Call for papers : Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment
Thursday 16 - Friday 17 September 2010
* <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=2>Prof. Helen
Margetts (Chair), Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
*
<http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/cms/pages/page.php?pid=Stephen_Ward>Dr
Stephen Ward (Chair), University of Salford
* <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=133>Dr Sandra
Gonzalez-Bailon (Chair), Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Location: University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. More details to be announced.
We are calling for abstracts for the conference: 'Internet,
Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment', convened by the Oxford
Internet Institute (University of Oxford) in partnership with the
<http://www.ecprnet.eu/>European Consortium of Political Research
(ECPR) '<http://intradociep.upmf-grenoble.fr/Spip/>Internet and
Politics' Section, the Journal
<http://www.psocommons.org/policyandinternet/>Policy and Internet,
and the <http://www.ipsonet.org/>Policy Studies Organization (PSO).
Rationale
The Internet is now the most important international medium of
communication and information exchange, involving citizens, firms,
governments, political parties and NGOs, and bringing with it new
practices, norms and structures. The societal shift enabled by the
Internet is impacting upon public policy in all sectors, requiring
rigorous empirical investigation, theoretical development and
methodological innovation across academic disciplines.
In short, the Internet drives social change, requiring a policy
response - and policy organizations of all kinds use the Internet to
formulate and implement that response. Analysis of these two trends
requires taking advantage of the new evidence generated by the
Internet and the development of methods from a range of disciplinary
perspectives.
Programme
This is the first academic conference to subject the relationship
between the Internet, Politics and Policy to multi-disciplinary
scrutiny. The conference will be organised in twin tracks:
* Papers in the Politics track will consider the use of the
Internet by political organizations, examining the impact on policy
of (for example) online interest group activity and political
mobilization, e-voting, political parties and campaigning and e-government.
* Papers in the Policy track will look at policy responses to
Internet-driven social change, including e-health, on-line
education, cybercrime, security, privacy and digital inclusion.
* These two areas are intertwined, so Plenary sessions will
merge these tracks, investigating the intersection of policy and
politics and the Internet.
Call for Papers
We welcome papers reporting on innovative research into any aspect
of the impact of the Internet on public policy and / or politics. We
particularly welcome papers that report novel results or
methodological approaches, such as advanced analysis of online
policy networks, modelling of real-time transactional data or
internet-based experiments.
Perspectives from any academic discipline are welcomed,
particularly: political science, economics, law, sociology,
information science, communications, philosophy, computer science,
psychology, management, geography and medicine.
Please submit a 500-word outline in the first instance. All outlines
will be peer reviewed and applicants will have the opportunity to
co-submit their paper to the journal
<http://www.psocommons.org/policyandinternet/>Policy and Internet,
which will operate a fast-track review process for accepted papers.
Deadlines
* Abstract deadline: 500 words to be submitted by 15 March 2010
* Decision on abstracts: 15 April 2010
* Acepted paper submission deadline: 9 September 2010
All abstracts, papers and correspondence should be sent to:
<mailto:(ipp2010 /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk)>(ipp2010 /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk)
Organisers
Programme Chairs
* Professor Helen Margetts, OII, University of Oxford
* Dr Stephen Ward, University of Salford
* Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, OII, University of Oxford
Conference Committee
Full Conference Committee to be announced soon.
Contact
Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assesment :
<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=338>http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=338
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles, OX1
3JS, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1865 287210; Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211; Email:
<mailto:(ipp2010 /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk)>(ipp2010 /at/ oii.ox.ac.uk)
