[Commlist] Call For Papers Digital Transactions in Asia VI Conference

Call for Papers

*Digital Transactions in Asia VI*

*International Conference, 22-24 January 2025*

*Funded by*

/The Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP220100988 Digital 
Transaction Platforms in Asia/

*Hosted by*

/Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia/

*In Partnership with:*

/Centre for Communication and Social Change, The University of Queensland/

/Digital Futures Lab, School of Communication and Arts, The University 
of Queensland/

/SEADS (Southeast Asia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society), 
Monash University Malaysia/

**

*Digital Transactions in Asia VI*

**

Since 2008, the targeting of unbanked populations in the Global South by 
a range of mobile financial services has dovetailed with equally 
significant interventions elsewhere in credit, currencies and commerce 
channelled through the super platforms of the smartphone decade. This 
confluence has engendered the worldwide spread of 'everyday fintech', 
with far-reaching ambitions for a 'great integration' of markets, 
exchanges and lifeworlds networked through digital transactions. Digital 
transactions have become central to the strategic design and operation 
of digital ecosystems, social laboratories and eGovernance regimes 
around the world. This larger convergence of the finance and technology 
sectors requires scholars across disciplines to pay closer attention to 
the transactional architecture of the Internet.

/Digital Transactions in Asia VI/ takes up this challenge by exploring 
the multi-faceted role of digital transactions in the evolution of 
contemporary Asian Internets, detailing the role of transaction 
platforms and design of transaction chains within platform ecosystems, 
as well as highlighting the informal transaction chains assembled by 
everyday users. In an evolving policy domain dominated by technocratic 
visions of sustainable development, we emphasise the social and cultural 
implications of the transaction orders emerging in Asia as a consequence 
of digitisation, along with the social shaping of digital transactions 
amongst businesses, workers, consumers and citizens in a culturally 
diverse region.

*DTAVI Special Session 2025: Rural Transactions at the Frontiers of 
Inclusion*

**

/Digital Transactions in Asia V/I will feature a special focus session 
on Rural Transactions. For this session, we invite papers with an 
emphasis on the potentials, challenges, risks, and opportunities arising 
with the introduction of digital transactions into rural communities and 
economies across Asia. Traditionally a major focus of initiatives to 
drive social and economic development in the region, and a very 
substantial proportion of the population in most Asian countries, rural 
communities have a significant stake in the digital transformation of 
the economy. We invite papers that consider how the implementation of 
digital transactions via online platforms and technologies originally 
conceived in an urban context interact with rural and regional realities 
of infrastructure, employment and sustainable development.

*Scope*

Given the inter-and trans-disciplinary nature of the topic, the 
conference is intended to be of interest to researchers from a diverse 
variety of backgrounds and disciplinary orientations in the Humanities 
and Social Sciences, Business, IT, Economics and Law. We will also 
consider submissions of technical works, along with professional 
contributions from industry and non-governmental organisations.

**

*Format*

/Digital Transactions in Asia VI/ will include three days of 
presentations on 22-24th January 2024. Opportunities will be provided to 
present work in Bahasa Indonesia on the third day (24th January), which 
will also include workshop sessions addressing critical methodological, 
theoretical and logistical issues arising with the rapid uptake and 
maturation of Digital Transactions in Asia.

**

*Submissions and Key Dates*

For /Digital Transactions in Asia VI/, we invite abstract submissions 
(500 words) for presentations of 15-20 minutes on the following themes:

●E Commerce, Consumption and the Platform Economy

●Digital Platforms and Labour Transactions

●Embedded Finance, Micro-Credit and Mobile Lending

●(In)equalities, Disabilities and Financial Inclusion

●Social Media, Transactions and Informal Economies

●Super Platforms and Super Apps as Transaction Platforms

●Digital Currencies, Exchanges and Commodities

●Cultural Transactions and Creative Economies

●Cyber-security, Crime and Transaction Data

●AI, Algorithms and Innovation in Asian Fintech

●Platform Regulation, Finance and Economic Policy

For the special section on /Rural Transactions at the Frontiers of 
Inclusion/, we invite abstract submissions (500 words) for presentations 
of 15-20 minutes on the following themes:

●Digital Transactions and Rural Economies

●Digital Transactions and Sustainable Development Goals

●The Role of NGOs in Digital Financial Development

●Rural Digitalisation and Gender

●Agritech Platforms, Data and Finance

●Digital Literacy and Local Agency in Rural Transactions

●eGovernance, Digital Citizenship and Community Representation

Abstracts will be accepted in English or Bahasa Indonesia. For the 
submission of abstracts, please send your abstract (500 words), 
institutional details and research bio in a Word document to our 
conference secretary, Dr. Asih Purwanti, E mail: (a.purwanti /at/ ub.ac.id) 
<mailto:(a.purwanti /at/ ub.ac.id)>

**

Please indicate if:

1.Your paper is intended for the special session on rural transaction.

