Development Engineering Journal Launches at Tech4Dev
By Anh-Thi Le
In May 2016 the journal Development Engineering( Dev Eng) officially launched at the International UNESCO Conference in Technologies for Development: From Innovation to Social- Impact( Tech4Dev). The conference was hosted by the Cooperation & Development Center( CODEV) at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne( EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Established in 2007, Tech4Dev is the flagship event of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development. The Conference is focused on the application of technology solutions to advance inclusive social and economic development in the developing world.
This year’ s convening served as the official launch of the new open access, interdisciplinary journal, Development Engineering: the Journal of Engineering in Economic Development( Dev Eng). Dev Eng is a forum for engineering and economic research applied to the problems of poverty. Published by Elsevier, the journal showcases research on innovative technologies designed to improve welfare in developing countries, along with novel measurement tools that aim to improve the quality of data on development outcomes. The first issue of Dev Eng is currently available on ScienceDirect or at http:// elsevier. com / locate / deveng.
“ We are pleased to partner with EPFL conference leaders and Elsevier to launch the Dev Eng journal at this conference. It is an opportunity for the journal to make new connections and invite submissions from Tech4Dev conference participants,” said Co-Chief Editor Professor Ashok Gadgil, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dev Eng encourages collaboration and learning among engineers, economists, and other scientists. It is also committed to promoting high-quality research by scholars from low- and middle-income countries.
“ This launch event included expert panels discussing the journal’ s focal research areas, including the design of technologies to measure development outcomes. It also gives us an opportunity to discuss the editors’ commitment to open and reproducible research practices” said Temina Madon, co-founder of the journal and Executive Director of the Center for Effective Global Action.
Tech4Dev sessions highlighting Dev Eng included:“ Journal of Development Engineering Launch,” a keynote address by Ashok Gadgil;“ Measuring Development Outcomes: A New Path in Development Engineering,” a breakout session facilitated by Temina Madon; and“ Open Science: From Research Transparency to Inclusive Authorship,” a panel discussion moderated by Sarah White, Senior Program Associate at the Center for Effective Global Action.
Dev Eng accepts manuscripts on a rolling basis. Submission to the second issue closes in Summer 2017.
The journal is supported by the Development Impact Lab which is led by UC Berkeley with support from the U. S. Agency for International Development, the Blum Center for Developing Economies, and the Center for Effective Global Action.
Anh-Thi Le is a senior project manager at the Blum Center for Developing Economies.
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Articles from the First Edition
Radio frequency( un) identification: Results from a proof-of-concept trial of the use of RFID technology to measure microenterprise turnover in Sri Lanka( Suresh de Mel, Dammika Herath, David McKenzie, Yuvraj Pathak)
The pursuit of balance in sequential randomized trials( Raymond P. Guiteras, David I. Levine, Thomas H. Polley)
Electrification for“ Under Grid” households in Rural Kenya( Kenneth Lee, Eric Brewer, Carson Christiano, Francis Meyo, Edward Miguel, Matthew Podolsky, Javier Rosa, Catherine Wolfram)
A proposed integrated data collection, analysis and sharing platform for impact evaluation( Andreas Kipf, Waylon Brunette, Jordan Kellerstrass, Matthew Podolsky, Javier Rosa, Mitchell Sundt, Daniel Wilson, Gaetano Borriello, Eric Brewer, Evan Thomas)
Avoided emissions of a fuel-efficient biomass cookstove dwarf embodied emissions( D. L. Wilson, D. R. Talancon, R. L. Winslow, X. Linares, A. J. Gadgil)
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