Dear Friends, The Access to Knowledge Global Academy (A2KGA)* is a network of academic centers dedicated to research, education and policy advice promoting access to knowledge. The A2KGA is issuing a call for submissions of chapters for a new edited book on mobile technologies and development. In recent years, the rapid and worldwide spread of mobile technologies has greatly expanded access to basic telephony and a wide range of Internet-based services. This book explores mobile telephony as the source of opportunities and challenges, especially with respect to access and control. This book will bring together scholars, journalists, activists, and other subject-matter experts, in a wide-ranging set of chapters that collectively explore access to knowledge on the world’s mobile phone networks. Categories include: I. Access and Control III. Economic Opportunities and Developments II. Political and Social Change IV. Technological Underpinnings Attached is the call for chapters, with the scope of the book, details on length and format, and important deadlines. The editors will be accepting chapter abstracts until December 9, 2016. Please send any inquiries and submissions to *a2kga@aucegypt.edu. <a2kga@aucegypt.edu.%23>* Best, Nagla *Partners of the A2KGA include the Institute for Technology & Society in Brazil, the Institute for Internet Policy and Law at Beijing Normal University in China, the Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo in Egypt, the Center for Internet and Society in India, the Intellectual Property Law and Policy Research Unit in Cape Town in South Africa and both the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and the Duke Technology and Innovation Policy Lab at Duke University in the United States. -- Nagla Rizk Professor of Economics Founding Director, Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) School of Business, The American University in Cairo Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Affiliated Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School http://www1.aucegypt.edu/faculty/naglarzk/ http://www.aucegypt.edu/Business/A2K4D/Pages/default.aspx