2.You are based at an Asian institution and wish to apply for an Asian 
travel award.

3.You would prefer to make your presentation in a Bahasa Indonesia session.

*Key Dates*

● *31 August 2024*: Call for Papers Released

● *15 October 2024*: Deadline for Paper Submissions

● *31 October 2024:* Announcement of Keynote Speakers

● *7 November 2024:* Acceptance of Papers

● *15 November 2024:* Registration Opens and Asian Travel Bursary Awards 
Announced

● *5 January 2025:* Full Paper Submission for Consideration in 
Conference Publications

● *22-24 January 2025:* Conference and workshops at Universitas 
Brawijaya, Indonesia

**

*Registration*

Registration for this event is free of charge for international 
presenters. A small registration fee for local presenters and attendees 
is intended to cover the cost of catering for them on the conference 
days. Public attendance is welcomed, although priority will be given to 
speakers and paper presenters, with a limit of 200 registrations.

*Livestreaming*

Plenary sessions will be available on livestream for remote audiences.

**

*Researcher Support*

A limited number of bursaries covering economy air travel to Surabaya, 
Indonesia, and three nights accommodation in Malang on 
21st-23rd February are available on a competitive basis for presenters 
of accepted papers working at institutions within the Asian region.

*Useful Information on Previous Events:*

/Digital Transactions in Asia I/, Queensland University of Technology, 
Australia 2017

/Digital Transactions in Asia II 
<https://www.academia.edu/37541496/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_2018_Manila_Programme>/, 
De La Salle University, Philippines 2018

/Digital Transactions in Asia III 
<https://www.academia.edu/41247165/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_III_Kuala_Lumpur_2019_Programme>/, 
<https://www.academia.edu/41247165/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_III_Kuala_Lumpur_2019_Programme> Monash 
University Malaysia, 2019

/Digital Transactions in India 
<https://policy-futures.centre.uq.edu.au/digital-transactions-india-platforms-markets-users>/, 
University of Queensland/IIT Delhi, Australia/India, 2021

/Digital Transactions in Asia IV 
<https://www.academia.edu/105605547/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_IV_2022_2023_Conference_and_Workshop_Programmes>/, 
<https://www.academia.edu/105605547/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_IV_2022_2023_Conference_and_Workshop_Programmes> Nanyang 
Technological University, Singapore, 2022/2023

/Digital Transactions in Asia V, 
<https://www.academia.edu/114231285/Digital_Transactions_in_Asia_V_ICISE_Quy_Nhon_Vietnam_21_22nd_February_2024_Programme_and_Public_Registration>/ International 
Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education Research , Vietnam, 2024

*Publication*

For all funded participants, a final paper of 5,000 words will be 
requested by 5 January 2025.

Our conference publications for 2025 include consideration for:

  * A 2025 edited volume: /Platforms, Transactions and Digital
    Transformation in Southeast Asia/ (Palgrave)
  * A journal special issue on ‘Digital Transactions: Frontiers of
    Financial Inclusion in Asia’
  * Invitation to submit individual papers to /Platforms &
    Society/ Journal (Sage)
  * Invitation to propose monographs and edited volumes on
    the//conference themes (Palgrave).

**

*Organising Committee*

●Adrian Athique (University of Queensland)

●Desi Dwi Prianti (Universitas Brawijaya)

●Elske van de Fliert (University of Queensland)

●Emma Baulch (Monash University Malaysia)

●Asih Purwanti (Universitas Brawijaya)

*Venue*

The conference presentations and workshops will be held at Universitas 
Brawijaya campus in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Details for the venue 
can be found here:

https://www.ub.ac.id/ <https://www.ub.ac.id/>

https://virtualtour.ub.ac.id/ <https://virtualtour.ub.ac.id/>

*Travel:*

International Conference Hotel:

https://www.swiss-belhotel.com/en-gb/swiss-belinn-malang 
<https://www.swiss-belhotel.com/en-gb/swiss-belinn-malang>

Indonesia travel visa requirements:

https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/ <https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/>

Regional Information:

https://www.eastjava.com/ <https://www.eastjava.com/>

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