy|, in R. Mansell and M. Raboy (Eds) The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1-20.

Mansell, R. (2010) Commentary - Mediating the Public Sphere: Democratic Deliberation, Communication Gaps and the Personalisation of Politics|, in C. T. Salmon (Ed) ICA Communication Yearbook 34. New York: Routledge, pp. 259-274.

Mansell, R. (2008) Communication, Information, and ICT Policy: Towards Enabling Research Frameworks|, in C. Avgerou, M. L. Smith and P. van den Besselaar (Eds) Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC9, Springer, pp. 15-28.

Mansell, R. (2005) Media Pluralism & Cultural Diversity|, in D. Stauffacher and W. Kleinwächter (Eds) The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future, New York: United Nations ICT Task Force, pp. 212-217.

Mansell, R. (2001) Regenerating Information and Communication Inequalities?|, in S.R. Melkote and S. Rao (Eds) Critical Issues in Communication:  Looking Inward for Answers (Essays in Honor of K.E. Eapen), New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 420-442.

Mansell, R. (1996) Public Access and Closed Network Membership: Electronic Trading Networks in Europe|, in E. Noam and A Níshúilleabháin (Eds) Private Networks and Public Objectives, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 195-208.

Mansell, R. (1996) Designing Networks to Capture Customers: Policy and Regulation Issues for the New Telecommunications|, in W.H. Melody (Ed) Telecom Reform: Principles, Policies and Regulatory Practices, Lyngby: Den Private Ingeniorfond, Technical University of Denmark, pp. 83-96. Available free here: http://lirne.net/resources/tr/chapter07.pdf|

Mansell, R. (1995) From Telephony to Telematics: Equity, Efficiency and Regulatory Innovation|, in S.J. Emmott (Ed) Information Superhighways: Multimedia Uses and Futures. London: Academic Press, pp. 35-60. Find book here:
http://www.amazon.com/Information-Superhighways-Multimedia-Futures-Computers/dp/0122383605| 

Mansell, R. and Hawkins, R. (1992) Old Roads and New Signposts: Trade and Policy Objectives in Telecommunication Standards|, in F. Klaver and P. Slaa (Eds) Telecommunication: New Signposts to Old Roads, Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 45-54.

Mansell, R. (1991) Coping with Technological Innovation: Regulating the European Telecommunication Marketplace|, in A. E. Cawkell (Ed) World Information Technology Manual, Vol. II Systems and Services. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 932-947.

Mansell, R. (1990) Telecommunication Tariff Policies: An Uncertain Consensus|, in G. Locksley (Ed) The Single European Market and the Information and Communication Technologies, London: Belhaven Press, pp. 73-88.

Mansell, R. (1990) Restructuring Telecommunication Tariffs: Policy Issues, Trends and Implications|, in D. Elixmann and K.-H. Neumann (Eds) Communications Policy in Europe, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 19-40.

Report

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (1995) Policy Options for the New Telecommunications|: Final Report prepared for the STOA Programme of the European Parliament, Maastricht, MERIT, Oct.

Information or Knowledge Society and Innovation

Journals

Mansell, R. (2010) The Life and Times of the Information Society|, Prometheus 28(2): 165-186.

Mansell, R. (2006) Collective Action, Institutionalism and the Internet|, Journal of Economic Issues, XL(2): 297-305.

Mansell, R. (2005) Contradictions of Information Societies|, Quaderns del Consell de lAudiovisual de Catalunya, No. 21, Feb-Apr. Available online here: http://www.portalcomunicacion.com/informe_macbride/esp/articles.asp|; and  http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3708/1/Contradictions_of_information_societies_(LSERO).pdf|

Book chapters

Mansell, R. (in press 2012) ICTs, Discourse and Knowledge Societies: Implications for Policy and Practice|, in D. Frau-Meigs, J. Nicey, M. Palmer, J. Pohle, and P. Tupper (Eds), From NWICO to WSIS: 30 Years of Communication Geopolitics. Actors and Flows, Structures and Divides, Bristol: Intellect.

