Robin van Koert  Brooklyn, USA robin_van_koert@yahoo.com I can provide you with high quality written material on a variety of topics, such as world events and international politics, but I have specific expertise and in-depth knowledge of the following subjects. Book Dutch Wax Design Technology from Helmond to West Africa (publication date: 25 October 2007) ICT and globalization: offshore outsourcing SMEs are testing distant waters (in Dutch) (Algemeen Dagblad, 27 August 2005) Dutch IT professionals should seize their opportunities (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 1 August 2005) Trade unions fear offshoring (in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 23 June 2005) White collars are also at risk (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 25 April 2005) Good old new Europe (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 4 April 2005) Offshoring at breakfast (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 29 March 2005) It is official: Europe is #1 (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 7 February 2005) Can you outsource economic dynamism? (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 13 December 2004) Does India hold the future of the Dutch knowledge society? (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 25 October 2004) Vietnam, a tiger for the future? (original in Dutch) (Infoworld, website for ICT management, www.infoworld.nl, 11 October 2004) India: quality for little money (original in Dutch) (Algemeen Dagblad, 11 August 2004) The Internet and Society From letterbox to keyboard (in Dutch) (Algemeen Dagblad, 30 October 2004) The weblogs of Salam Pax and Anne Frank (original in Dutch) (Algemeen Dagblad, 22 May 2004) The Internet and Democracy The Internet in Vietnam: Party Propaganda or Infotainment? (Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, January 2004) The Internet and Human Rights Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Freedom of expression under threat in cyberspace (Amnesty International - International Secretariat, November 2003) The Internet in support of Human Rights Activism and Campaigning ICT and International Development E-Media in Development: Combining Multiple E-Media types (FirstMonday, March 2003) The Impact of Democratic Deficits on Electronic Media in Rural Development (FirstMonday, April 2002) Electronic Media in Rural Development (University of Amsterdam, June 2001) Providing Content and Facilitating Social Change: Electronic Media in Rural Development (FirstMonday, February 2000) In addition, I write columns on my weblog, the official website of the football club FC Den Bosch and, if given the opportunity, in newspapers and other publications. Passion and the size of fish (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 24 February 2006) Parklife (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 23 January 2006) Internationalisme (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 19 December 2005) The colour of money (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 20 November 2005) De FC Oranje (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 18 October 2005) Looking up or down (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 19 September 2005) About free tickets, wooden benches and hope (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 15 August 2005) My life as a hooligan? (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 2 May 2005) The long goodbye? (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 1 April 2005) Superstitious belief in a miracle (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 1 March 2005) The world on a bike (in Dutch) (Brabants Dagblad, 26 February 2005) The loneliness of the long distance fan (in Dutch) (Official FC Den Bosch website, www.fcdenbosch.nl, 29 January 2005) My expertise and knowledge derives from material collected for my dissertation, continued research on the potential for ICT in development and my work with Amnesty International. I have specific in-depth knowledge of Ghana, Indonesia, Peru and Vietnam. If you are interested in a discussion on having freelance research or consultancy in the field of ICT and international development conducted by me, please do not hesitate to contact me personally, by phone or via e-mail. Send an e-mail