Prof. Chrisanthi Avgerou

Chrisanthi Avgerou, is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). She teaches postgraduate courses on Information Systems Implementation and on Information Systems in Developing Countries. She chaired the IFIP WG 9.4 on "Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries" from 1996-2002. Her research is concerned with the study of the dual process of the utilization of information technology and organizational change within different socio-organizational contexts, and one of her recent publications is on this subject is Information Systems and Global Diversity (2002), published by Oxford University Press.