Mansell, R. (2008) Technology and Communication|, in W. Donsbach (ed) The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Malden MA: Wiley-Blackwell in association with the International Communication Association, pp. 5011-5023.

Mansell, R., Avergou, C., Quah, D. and Silverstone, R. (2007) The Challenges of ICTs|, in R. Mansell, C. Avgerou, D. Quah, and R. Silverstone (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-28.

Mansell, R. (2001) The Deep Structure of Knowledge Societies|, in L. Jeffrey (Ed) Vital Link for a Knowledge Culture: Public access to new information and communication technologies, The Council of Europe DGIV, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Environment. Strasbourg, pp. 55-73, translated into Hungarian 2002.

Mansell, R. (1999) The Interlocking Pieces of the Information Economy, |in W. Dutton (Ed) Society on the Line: The Information and Communication Revolution, Oxford University Press, pp. 311-312, translated into Japanese 2002. Order book here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=0198774605| 

Reports

Mansell, R. (2007) Communication and Information: Towards a Prospective Research Agenda|, Report on a Workshop by Chair, UNESCO, Paris, 20-21 Dec.

Mansell, R. (2005) Introduction - Human Rights and Equity in Cyberspace|, in M. Klang and A. Murray (Eds) Human Rights in the Digital Age, London: Glasshouse Press/Cavandish Publishing, pp. 1-10.

Mansell, R., Adesida, O., and Murray, A. (2003) The Nature of the Information Society:  An Industrialized World Perspective|, Paper for the ITU Visions of the Information Society Lecture series in conjunction with PrepCom 2, World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, 18-25 Feb.

Mansell, R. (2003) Building Sustainable Knowledge Societies: Towards a Conceptual Framework|, Paper prepared as a contribution to the Towards Knowledge Societies UNESCO World Report, 23 Feb. 

New Media Networks and Services Innovation

Journals

Dini, P, Lombardo, G., Mansell, R., Razavi, A., Moschoyiannis, S., Krause, P., Nicolai, A. and Rivera Leon, L (2008) Beyond Interoperability to Digital Ecosystems: Regional Innovation and Socio-Economic d=Development Led by SMEs|, International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 1(3): 410-426.

Beckett, C. and Mansell, R. (2008) Crossing Boundaries:  New Media and Networked Journalism|, Communication, Culture & Critique, 1(1): 90-102. 

Mansell, R. (2003) Electronic Commerce: Conceptual Pitfalls and Practical Realities|, Prometheus, 21(4): 429-447.

Mansell, R. and Nioras, A. (2001) E-Commerce Web Site Attributes:  Differentiating Hype from Reality|, Communications & Strategies, 41(1): 79-106.

Mansell, R., Hawkins, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (1999) Toward Digital Intermediation in the Information Society|, Journal of Economic Issues, XXXIII(2): 383-391. Available online at: http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5001267965|

Mansell, R., Steinmueller, W. E. and Wehn de Montalvo, U. (1999)Opportunities for Knowledge-based Development: Capabilities, Infrastructure, Investment and Policy|, Science and Public Policy, 26(2): 91-100.

Mansell, R., Davies, A., and Hulsink, W. (1996) The New Telecommunications in the Netherlands: Strategy, Policy and Regulation|, Telecommunications Policy, 20(4): 273-290.

Mansell, R. (1996) Les Nouveaux Marchés de la Communication et la Réglementation|, Reseaux, 78(Jul/Aug): 29-40.

Mansell, R. (1994) Strategic Issues in Telecommunications: Unbundling the Information,| Infrastructure, Telecommunications Policy, 18(8): 588-600.

Mansell, R. (1994) A Networked Economy: Unmasking the Globalisation Thesis|, Telematics & Informatics, II(1): 25-43.

Mansell, R. and Jenkins, M. (1992) Networks, Industrial Restructuring and Policy: the Singapore Example|, Technovation, 12(6): 397-406.

Mansell, R. (1990) Rethinking the Telecommunication Infrastructure: The New "Black Box", |Research Policy, 19(6): 501-515.  

