Governance and Policy
August 3, 2026
7 min read
This article explores how digital identity systems fail when personal data changes, highlighting legal rulings, infrastructural inertia, biometric limitations, and the resulting social exclusion and…
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Identity System Design
July 16, 2026
3 min read
A script to set up a local Docker instance of DHIS2 seeded with the demo database and with analytics tables populated for the DHIS2 dashboard.…
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Identity System Design
February 6, 2026
15 min read
Introduction You have a social enterprise. Over the last few years you’ve seen it grow and develop and you’ve met the people whose lives you’re…
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Research in Practice
January 15, 2026
4 min read
I was recently chatting over lunch with a researcher. We were discussing AI, and whether large language models like ChatGPT produce anything new, or whether…
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Field Notes
May 22, 2025
6 min read
Research in Practice
January 23, 2025
6 min read
I’ve been reading a lot about boundary objects lately. Boundary objects are loosely-defined artifacts, categories, or documents that facilitate partial cooperation across communities of practice…
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Governance and Policy
June 3, 2023
4 min read
This week, the Ugandan president signed an anti-LGBTQ+ law that has been condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanization’. The law imposes the…
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Identity System Design
April 6, 2023
7 min read
This page contains If you already have an installation of OpenEMIS up and running and you just want to configure it, skip to the section…
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