Biography
Arul Chib is Professor of Technology and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He investigates emergent information and communication technologies as transformational tools in resource-constrained environments, with an emphasis on the socio-structural contexts of power within which social change occurs. His present research examines the agency, appropriation and innovative use of digital technologies by marginalized communities
Programmatically, Dr. Chib studies two broad domains, namely healthcare settings of developing countries and the context of transnational migration. His research, mentorship and teaching have contributed to the growth of the ICTD field in the Global South, and been recognized, amongst others by the 2011 Scopus Award in Sustainable Development, accompanied by a Humboldt fellowship.
Since 2020, Professor Chib is the CoEditor of the Gender, Technology, and Development journal, and serves on the editorial boards of Human Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Mobile Media and Communication. He is a member of the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access committee of the International Communication Association.
He has lived and worked in India, Germany, the Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States of America.
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Work
- Arul Chib & Ming Wei Ang (2023) - Dispositions of dis/trust: Fourth-wave mobile communication for a world in flux - New Media and Society, 25 (4), 776-794 - doi: 10.1177/14614448231158649 - [link]
- Arul Chib & Caining Li (2023) - Mobile Health, Developing Countries - [link]
- Arul Chib, Ming Wei Ang, Gabrielle C. Ibasco & Hoan Nguyen (2021) - Mobile Media (Non-)Use as Expression of Agency - Mass Communication and Society, 24 (6), 818-842 - doi: 10.1080/15205436.2021.1970187 - [link]
- Arul Chib, Ming Wei Ang, Yingqin Zheng & Sarah Hoan Nguyen (2022) - Subverted agency: The dilemmas of disempowerment in digital practices - New Media and Society, 24 (2), 458-477 - doi: 10.1177/14614448211063181 - [link]
- Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen, Saifuddin Ahmed & Arul Chib (2021) - The Role of Social Media Behaviors and Structural Intergroup Relations on Immigrant Stereotypes - International Journal of Communication, 15, 4085-4108 - [link]
- Arul Chib (2023) - IAMCR OCP23 (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - Migration and Societal Change Conference Utrecht University (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - Breaking the Poverty Cycle in Europe: What Can You Do About It? (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - 73rd Annual ICA Conference Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - Who does open research benefit? Contextualizing the usefulness and risks of open qualitative research in development and public health (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Arul Chib (2023) - Technological transformations and crises of trust (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - Subverted Agency: Digital Self-Representation of Transfeminine Sex Workers in a Global Smart City (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - (Legal) Technology and Social Justice (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - 73rd Annual ICA Conference Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Arul Chib (2023) - 73rd Annual ICA Conference Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic
- Arul Chib (2022) - Best paper Award
- Arul Chib (2016) - Best Paper Award, ASEAN-EU Science Technology Innovation Days, Hanoi
- Arul Chib (2015) - Intercultural Communication for young sojourners: Using social media campaign to reduce stereotyping in intercultural encounters
- Arul Chib (2011) - Prosper.NET Young Scholar Award for Sustainable Development
- Arul Chib (2008) - Network influences in health initiatives: Multimedia games for youth in Peru.
Major SPD
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-SPD-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
4154 Critical Social Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4154-24-25
4338 Gender and Sexuality as 'Lenses'
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4338-24-25
3308 Qualitative Interviewing
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3308-24-25
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-24-25
4271 People on the Move
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4271-24-25
4270 Migration and Development
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4270-24-25