Book chapters

Mansell, R. (in press 2011) Policy Bias and the European Audiovisual Media Industry|, in O. Jarren, M. KŸnzler and M. Puppis (Eds) Media Structure and Media Performance: Current Research and New Perspectives.

Mansell, R., Neice, D. C. and Steinmueller, W. E. (2000) Universal Access Policies for Knowledge Intensive Societies|, in B. Cammaerts and J-C Burgelman (Eds) Beyond Competition: Broadening the Scope of Telecommunications Policy, Brussels: VUB University Press, pp. 97-110. Order book here: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Competition-Broadening-Telecommunications-Policy/dp/9054872675|

Mansell, R. (1999) The Bias of Information Infrastructures|, in W. Dutton (ed.) Society on the Line: The Information and Communication Revolution, Oxford University Press, pp. 281-282.

Mansell, R. (1997) Strategies for Maintaining Market Power in the Face of Rapidly Changing Technologies|, Journal of Economic Issues, XXXI(4): 969-989. vailable online at: http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5001522905|

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (1997) Advanced Communication Technology and Services: Design Configuration and Stakeholder Interests in Europe|, Telematics & Informatics, 14(4): 329-348.

Mansell, R. (1997) Technical Innovations, Policy and Strategy|, in W. Dumort and J. Dryden (Eds) The Economics of the Information Society, Brussels: European Commission, pp. 219-224. Find book here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9282795233|

Mansell, R. (1996) Innovation in Telecommunication Regulation: Realizing National Policy Goals in a Global Marketplace|, in W. Dutton (Ed.) Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities, Oxford University Press, pp. 371-386.

Dutton, W. H., Blumler, J. G., Cornford, J., Granham, N., Mansell, R. and Peltu, M. (1996) The Politics of Information and Communication Policy: The Information Superhighway|, in W. Dutton et al. (Eds) Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities, Oxford University Press, pp. 387-405.

Mansell, R. (1996) Public Access and Closed Network Membership: Electronic Trading Networks in Europe|, in E. Noam and A. Níshúilleabháin (Eds) Private Networks and Public Objectives, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 195-208.

Mansell, R. (1995) Standards, Industrial Policy and Innovation|, in R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and J. Skea (Eds) Standards, Innovation and Competitiveness: The Politics and Economics of Standards in Natural and Technical Environments, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 213-227.

Lipsey, R. and Mansell, R. (1995) Conclusion|, in R. Hawkins, R. Mansell, and J. Skea (Eds) Standards, Innovation and Competitiveness: The Politics and Economics of Standards in Natural and Technical Environments, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995, pp. 228-235. Find book here|.

Mansell, R. (1995) Innovation in Telecommunication: Bridging the Supplier-User Interface|, in M. Dodgson and R. Rothwell (Eds) Handbook of Industrial Innovation, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 232-242.

Mansell, R. and Jenkins, M. (1994) Telecommunication Strategies: Incremental Change in Europe|, in C. Antonelli, F. Bar, L. Caby and G. Pogorel (Eds) Global Telecommunications Strategies and Technological Changes, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 81-97.

Mansell, R. (1994) Negotiating the Management of ICTs: Emerging Patterns of Control|, in R. Mansell (Ed) Emerging Patterns of Control: The Management of Information and Communication Technologies, London: ASLIB Publishers, pp. 336-347. Find book here|.

Mansell, R. (1993) Multinational Organizations and International Private Networks: Opportunities and Constraints|, in C. Steinfield, J. Bauer and L. Caby (Eds) Telecommunications in Transition: Policies, Services and Technologies in the European Community, London: Sage Publications, pp. 204-222. Find book here|.

Mansell, R. (1992) Information, Organisation and Competitiveness: Networking Strategies in the 1990s|, in C. Antonelli (Ed) The Economics of Information Networks, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 217-228. Find book here|.

Mansell, R. (1991) The Dynamics of Telecommunication Infrastructure Development: Beyond Broadband|, in OECD (Ed.) Technology and Productivity: The Challenge for Economic Policy, Paris: OECD/DSTI, pp. 361-371.

