About

On a dhow in Inhambane, Mozambique

My name is Kevin Donovan and I’m currently a student at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service pursuing a major in Science, Technology and International Affairs and a certificate in International Development. I am particularly interested in the role that information and communication technologies can play in development and world affairs. On Blurring Borders, I write about international development, information policy, and intellectual property.

I have worked at the World Bank’s infoDev group which focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D). There I focused on foundational research on the role of ICTs in education in South Asia, an interactive debate website to convene experts on the role of ICTs in education, and promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries.

Until recently, I served on the board of Students for Free Culture, an international advocacy organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and ICT policy. As the founder of the Georgetown University chapter, I worked with faculty and administrators to lead the creation of the Georgetown OpenCourseWare initiative which was unveiled in the summer of 2009.

In addition to Chicago and D.C., I’ve lived in London and Cape Town and been lucky enough to travel in Europe, Africa and South America.

You can find me on Twitter @kevindonovan or contact me via email: kevin (at) blurringborders (dot) com.

The views expressed here are my own.

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The header image was taken by my friend Alex Klein while we were hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Blurring Borders by Kevin Donovan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.