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IDIN Summer Research Fellowship Final Report

  • Research

This report summarizes the research of IDIN 2017 Summer Research Fellow Jessica Huang, who conducted qualitative field research in several indigenous communities surrounding Lake Atitlán in the Sololá Department of Guatemala. This report presents a stakeholder map which was developed as well as findings from community focus groups exploring topics related to local innovation, including the perceived impacts of IDDS projects and factors influencing collaboration within and between communities. 

Author: 
Jessica Huang
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IDDS Climate Change Adaptation Final Data Summary

  • Presentations & Reports

This document contains data breakdowns, reports, and photos from IDDS Climate Change Adaptation in Fusagasuga, Colombia. Information includes participant demographics, short and long-term goals, summit activities, team designs, post-summit surveys, and more.

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IDDS Hogares Sostenibles Final Data Summary

  • Presentations & Reports

This document contains final reports and data from the IDDS Hogares Sostenibles event in Sololá, Guatemala. Information includes participant demographics, short and long-term goals, summit activities, team designs, post-summit surveys, and more.

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IDDS Sisaket Final Data Summary

  • Presentations & Reports

This document contains the final data summaries for IDDS Sisaket in Thailand. Included in the report are participant demographics, short and long term goals, summit activities, team designs, post summit interests, and more.

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Briqueta Palopo, IDDS Hogares Sostenibles

  • Presentations & Reports

IDDS participants and community partners created briquettes made from candle wax, sawdust, corn husks, corn cobs, and pine leaves that serve as an alternative source of fuel. They do not emit harmful toxins into the environment as do firewood, allowing for cleaner air and easier breathing conditions as well.

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Planning for Scarcity: Innovations in Water Management and Irrigation and the Future of the Jordan River Valley

  • Research

This report presents the research of IDIN Summer Research Fellow Sera Tolgay, who investigated how small-scale farmers in the Jordan River Valley are adapting and innovating in light of challenge of severe water scarcity in this region. She focused in particular on the adoption of water-saving technologies and how these were impacting the farmers and their livelihoods. 

Author: 
Sera Tolgay
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Mobility App and Citizens: Views from Jakarta

  • Research

This report shares the research of IDIN Summer Research Fellow Ying Gao, who conducted research on innovations in informal urban transportation in Jakarta, Indonesia. She investigated how the introduction of a novel ride-hailing app for informal transit services was impacting various stakeholders in the system, while also mapping out these stakeholders, their relationships to one another, and their roles within the complex system of urban transportation provision. 

Author: 
Ying Gao
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Mapping of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Conakry, Guinea

  • Research

This report outlines the research of IDIN Summer Research Fellow Meghan McCormick, who spend her summer in Conakry, Guinea working to identify and map the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem. The report shares the methods she used to do so, key insights from her research with a variety of local stakeholders, and reflections on the city's innovation ecosystem. The directory of ecosystem players that emerged from her work can be found here.

Author: 
Meghan McCormick
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Understanding the relationship between place-based economic development strategies for innovation and inequality: the Innovation District in Medellin, Colombia

  • Research

This report presents the research of IDIN Summer Research Fellow Juan Constain, who researched an Innovation District in the Colombian city of Medellín as part of a larger project leading to his Masters thesis. This report documents and maps the players in the district and examines the strategies used to develop the district, paying particular attention to the role of the district in furthering or eroding economic and social inclusion of residents in the surrounding neighborhoods. 

 

 

 

Author: 
Juan Cristobal Constain
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Organic Weed Removal, IDDS Sisaket

  • Presentations & Reports

IDDS participants and community members developed a double blade weed killer to address post-planting weed removal. The objective behind the device was to effectively remove the weed without the need for the user to bend over, and it can be easily pushed or pulled in the paddy field while keeping the weight as light as possible. The design is inspired by similar weed removal tools from African countries and Cambodia.

This report was created by a team of participants at IDDS Sisaket. It aims to share information and knowledge gleaned from the team’s work during the summit.

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