Mansell, R. and Morgan, K. (1991) Evolving Telecommunication Infrastructures: Organising the New European Community Marketplace|, in C. Freeman et al. (Eds) Technology and the Future of Europe: Global Competition and the Environment in the 1990s, London: Pinter, pp. 137-154. 

Reports

Mansell, R. and Nikolychuk, L. (2002) The Economic Importance of Electronic Networks: Assessing the Micro-level Evidence Base|, Final Report for the Prime Ministers Strategy Unit Review of Electronic Networks, Cabinet Office, 26 Aug.

Mansell, R., Schenk, I., and Steinmueller, W. E. (2001) Net Compatible: The Economic and Social Dynamics of Electronic Commerce|, Communications & Strategies, 38(2): 241-276.

Mansell, R., Steinmueller, W. E., Miller, J. et al. (1999) Working Towards Knowledge Society Telematics Applications: An Assessment of the Results of the Fourth Framework Telematics Applications Programme Projects|, Deliverable D09.02 for ASSENT Project, European Commission 30 Apr.

Mansell, R., Schenk, I., and Steinmueller, W. E. (1998) Net Compatible:  Virtual Communities, Intelligent Agents and Trust Service Provision for Electronic Commerce|, Final Report prepared for NCR Knowledge Lab, London, 15 Dec. 

Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Technologies

Journals

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (submitted Sept. 2011) Copyright Infringement Online: The Case of the Digital Economy Act Judicial Review in the United Kingdom|, New Media & Society. [Conference version]

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (submitted Oct. 2011) The Copyright Paradox: Creative Destruction, Re-publication and the Impact of New Technologies|, Industrial and Corporate Change.

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (1998) Intellectual Property Rights: Competing interests on the Internet|, Communications & Strategies, 30(2): 173-197.  

Book chapter

Mansell, R. (1999) From Scarcity to Abundance and Back Again: The Information Society and Social Exclusion, in R. Boyce (Ed.) The Communications Revolution|, McGill-Queens University Press, pp. 129-152. Order book here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=0889118051|

Reports

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (2011) In the High Court of Justice, Administrative Court Between|: The Queen on the Application of (1) British Telecommunications Plc (2) TalkTalk Telecom Group plc and The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Claim No. CO/7354/2010, prepared for BT, London, 12 January.

Mansell, R and Steinmueller, W. E. (2011) Copyright Infringement Online: The Case of the Digital Economy Act Judicial Review in the United Kingdom|. Paper presented to the Communication Technology & Policy Section, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, `Istanbul, 13-17 July.

Mansell, R. and Steinmueller, W. E. (1995) Intellectual Property Rights: The Development of Information Infrastructures for the Information Society  |- Final Report prepared for the STOA Programme of the European Parliament, Maastricht, MERIT, Oct.

Political Economy of Communication

Communication and Development

Journals

Mansell, R (2011) Power and Interests in Information, Communication and Development: Exogenous and Endogenous Discourses in Contention|, Journal of International Development (pre-pub online).

Mansell, R. and Nordenstreng, K. (2006) Great Media and Communications Debates - An Assessment of the MacBride Report after 25 Years|, Information Technologies and International Development, 3(4): 15-36. 

Mansell, R. (2006) Ambiguous Connections: Entitlements and Responsibilities of Global Networking|, Journal of International Development, 18(6): 1-13.

Mansell, R. (2004) ICTs for Development: What Prospects and Problems? |The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication, 5: 1-22.

Humphrey, J., Mansell, R. and Schmitz, H. (2004) E-commerce for Developing Countries: Expectations and Reality|, IDS Bulletin, 35(1): 31-39.

Mansell, R. (2002) Constructing the Knowledge base for Knowledge-Driven Development|, Journal of Knowledge Management, 6(4): 317-329.

Mansell, R. (2001) E-commerce and Developing Countries|, Communicator, Quarterly Journal of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, XXXVI(2): 3-9.

Mansell, R. (2001) Digital Opportunities and the Missing Link for Developing Countries|, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 17(2): 282-295.

Mansell, R. (1999) Information and Communication Technologies for Development: Assessing the Potential and the Risks|, Telecommunications Policy, 23(1): 35-50.

