About US
The Center for Inclusive Digital Enterprise (CeIDE – pronounced “seed”) was founded in 2018 and became a research partner of the Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa (www.diaa.nz) in 2019 with the shared purpose of advocating for policy changes with thought leadership and evidence-driven recommendations.
The overarching vision of CeIDE is a collective focus on bringing about digital inclusion and equity for the well-being of the currently disadvantaged communities. Consistent with the ideals of “tech for good”, CeIDE believes that digital inclusion is a fundamental and universal right of active citizenship and should contribute to the growth and development of all all.
As the Cyber Future Foundation puts it: We are a collective of committed scholars actively building trust and inclusion in cyberspace. Whereas the future is promising, confident, bright and positive – not because we are utopian or positivist in perspective, but because that’s the most desirable outcome for humanity to lead into a digital and connected future – with hope, and humility we collaborate, cooperate and co-create this future together for ourselves, our future generations, and the global village in which we live.
A McKinsey Global Institute Discussion Paper (May 2019) declared that: “The development and adoption of advanced technologies including smart automation and artificial intelligence has the potential not only to raise productivity and GDP growth but also to improve well-being more broadly, including through healthier life and longevity and more leisure. Alongside such benefits, these technologies also have the potential to reduce disruption and the potentially destabilizing effects on society arising from their adoption”.
In short, CeIDE was established to undertake research-informed advocacy for the currently dis-enfranchised to benefit from such digital opportunities.