[ecrea] Call For Abstracts - GIG-ARTS 2017 Conference - 30-31 March 2017 Paris

Please find below the full CFP of the GIG-ARTS 2017 Conference, to be 
held in Paris on 30-31 March 2017.

GIG-ARTS 2017 is The First European Multidisciplinary Conference on 
Global Internet Governance – Actors, Regulations, Transactions and 
Strategies, one of the outcomes of the GIG-ARTS project (www.gig-arts.eu).

In addition to general global internet governance topics, GIG-ARTS 2017 
particularly welcomes submissions on this first edition's's theme: 
“Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue”.

Abstracts no longer than 500 words should be submitted at 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2017, by 31 October 2016.
Authors of selected submissions will have the opportunity to submit 
their full manuscript for publication as part of an edited volume 
published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

GIG-ARTS 2017 Communication details:
Website: http://events.gig-arts.eu – Email (for questions): 
(events /at/ gig-arts.eu)
Twitter: @GigArtsEU – #GIGARTS17

Looking forwards to your submissions,
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki

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The First European
Multidisciplinary Conference on
Global Internet Governance
Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies

GIG-ARTS 2017 – 30-31 March 2017, Paris
“Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue”

Organized by the GIG-ARTS Project (www.gig-arts.eu)

Co-Sponsored by the ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics, The 
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), Rowman & 
Littlefield Publishers

Supported by The French National Research Agency (ANR), The French 
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), UPMC-Sorbonne 
Universités, The Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Paris IAS)

Call for Papers

About the GIG-ARTS Conference

The GIG-ARTS (Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, 
Transactions and Strategies) conference is a European annual 
multidisciplinary academic venue to present and discuss developments in 
Global Internet Governance (GIG) and their implications in and beyond 
this field of research. It is one of the outcomes of the GIG-ARTS 
project (www.gig-arts.eu).
The GIG-ARTS conference aims to complement and bridge between existing 
venues, such as established International or European disciplinary 
conferences in the social sciences (e.g. IAMCR, ICA, ISA, IPSA, ECPR, 
EISA, … general conferences), where GIG scholars sometimes find their 
interdisciplinary research marginalized in terms of issues, areas and 
disciplines; or such as in the only venue specialized in GIG so far (the 
Annual GigaNet Symposium), organized as a pre-event of the UN annual 
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2006, making it difficult to both 
focus on European developments and to accommodate a larger academic 
community than the one that is used to participating in IGF proceedings. 
The GIG-ARTS conference objectives are threefold: to foster the 
enlargement and diversification of this academic community in order to 
increase its visibility; to open more opportunities to young scholars, 
particularly from Europe and its neighbourhood; and to anchor its 
discussions in the European context, providing a space where the 
scholarly community can address regional challenges and contribute to 
regional discussions.
Each year, the GIG-ARTS conference will highlight a main theme. In 
addition to keynote speeches and academic presentations and discussions, 
at least one roundtable will feature a debate with practitioners around 
that theme.  The theme of the first GIG-ARTS conference edition in 2017 
is: “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue”.
Rationale

  “Digital diplomacy” has recently been the subject of significant 
debates, events and activities at a variety of governance sites. The 
concept is often used without having been clearly defined and delimited. 
For some, it is restricted to the use of digital means, especially 
social networks, by diplomats to practice a kind of “Public Diplomacy 
2.0”. In others’ views, it extends to foreign affairs and international 
relations with regard to all matters related to the digital environment, 
including internet governance.
There is undoubtedly a need to better understand recent transformations 
of diplomacy in the digital era, their drivers and their nature, whether 
and how they might change European and transnational power relations 
and, ultimately, which values they carry and channel on the global scene.
Moreover, in the global internet governance field specifically, where 
the technical, social and market innovations are quickly developing, 
there is a particular difficulty to keep pace with numerous internet 
innovations in order to make informed choices and decisions on issues 
that may appear mainly technical. Most significantly, still unresolved, 
highly sensitive issues challenge national, regional and global 
policymaking, in terms of sovereignty and other political, legal, 
economic, social, cultural and societal choices. Finally, this important 
issue must be put in the context of the history of institutions building 
regarding the internet. The United Nations decision, ten years ago at 
the World Summit on Information Society, that internet governance 
processes should be institutionalized in an open and inclusive manner 
through multistakeholder participation, constituted in this regard an 
important mutation in diplomatic practices.
This first edition of the European Multidisciplinary Conference on 
Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and 
Strategies (GIG-ARTS 2017) is therefore dedicated to the formalization, 
understanding and discussion of global internet governance, in all its 
dimensions, as a diplomacy issue and terrain. A special emphasis will be 
given to the role of the European Union, its member states and its 
neighbourhood in a field historically dominated by US interests, 
especially those of private sector internet giants.