Mansell, R. (1998) Capability Building, ICT Strategies and the Science and Technology Perspective|, African Development Review, 10(1): 52-72.

Mansell, R. (1982) The New Dominant Paradigm in Communication: Transformation versus Adaptation|, Canadian Journal of Communication, 8(3): 42-60.   

Book chapters

Mansell, R. (2008) Fostering Diversity in Knowledge Societies:  Fault Lines and Intermediaries|, in I. Banerjee and S. Logan (Eds) Asian Communication Handbook 2008, Singapore:  Asian media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), pp. 17-25.

Mansell, R. (2005) The Fragility of Knowledge Societies: Ambiguity, Cost Reduction and Access in Developing Countries|, in G. Milward-Oliver (Ed.) Maitland+20: Fixing the Missing Link, Malta: Gutenberg Press Ltd., pp.81-98.

Mansell, R. (2005) Regulation and Electronic Commerce in Developing Countries|, in A. K. Mahan and W. H. Melody (Eds) Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators, Lyngby: Technical University of Denmark for IDRC, infoDev and Lirne.net, pp. 39-62.  

Reports

Mansell, R. (2010) Power and Interests in Developing Knowledge Societies: Exogenous and Endogenous Discourses in Contention|, IKM-E (International Knowledge Management - Emergent) Working Paper No. 11

Mansell, R. (2007) Introduction|, in R Mansell (Ed.) Media, Communication, Information: Celebrating 50 Years of Theories and Practice, Report prepared for UNESCO on the occasion of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 50th Anniversary Conference, Paris, July.

Humphrey, J., Mansell, R., Paré, D. and Schmitz, H. (2003) The Reality of E-commerce with Developing Countries|, joint LSE/IDS Report for the Department for International Development, London, Mar.

Mansell, R. (1999) Global Access to Information & Communication Technologies (GAIT): Priorities for Action|, Report prepared by INK@SPRU for IDRC. 
 

Trust and Crime in Cyberspace

Mansell, R. and Collins, B. S. (2005) Introduction|, in R. Mansell and B. S. Collins (Eds) Trust and Crime in Information Societies, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-8.

Collins, B. S. and Mansell, R. (2005) Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention|, in R. Mansell and B. S. Collins (Eds) Trust and Crime in Information Societies, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 11-55.

Collins, B. S. and Mansell, R. (2004) Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention: A Synthesis of the State of the Art Science Reviews|, Report prepared for the Office of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry Foresight Project, London, Nov.

Research Approaches

Journals

Dini, P., Iqani, M., and Mansell, R. (2011) The (Im)Possiblity of Interdisciplinarity: Lessons from Constructing a Theoretical Framework for Digital Ecosystems|, Culture, Theory and Critique, 52(1): 3-27.

Mansell, R. (2010) Information, Knowledge and ICT Policy: Towards a Critique of a Vision and Research Agenda|, Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, 8(1): 22-41.

Mansell, R. (2007) The Problem of Internationalising Media and Communications Research|, Global Media and Communications, 3(3): 281-286.

Mansell, R. (1994) Information and Communication Technology Policy Research in the United Kingdom: A Perspective|, Canadian Journal of Communication, 19(1): 23-40.

Melody, W. H. and Mansell, R. (1983) The Debate over Critical vs. Administrative Research: Circularity or Challenge|, Journal of Communication, 33(3): 103-116. 

Book chapters

Jankowski, N., Foot, K., Howard, P, Jones, S., Mansell, R., Schneider, S. and Silverstone, R. (2004) The Internet and Communication Studies|, in H. Nissenbaum and M. E. Price (Eds) Academy and the Internet, New York: Peter Lang, pp. 168-195.

Mansell, R. (1995) Against the Flow: The Peculiar Opportunity of Social Scientists|, in J. A. Lent (Ed.) A Different Road Taken, Boulder CO: Westview Press, pp. 43-66.

