Tim Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, where his research-practice over the last 25 years has focused especially on the use of digital technologies by the world's poorest and most marginalised people. He is the Founder of the ICT4D Collective (2004-present), was Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (2007-2023), and served as Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (2011-2015).

Chapter 1. Notes from the Underground Vignette: Working WITH, not FOR Chapter 2. Shifting the Balance: From Growth to Equity Vignette: 'The Tech Will Save Her' - False Promises in Digital Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Solutions Vignette: The Youth-led Imperative Vignette: A Gambian Perspective on Digital Tech and Equity Vignette: Why Persons with Disabilities will Keep on Experiencing Failure Vignette: The Geopolitics of Digital Knowledge Chapter 3. A UN System Co-opted by the Interests of Global Capital Vignette: Reinventing Travail: ICT in Basic Education in the Philippines Vignette: Is it Really More of the Same Since WOUGNET's Inception in 2000? Vignette: Beyond the Token Seat: Rethinking Youth Inclusion in Global Forums Vignette: Retreads: Pushing New Rocks up New Hills Chapter 4: The 'Me' Syndrome Vignette: It's About Who Built it - And Who Didn't Vignette: Crafting a More Equitable Framework for Global Epidemiological Research Practice: Working With Not On Vignette: The Right People, Building Things They Understand, and Striving to Deliver Directly for Citizens Vignette: How May Academics Help to Empower Marginalised Communities Through Digital Tech? Chapter 5: The Innovation Fetish Vignette: [...]: Memories of Innovation for the Most Marginalised Vignette: Digital Tech and the Unbanked: The COVID Pandemic in Brazil Vignette: The Power of Micro-Transactions Vignette: The Digital Privatisation of India's Administration Vignette: Evidence-driven Decision-making in the Use of Digital Technologies in Education Chapter 6: On Freedom and Digital Enslavement Vignette: Social, Shared and Sustainable: Whatever Happened to the Community Internet? Vignette: Spinning Digital Cotton to Counter Digital Colonialism Vignette: Learning from Land Rights so Data Rights are Right from the Get Go Vignette: The Exploitation of Young Women: Digital Tech at the Heart of the Immoral Economy Vignette: Beyond the Cable: 'The embrace of Co-designed, Plural Futures' Chapter 7: Towards Emancipatory Responsibilities and Actions Vignette: The Right to Repair Vignette: It's About What Technology Can do For Society Vignette: a Digital Life Well Lived for Others