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Global internet participation
Which national conditions help explain differences in internet use? I compared educational, economic, demographic, technological, and institutional indicators across 104 countries.
View project →Katelyn Lynch, PhD
Researcher & Analyst
I study what turns access to technology into meaningful participation. My research examines how education, institutions, governance, and digital literacy shape who can use digital systems and what they are able to do with them.
Selected Work
Three studies of digital inclusion
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Digital inclusion and capability
How does digital-development research explain the path from access to meaningful opportunity? I mapped the field and synthesized 116 studies to develop a framework linking access, literacy, institutions, and capability.
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Digital readiness, education, and governance
How do education and governance work together to shape digital readiness? I examined that relationship through a mixed-methods study of 30 OECD countries.
See the dissertation program →Research
These studies are part of a larger inquiry into digital inclusion. Access to technology matters, but it does not determine whether people can use technology to expand their choices and opportunities. I examine the educational, institutional, and social conditions between access and capability.
- Digital inclusion & capability
- Technology, institutions & development
- Digital literacy & readiness
- Measurement, methods & evidence
Selected Record
Education
PhD, Innovation in Global Development
Arizona State University · 2026
Recognition
Best Graduate Poster Award
ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society · 2024
Publication
Modeling Internet Use in the Global Development Context
ITU Kaleidoscope / IEEE · 2024