Gertrudes Adolfo Macueve gertrum@gmail.com PERSONAL DATA Nationality: Mozambican Place of Birth: Maputo Date of Birth: 6 th March 1977 Marital Status: Single RESEARCH INTERESTS • E‐Government and ICTs for Development • ICTs and Gender • Health Information Systems WORKING EXPERIENCE • Lecturer at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), since 2001 experienced in the following subjects: ⎯ Analysis and Design of Information Systems ⎯ Software Engineering ⎯ Research Methods • Coordinator of the research project “Gender Research in Africa into ICTs for Empowerment” (GRACE)in Mozambique, since 2005 • Coordinator of the project “Local Governance and ICTs Research Network for Africa” (LOGIN‐AFRICA – Moçambique, since 2005 • Information Systems Analyst at Empresa Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique, from 2000 to 2004 • Researcher of HISP (Health Information Systems Programme), since 2001. • Other Professional Experiences • 2003/2004 – Participation in the development of the curriculum for the course of informatics for Universidade de São Tomás • 2004 – Participation in the development of the curriculum for the master course in Information Systems for UEM • 2003/2004 – Participation in the development of an open‐office course for the Ministry of Finances. 1 EDUCATION Ph.D. in Information Systems – University of Oslo 2004­2008 Dissertation (Submitted): “Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities of the Implementation of e‐Government Initiatives for Development through the Lens of the Capability Approach: Case Studies from Mozambique.” 2008 Ms. C. in Information Systems – University of Oslo 2001­2003 Dissertation: “Drugs Logistics Management Information Systems in Mozambique: Challenges and Opportunities.” 2003 Licenciatura in Computer Sciences ­ UEM 1995­2000 Dissertation: “Sistema de Informação para a Gestão de Telecentros da Manhiça e Namaacha.” 2001
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS • 2008 – E‐government for Development: A Case Study from Mozambique (in African Journal of Information Systems) • 2008 ‐ E‐government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Sector (in South African Computer Journal) • 2008 – Assessment of the Outcomes of e‐Government for Good Governance. A Case of Land Management Information System in Mozambique (in International Journal of Electronic Governance) • 2007 ‐ The Problem of Literacy in e‐Government Implementation for Development: A Case Study of e‐Land Management Information System from Mozambique (in e‐
Challenges 2007) • 2007 – Co‐author: Conceptualization of e‐Government as an Information Infrastructure: Case Study from Mozambique (in IST‐AFRICA ‐2007) 2 • 2007 ‐ Co‐author: E‐government Implementation Mozambique: Challenges and Opportunities (in e‐governance in developing nations Santap Mishra & Amrita Mukherjee (eds.)) • 2006 ‐ A Structurational Analysis of the Process of e‐
government implementation: A Case Study from Mozambique (in ICEG 2006) • 2005 – Co‐author ‐ Manual do módulo e‐business desenhado pa
IST‐AFRICA • 2005 – Co‐author: Strategies for Development and Integration of Health Information Systems: Coping with Historicity and Heterogeneity (IFI ‐Working paper) • 2005 ‐ E‐government implementation in Mozambique: Contributing for the country’s development by controlling the public finances (in ICEG ‐2005) • 2005 – Co‐author: E‐government Implementation Mozambique: Challenges and Opportunities (in IRIS – 2005) PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES • 2008 ‐ IFIP WG 9.4‐University of Pretoria Joint Workshop – Pretória • 2007 ‐ eChallenges e‐2007 Conference & Exhibition takes – The Hague • 2007 ‐ IST‐Africa 2007 Conference & Exhibition – Maputo • 2006 – 2 nd International Conference on e‐Government ‐ Pittsburgh • 2005 –Open Acess 2005‐ 3rd International Workshop ‐ Maputo • 2004 – The Free Open Source Software for Africa (FOSFA) ‐ Cape Town 3 LANGUAGES •
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Portuguese – native language English – speak and read/write with some proficiency Changana and Chope – speak, read, and write with basic competence. 4