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Design and Determination is the title of a book by Stephen Little which was published by Ashgate in 2004.

More Details here

Publisher's flyer (pdf format) available here.

On-line ordering from Ashgate here.

This site continues to develop the issues raised in the book

This site has been set up to discuss the design and determination of globalised technologies. A set of papers has been developed for this site for information and discussion and a range of links are in place below.

It has also hosted on-line discussions among members of the Centre on Innovation Knowledge and Development (IKD) at the Open University. (This section is password protected).

Other pages carry illustrations and links to relevant examples and resources, including some current innovations in MBA delivery at the Open University Business School.

The contents of Design and Determination: the role of information technology in redressing regional inequities in the development process can be seen here .

The research and discussion set out in the book took place with the support of colleagues across a number of networks which are described here.

ISA-RC21 Tokyo Conference

International House of Japan, Tokyo 18-20th December 2008

Stephen Little is a member of the International Sociological Associations's Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development (RC21).

A paper "Capital of Culture 2008: contested narratives of development and identity" was presented in the panel on Landscapes of Tourism, Projects and Events

PowerPoint slideshow from this presentation available HERE (4.8mb)

Network for Global Logistics Studies

A research initiative of

The Open University Business School

seeking new and innovative perspectives on global logistics

The network was being launched at the Business School Research Week August 2008

Invitation poster (pdf) available HERE

Liverpool'08 - brand and contestation presented to the Regional Studies Association (www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk) Research Network on Tourism Regional Development and Public Policy workshop at Ege University, Izmir, Turkey 03-04 April 2008

The Odyssey Group (odyssey group.org.uk) conducted Odysseygroup2007: accessibility/tourism/development on 31 October and 1 November 2007 as a blended meeting with the face-to-face component hosted by the Open University and supported by Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

The meeting explored the relationship between the accessibility of locations and tourism and other forms of economic activity in both developed and developing economies and regions. Links to details of the conference including the programme can be found here.

A set of materials from a presentation by Stephen Little to the MSc in Information and Knowledge Management at London Metropolitan University, 23rd March 2007 are available here (password protected)

Flows and Cohesion: balancing capabilities across an expanded uniona paper by Stephen Little and Dinar Kale presented at the Regional Studies Association ConferenceShaping EU Regional Policy: Economic Social and Political PressuresLeuven, June 2006,
paper and PowerPoint slide-shows are available here

Social movements and new technology: a challenge to the existing order of business and Gender and health: a social movements' agenda for Big Pharma: two seminars presented by Margaret Grieco at the Open University, 22-23 March 2006,
papers and PowerPoint slide-shows available here

Big Pharma, international labour, social movements and the internet: coordination and critical perspectives on international business presented by Stephen Little and Margaret Grieco at the International Conference on Global Companies - Global Unions, Global Research - Global Campaigns, New York, 9-11 February 2006

The social impacts of intelligent infrastructure on transport (644kb pdf format) a "state of science review" for the DTI Foresight Project on Intelligent Infrastructure Systems.

Performing borders: sustaining culture and identity, challenging global organization to APROS 11 the Asia-Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies 11th International Colloquium Melbourne, Australia 4-7 December 2005 (PowerPoint slideshow here)

Hagerstrand and an exercise in recontextualisation: revisiting Stockholm after 34 years: a web page constructed during the37th World Congress of the IIS, Stockholm, July 2005
Paper presented in Session C: The skill of travel: Networks into neighbourhoods Little, Holmes and Go (PowerPoint slideshow here)

Odyssey Group 2005: this meeting was based around a session within the stream Accessibility, Mobility and Connectivity: Changing Frontiers of Daily Routines at the IIS Congress, Stockholm, July 2005

Re-Determining Design in a Global Network is a conference paper which sets out some of the core arguments contained in Design and Determination, in particular building on earlier work around the notion of co-design. It was developed for the Futureground conference in Melbourne, November 2004.

Metagovernance and Development contains materials which supported a seminar presented to the Centre on Innovation Knowledge and Development (IKD) at the Open University on 14 October 2004.

The Odyssey Group 2004 was hosted by the University of Ulster and examined Migration, Identity and New Information Technology. A page on the transformation of the Manchester Northern Quarter was added to this site in conjunction with this meeting.

Archiving_Practice is a site providing an on-line archive for the 10th APROS Colloquium held in Oaxaca, Mexico in December 2003

savethePicket is a campaign site in support of the Picket venue in Liverpool which had to relocate from its premises. This is in part an unanticipated consequence of the success of Liverpool's bid to become European Capital of Culture for 2008.

North East Age is the web site which supported an on-line symposium which ran from the 15th to 18th July 2003. It captures aspects of the living situation of the older members of an outer urban community. It continues as an on-line resource and has a guest book which invites contributions from other communities and locations.

Electronic Stepping Stones is a paper presented at the 19th EGOS Colloquium held in July 2003.

From Bletchley Park to the NSA: scientific management and "surveillance society" in the Cold War and beyond is a paper presented at the Critical Management Studies Conference also held in July 2003.

Space, Location and Knowledge contains a 300kb pdf file consisting of a set of overheads prepared for a presentation at the Transport Research Institute, Napier University in April 2001

"Science entrepreneurs need better business skills" New Scientist 23 February 2008. Stephen Little was among a number of business and management educators and students who contributed to this article which discusses the value of business knowledge to scientists and technologists.

Africa in China's Global Strategy edited by Marcel Kitissou M. and published by Adonis and Abbey, London is now available from Amazon UK.Stephen Little's contribution is the final chapter: Models of Development: finding relevance for Africa in China's experience of development

Chennai Travels was created in April 2003 to examine transportation and development around Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Africa Links contains material from trips to South Africa and Ghana, from 1998 to 2002, including a recent presentation on the opportunities afforded by entry level on-line technologies.

Other African material produced in collaboration with Odyssey Group members includes

Surfing the Summit, a virtual visit to the 2002 Earth Summit in Johannesburg and

Township Transport, a site created collectively in Africa in 1998.

Two related sites also look at the convergence of technologies which permit intelligent transport strategies:

Townsville Transport examines Australian material and

Tatra Transport, a collecting point for examples of practice, good and bad from around the world.

Building on Virtual Common Ground: design participation for the network age is a paper discussing the above work was presented at the 2002 International Conference of the Design Research Society.

Knowledge Links is a working site created to allow discussion of issues raised during he presentation of the Open University Business School MBA elective "Managing Knowledge. This course has now completed its fifth presentation and is also being delivered by UNISA in South Africa and the OU Hong Kong.

Virtual Journeys are a form of electronic synchronisation using basic HTML and Web technology, developed collectively by the Odyssey Group of organisational researchers.

The Transport and Society Network website provides access to the full range of journeys developed by the Odyssey Group and their collaborators.

Ironbridge Gorge: Visible Learning is an example which explores the archeology of learning and knowledge creation visible in the iron bridge constructed in 1779 across the Severn Gorge in Shropshire, England