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[ecrea] CfP: GIG-ARTS 2017 Conference: “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue”
Wed Jul 27 23:50:49 GMT 2016
*The First European Multidisciplinary Conference on*
*Global Internet Governance - Actors, Regulations, Transactions and
Strategies*
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*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
<http://www.gig-arts.eu>)
*Co-Sponsored by* the ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics, The
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), "Digital
Technologies & Global Politics" Series - 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 <http://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 via the “Digital Technology and Global Politics" Book Series
with 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)
<mailto:(events /at/ gig-arts.eu)>
- Email for submissions:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2017
- Twitter: @GigArtsEU
- Hashtag: #GIGARTS17
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