The Institute of Health and Society (IHS) and Centre for Development and Environment (SUM ), are engaged in a research project on Universal Health Coverage and the Public Good in Africa.
Information Systems research group at IFI, is engaged with the design, development and implementation of DHIS2 as a digital pubic good.
There are thus three different perspectives on public goods - from the social sciences, public health and informatics . The aim of this dialogue between the three research groups is to share respective understandings of a public good, and identify potential collaborative efforts - theoretically and empirically.
Structure
We propose to structure this discussion over 45 minutes, including two 10-minute presentations from each research group, followed by a 45 minute open discussion.
Discussants from IFI:
1. Some conceptual perspectives on digital public goods - Sundeep Sahay
2. Thinking of DHIS2 as a public good - Johan Ivar Sæbø
Discussants from IHS
Universal health coverage and the concept of the public good
Ruth Prince and Thomas Neumark