[Commlist] Call for papers "Digitalization and challenges of democratic processes in Europe"

Call for papers

*Digitalization and challenges of democratic processes in Europe
**
a panel within the 20^th international academic conference*

EUROPE of the 21^st CENTURY

February 6-7, 2020 Collegium Polonicum, Słubice


On behalf of the organizers, namely the Faculty of Political Science and 
Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and the Faculty of 
Political Science and Sociology at the University of Granada we would 
like to extend an invitation to participate in the panel entitled 
“*Digitalization and challenges of democratic processes in Europe*”, 
that will take place on February 6^th 2020 in Collegium Polonicum in 
Słubice during conference “Europe of the 21st Century”.

The new media and the Internet are transforming political institutions 
and ways of not only political communication, but also broader political 
dynamics, transforming relations between politicians and citizens. 
Undoubtedly, digital technologies have profoundly altered democratic 
processes worldwide, including electoral processes.  The new media 
became in this context a great platform for information, involvement and 
mobilization activities of the electorate.

Without any doubt, digitalization and digital tools are bringing along 
new opportunities, advances and challenges. They fundamentally have 
changed the access to information, the ways of communication, political 
discourse and engagement in political processes. On one hand they affect 
politicians and political parties since they may enhance political 
campaigning, and, on the other hand, they give the electorate wide 
opportunities not only to increase their activities in the political 
space, but also to influence the decisions taken.

These digital transformations of democracy and democratic societies pose 
various challenges not only in the context of political practice but 
also to theoreticians of democracy and political communication.

Finally, digitalized contexts mentioned open a wide variety of new and 
more sophisticated research techniques as the consequence of the 
challenge that these increasingly complexes processes are consolidated.

The panel will provide an opportunity to exchange views, opinions and 
research results on the conditions, experiences, constraints, benefits 
and challenges related to different dimensions of digital transformation 
of democratic processes - not only using theoretical and methodological 
approaches, but also practical perspective.

The Organizers invite submissions of original papers, not published or 
considered for publication elsewhere, that contribute to the conference 
theme: *Digitalization and challenges of democratic processes in 
Europe*. All accepted papers will be published in the *Conference 
Proceedings.*

*


We assume that the papers are focused on the following *

 1. Digital transformation: theoretical approach
 2. New Methodological approaches
 3. Digital media in political communication
 4.  From representative to digital democracy: digital media to increase
    citizen participation
 5. Evidences from different countries
**

*Research papers should not exceed 15 pages, and they should, 
indicatively, include the following sections (more as content than as 
exact titles)*

1. Title and Abstract (up to 300 words)

2. Introduction

3. Background / Literature Review

4. Methodology / Research Framework

5. Results / Findings

6. Discussion

7. Conclusions / Further Work

8. References

**

*Important Dates: *

Abstract submission deadline: *9 January 2020*

Decision notification: *13 January 2020*

Registration (http://europa21.edu.pl/formularz-zgloszeniowy/): *18 
January 2020*

Panel: Digitalization and challenges of democratic processes in Europe: 
*6 February 2020*

Final paper submission: *31 March 2020*

For more information on the panel - please write to *Marcin Łukaszewski* 
PhD, ((marcin.lukaszewski /at/ amu.edu.pl) <mailto:(marcin.lukaszewski /at/ amu.edu.pl)>).

The conference organizers will provide participants with accommodation 
and refreshments.

More information on the conference agenda, details of travel to Słubice 
and accommodation: http://europa21.edu.pl/?lang=en.


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------