[ecrea] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)


CALL FOR PAPERS



9th Annual Symposium

1 September 2014

Istanbul, Turkey



Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014





The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking 
research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its 
Ninth Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the 
United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey.



GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of 
Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study 
and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters 
between scholars and governments, international organizations, the 
private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/



Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase 
research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and 
practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in 
previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and 
future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results 
achieved in global Internet governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium 
offers researchers a timely opportunity to present their work on our 
rapidly changing field.



Conference themes



GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet 
Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches 
and/or emerging research areas. The program committee welcomes all 
proposals on topics related to global Internet governance including such 
themes as:



•               The WGEC process and outcomes

•               The WSIS review process and outcomes

•               The mainstreaming and proliferation of “Internet Governance”

•               The institutionalization of internet governance

•               Analysis of the NETmundial meeting

•               Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance

•               The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA



We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field 
by offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who 
have received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current 
doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research.



Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in 
a roundtable format involving business, government and technical 
community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their 
work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters 
should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a 
wide range of stakeholder groups.





Submissions

Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at 
the Easy Chair platform:



https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014

Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014



Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements:

§  An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper’s 
main research goal(s) and methodology employed

§  A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced 
degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet 
Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link 
to a more detailed CV.

§  Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by 15 
July 2014. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program.



Process and publication

The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform 
proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before 1 June 2014.



Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet 
website. An online publication with selected papers on the main 
challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF.



Registration

The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration 
will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue 
visiting our website for further information about registration, venue 
and accommodation.



If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium 
activities, please

e-mail the Program Committee Chair: (j-laprise /at/ northwestern.edu).



--
Francesca Musiani

Postdoctoral researcher
Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation
MINES ParisTech
60, Boulevard Saint-Michel
75272 Paris Cedex 06, France



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