Main Topics

Scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines are encouraged to 
contribute through their theoretical and empirical research works to 
this definition and to analysis of global internet governance as a 
diplomacy issue. In addition to general global internet governance 
issues, topics of particular interest include:
- Europe as a global actor in internet governance diplomacy: A symphony 
or cacophony of voices? Europe’s role and position in both the 
negotiation of internet related Treaties and discussion of soft law 
instruments; Economy, trade, taxation and labour: the European model 
challenged by US internet giants and the so-called sharing economy? 
Europe and its neighbourhood: challenges and opportunities in internet 
governance diplomacy;

- Human rights, rule of law and democratic values anchoring and 
channelling: drivers and obstacles in a digital era; National, regional 
and global norms diffusion; The role of major European Court rulings on 
internet related norms; The role of international organizations in hard 
and soft law instruments design and implementation;

- New diplomacy actors, instruments and practices in internet 
governance: Non state actors; Multistakeholder processes: coalitions, 
transactions and strategies; New forms of lobbying and new power relations?

- Multiple digital disruptions faced by diplomacy and their 
consequences: Intercultural relations in internet governance diplomacy 
and their institutional and regulatory impact; New forms of 
coordination, institutions building and rule making; New forms of 
threats and opportunities for sovereignty, peace and security;

- Diplomacy transformations in a digital era: Nature and perimeter; 
Commonalities and specificities across different fields; Assessment of 
diplomatic studies and trainings with regard to such transformations.

Submission Information and Publication Opportunities

Authors are invited to submit their extended abstracts (no longer than 
500 words), describing their research question(s), theoretical 
framework, approach and methodology, expected findings or empirical 
outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a peer-review 
process. Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through 
the Easychair conference management system at: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2017
Authors of selected submissions will have the opportunity to submit 
their full manuscript for publication as part of an edited volume 
published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Key dates

- Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 October 2016
- Notification to authors: 15 December 2016
- Authors registration (at least one author must register for a selected 
presentation to appear on the programme): From 15 December 2016 to 13 
January 2017
- Programme publication: 15 January 2017
- Online registration: From 15 January to 15 March 2017
- Conference dates: 30 & 31 March 2017

Venue

The conference will be held at the Hôtel de Lauzun, a 17th Century 
building located in the heart of Paris, on Ile Saint-Louis.

Conference Registration and Fees
Registration fees are 100€ for regular participants and 50€ for students 
showing proof of status. The conference fees include a participant kit 
with conference documents as well as coffee breaks and meals.

GIG-ARTS 2017 Scientific Programme Committee

- Francesco Amoretti, University of Salerno, Italy
- Wolfgang Benedek, University of Graz, Austria
- Sergio Branco, ITS Rio, Brazil
- Eric Brousseau, Université Paris Dauphine, France
- Andrea Calderaro, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Agnès Callamard, Columbia University, USA
- Joseph Cannataci, University of Malta, Malta
- Jean-Marie Chenou, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
- Mikkel Flyverbom, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
- Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
- Jeanette Hofmann, WZB, Germany
- Rikke Frank Jørgensen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
- Joanna Kulesza, University of Lodz, Poland
- Nanette S. Levinson, American University Washington DC, USA
- Robin Mansell, LSE, United Kingdom
- Meryem Marzouki (Conference Chair), CNRS & UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, 
France
- Jeanne Mifsud-Bonnici, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- Jo Pierson, VUB, Belgium
- Michèle Rioux, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
- Katharine Sarikakis, University of Vienna, Austria
- Joris Van Hoboken, IVIR, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

GIG-ARTS 2017 Communication Details
- Website: http://events.gig-arts.eu
- Email for information: (events /at/ gig-arts.eu)
- Email for submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2017
- Twitter: @GigArtsEU
- Hashtag: #GIGARTS17


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