Research projects

Current research projects

Over the past ten years at LSE I have led or been involved in the following projects:

British Telecom
Expert Witness evidence in British Telecommunications plc ("BT") and TalkTalk Telecom Group Limited v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 1 July 2010 - January 2011

Advancing knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation for growth and social well-being in Europe (AEGIS)
with E. Edward Steinmueller, SPRU, University of Sussex, Mansell named expert with SPRU 2008-11, see http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/projects/349_en.html|

Countering Terrorism in Public Places
Research Programme Director, IDEAS Factory Sand-Pit, ESRC, AHRC, EPSRC, 2006, for funded projects see http://www.esrc.ac.uk/about-esrc/what-we-do/our-research/terrorism.aspx|

Open Philosophies for Associative Autopoietic Digital Ecosystems (OPAALS)
Led by Dr. Paolo Dini, Department of Media and Communications, Senior Research Associate, LSE was Lead Partner
Funder: European Commission 2007-10, see http://www.opaals.eu/|

Digital Business Ecosystems (DBE)
Led by Dr. Paolo Dini, Department of Media and Communications, Senior Research Associate, LSE was Lead Partner,
Funder: European Commission, Integrated Project 2003-6.

ICTs for Development - Universal Service and Telecommunications
Led by Mansell with Professor William H Melody and Claire Milne, Consultant
Funder: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, Jan-Mar 2006.

Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention Foresight Project
Mansell as leader of all social science contributions to project
Funder: Office of Science and Technology (OST), Foresight (2003-4), see http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/cyber-trust|

Growth-Nodes in Knowledge-based Europe (G-NIKE)
Lead Institute: IN3 University of Catalonia, Barcelona
Funder: European Commission 2002-3.

E-Commerce with Developing Countries
Lead Institute: LSE with Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
Funder: UK Department for International Development 2001-3, see http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3710/1/The_reality_of_e-commerce_with_developing_countries.pdf|

Socio-economic Trends Assessment for the Digital Revolution (STAR)
Lead Institute: Databank Consulting, Milan, with SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: European Commission, 5th Framework, Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme, Key Action II Electronic Commerce 2000-3.

The Economic Importance of Electronic Networks
Funder: Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, 2002, see http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3867/1/The_Economic_Importance_of_Electronic_Networks.pdf|

From 1988 to 2000 I led or was involved in the following research projects at SPRU, University of Sussex:

Forecasts and Assessment of Advanced Communication Technologies and Services and Recommendations (FAIR)
Lead Institute: Databank Consulting, Milan, with SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: European Commission, DGXIII 4th Framework Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (ACTS) Programme, 1995-8.

Assessment of Telematics Programme (ASSENT)
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: European Commission, DGXIII, 4th Framework Telematics Programme, 1996-9.

Prospectus for GAIT - Global Access to Information Technologies
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, 1999. See http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/26661/1/GAIT_(LSERO).pdf|

Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: UNCTAD on behalf of United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development, 1996-7, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/research/ink/knowledgesocieties|

Net Compatible:  Virtual Communities, Intelligent Agents and Trust Service Provision for Electronic Commerce
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: NCR Financial Services Knowledge Laboratory, London, 1998, see http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/24979/|

The New Telecommunications in the Netherlands
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: Rathenau Institute, (formerly Netherlands Office of Technology Assessment), 1995.

Intellectual Property Rights: The Development of Information Infrastructures for the Information Society
Lead Institute: MERIT, Maastricht and SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: European Parliament, Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) Programme, 1995.

Employment and Telecommunications
Lead Institute: SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: International Labour Office, Principal Contractor, Geneva, 1995.

Media and Advanced Communication Services
Lead Institute: Technology Investment Partners, Paris with SPRU Sussex Mansell and Silverstone as coordinators of academic research
Funder: Commission of the European Communities, Socio-Economic and Technical Impact Assessment & Forecasts, RACE II, 1993.

Earth Observation Data Policy for Europe
Lead Institute: Logica Space and Communications Ltd and SPRU University of Sussex
Funder: Commission of the European Communities, DG-XII,1992.

CV

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Contact details

Professor Robin Mansell
Room S107
Department of Media and Communications 
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 6380 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 7248
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