Richard Heeks

Richard Heeks

Manchester University

H-index: 75

North America-United States

About Richard Heeks

Richard Heeks, With an exceptional h-index of 75 and a recent h-index of 51 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Manchester University, specializes in the field of ICT4D, Development Informatics, Information Systems, Development Studies, Digital Development.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Powershifts, Organisational Value, and Water Management: Digital transformation of Ghana's public water utility

China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South: Special issue introduction

The Principles of Digital Transformation for Development (DX4D): Systematic literature review and future research agenda

Gig Worker Response to Algorithmic and Other Management Practices in India: A study of drivers from ride-hailing platforms

Smartening Up: User experience with smart water metering infrastructure in an African city

What is Fair? The experience of Indonesian gig workers

Analysing the Development Impact of the Gig Economy using Sen’s Capability Approach: A case study of the physical gig economy in India

Fair Work in South Africa's Gig Economy: A journey of engaged scholarship

Richard Heeks Information

University

Position

Chair Digital Development

Citations(all)

31291

Citations(since 2020)

10299

Cited By

24460

hIndex(all)

75

hIndex(since 2020)

51

i10Index(all)

232

i10Index(since 2020)

140

Email

University Profile Page

Manchester University

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Richard Heeks Skills & Research Interests

ICT4D

Development Informatics

Information Systems

Development Studies

Digital Development

Top articles of Richard Heeks

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Powershifts, Organisational Value, and Water Management: Digital transformation of Ghana's public water utility

Utilities Policy

Godfred Amankwaa

Richard Heeks

Alison L Browne

2024/4/1

China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South: Special issue introduction

The Information Society

Richard Heeks

Christopher Foster

Ping Gao

Xia Han

Nicholas Jepson

...

2024/3/14

The Principles of Digital Transformation for Development (DX4D): Systematic literature review and future research agenda

Richard Heeks

Bookie Ezeomah

Gianluca Iazzolino

Aarti Krishnan

Rose Pritchard

...

2023/10/19

Gig Worker Response to Algorithmic and Other Management Practices in India: A study of drivers from ride-hailing platforms

Digital Development Working Paper Series

Ipshita Chakraborty

Richard Heeks

2023/9/27

Smartening Up: User experience with smart water metering infrastructure in an African city

Utilities Policy

Godfred Amankwaa

Richard Heeks

Alison L Browne

2023/2/1

What is Fair? The experience of Indonesian gig workers

Digital Geography and Society

Treviliana Eka Putri

Paska Darmawan

Richard Heeks

2023/12/4

Analysing the Development Impact of the Gig Economy using Sen’s Capability Approach: A case study of the physical gig economy in India

Digital Development Working Paper Series

Hiroto Yanaka

Richard Heeks

2023

Fair Work in South Africa's Gig Economy: A journey of engaged scholarship

Digital Geography and Society

Jean-Paul Van Belle

Kelle Howson

Mark Graham

Richard Heeks

Louise Bezuidenhout

...

2023/12/1

China’s Digital Expansion in the Global South: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Digital Development Working Paper Series

Richard Heeks

Angelica V Ospina

Christopher Foster

Ping Gao

Xia Han

...

2023

Data justice

Richard Heeks

2023/10/17

Platform Work Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis: South Africa Ratings 2022

Sharon Geeling

Pitso Tsibolane

Kelle Howson

Mark Graham

Richard Heeks

...

2022

Derrière le masque: les conditions de travail des travailleurs des plateformes numériques pendant la pandémie de COVID‐19

Revue internationale du Travail

Kelle Howson

Funda Ustek‐Spilda

Alessio Bertolini

Richard Heeks

Fabian Ferrari

...

2022/9

Sin máscara: las condiciones laborales en las plataformas digitales de trabajo durante la pandemia de COVID‐19

Revista Internacional del Trabajo

Kelle Howson

Funda Ustek‐Spilda

Alessio Bertolini

Richard Heeks

Fabian Ferrari

...

2022/9

Water ATMs and Access to Water: Digitalisation of off-grid water infrastructure in peri-urban Ghana

Water Alternatives

Godfred Amankwaa

Richard Heeks

Alison L Browne

2022

Data-Powered Positive Deviance: Combining traditional and non-traditional data to identify and characterise development-related outperformers

Development Engineering

Basma Albanna

Richard Heeks

Andreas Pawelke

Jeremy Boy

Julia Handl

...

2022/1/1

Digital Inequality Beyond the Digital Divide: Conceptualizing adverse digital incorporation in the global South

Information Technology for Development

Richard Heeks

2022/5/24

Indonesia 2022 Ratings: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy

Treviliana Eka Putri

Amelinda Pandu Kusumaningtyas

Ruth Tarullyna Simanjuntak

Firya Qurratu’ain Abisono

Nabiyla Risfa Izzati

...

2022

Fairwork Pakistan Ratings 2022: Labour Standards in the Gig Economy

Iftikhar Ahmad

Shanza Sohail

Sidra Nizamuddin

Athar Jameel

Seemab Haider Aziz

...

2022

Fairwork in the Platform Economy: A global South perspective

Cracking the future of work. Automation and Labor Platforms in the Global South

Pitso Tsibolane

Arturo Arriagada

Trevi Putri

Jean-Paul van Belle

Henry Chavez

...

2021

Measuring Resilience in Marginalised Urban Communities: A South African township pilot study

Justin Haley

Richard Heeks

Jean-Paul Van Belle

2021/4/6

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Co-Authors

H-index: 60
Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography

Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography

University of Oxford

H-index: 52
Sundeep Sahay

Sundeep Sahay

Universitetet i Oslo

H-index: 45
Alemayehu Molla

Alemayehu Molla

RMIT University

H-index: 31
Richard Boateng

Richard Boateng

University of Ghana

H-index: 27
Brian Nicholson

Brian Nicholson

Manchester University

H-index: 22
Devinder Thapa (PhD IE, PhD IS)

Devinder Thapa (PhD IE, PhD IS)

Universitetet i Agder

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