Connected Mobilities

Edited by:   Jean-Michel Ledjou (Paris-Saclay University France), Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe (Paris-Saclay University, France; University of Antananarivo, Madagascar), Destiny Tchehouali (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada)
Imprint:   ISTE Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
ISBN:   9781836690764
ISBN 10:   1836690762
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   13 April 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jean-Michel Ledjou is Associate Professor at Paris-Saclay University and a specialist in Information and Communication Sciences. He teaches in the computer science department at IUT d'Orsay, is a member of IDEST/AMETIS and has coedited several books and published numerous research articles on the adoption and dissemination of digital technologies, as well as on emerging practices. Hanitra Randrianasolo-Rakotobe is Associate Professor in economics at Paris-Saclay University and has an agricultural engineering degree from the Higher School of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Antananarivo. She has coordinated several books and written numerous articles on the topics of digital technology and development, the explosion of mobile application and services and new economic models in agriculture. Since 2015, she has been an active member of IDEST, where she specializes in research on the impacts of digital technologies. At the same time, she continues her work as a research associate at UP InterAct (UniLaSalle), focusing on issues related to digital technology, vulnerability and sustainability in agriculture. Passionate about disseminating multidisciplinary knowledge in French, she has been a member of an international university team Presentation of Authors     xix since 2021 that organizes scientific conferences in French-speaking countries on societal issues related to digital technologies. Destiny Tchéhouali is professor of International Communication in the Department of Social and Public Communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Communication and Technologies for Development, Tchéhouali is also a co-holder of the Quebec Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Francophone Digital Technologies. Destiny Tchéhouali heads the Observatoire des reseaux et interconnexions de la société numérique (ORISON) at UQAM. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of the Quebec chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC Quebec) and chair of the Scientific Council of the Francophone Agency for Artificial Intelligence (Agence francophone pour l'intelligence artificielle (AFRIA)). Member of the scientific committee of the OIF's Observatoire de la langue française, his current research focuses on the circulation, discoverability and consumption of local/national cultural and media products/content on transnational digital platforms. In addition, his work explores digital divides and inequalities, the emergence of diffusion of technological innovations in the Global South, the geopolitical issues of cyberspace and Internet governance and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.