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[ecrea] CfP Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment, Oxford (UK), 16-17 September 2010

Tue Jan 19 23:56:13 GMT 2010




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)


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