Research grounded in the realities of small island nations, examining where global frameworks fall short and how digital sovereignty, AI governance and public infrastructure can be shaped on local terms.
Global AI governance frameworks assume state capacities many nations lack. The paper sets out the amplified sovereignty paradox, treats small island states as stress tests for global governance, and proposes five standards-grade requirements mapped to ITU-T study groups.
Digital identity governance tends to split between coordinated state platforms and self-sovereign identity. The paper proposes a framework that pairs transparency with real citizen control, drawing on X-Road, Singpass, Aadhaar and eFaas.
A modular framework for assessing e-government readiness to support planning, built from perspectives mapped to reusable assessment components, and applied to develop a readiness instrument for the Maldives.
Conference papers, book chapters and journal articles, newest first.
Papers accepted for publication. Each is marked as presented and awaiting publication, or accepted and still to be presented.
Work presented at conferences without a published paper.
Guidance for governments, and earlier strategy and capacity-building work at the Center for Electronic Governance, UNU-IIST, Macao.
Programmes developed at Cyryx College while Vice Rector for Academic Development, 2017 to 2018, all approved by the Maldives Qualifications Authority. Nine are at master's level.