[ecrea] Call for chapter: Blockchain and Web 3.0: Social, economic, and technological challenges

Call for Chapters (Deadline for abstracts: **10 April 2018**)

*Blockchain and Web 3.0: Social, economic, and technological challenges*

Editors have been working with Emily Briggs (Commissioning Editor for 
Sociology, Routledge) to prepare this proposal.

Editors:

Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria University at Newcastle.

Giuseppe Destefanis, School of Computer Science, University of 
Hertfordshire.

Deadline for abstracts: **10 April 2018**

Notification of acceptance: 20 April 2018

Submission Date: 20 September 2018



Blockchain is no longer just about bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in 
general, but it can be seen as a disruptive and revolutionary 
technology, which will have major impacts on multiple aspects of our 
lives. The revolutionary power of such technology can be compared with 
the revolution sparked by the world wide web and the Internet in 
general. As the Internet can be seen as a mean for sharing information, 
so blockchain technologies can be seen as a way to introduce the next 
level: blockchain allows the possibility of sharing value. This book 
seeks to underline the risks and opportunities offered by the advent of 
blockchain technologies and the rise of the web 3.0. Given the nature, 
the implications and consequences of this new technology, this book will 
proceed from an interdisciplinary perspective. The core analysis in the 
book is explaining how such technologies are disruptive and, further, to 
explain the concrete consequences of these disruptions, in terms of 
social, economic and technological consequences. We anticipate that the 
comparative examination of these features will be helpful to clarify the 
dynamics and consequences of the blockchain technologies in a variety of 
disciplines settings. Thus, the volume integrates a number of chapters 
examining disparate settings around the world, all unified around their 
focus on the phenomenon of blockchain in comparative and 
interdisciplinary perspective.

*Proposed structure*

The book will explore a range of conceptual issues brought to the fore 
by the digital turn using blockchain case studies. Each chapter should 
detail its theoretical trajectory and provide at least one case study 
exemplar.The book will be divided into three main parts:

·Blockchain and Digital Media

·Technological aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies

·Socio-economic aspects and consequences of decentralized technologies

Abstracts should include the following information:

·Proposed article title

·Proposed author names and affiliations

·Part (Digital Media, Technological and Socio-economic consequences) and 
theme being addressed

·Purpose/aim of the chapter

·Principal body of literature/theoretical framework

·Indicative case study

Submission Procedure

You are invited to submit a word document with a brief author or authors 
CV (no more than 250 words with titles, affiliations, and contacts), 
title of the proposal and the abstract (500-700 words). All proposal 
should be submitted to the following addresses:



(massimo.ragnedda /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(massimo.ragnedda /at/ northumbria.ac.uk)>


(g.destefanis /at/ herts.ac.uk) <mailto:(g.destefanis /at/ herts.ac.uk)>

**Deadline is 10 April 2018.**

The final decision will be notified to the authors by 20 April 2018. 
Authors will be invited to send a full text by 20 September 2018. The 
chapter’s length will be 5000-6000 words, including references. 
Submitted chapters should not have been previously published or sent to 
another editor.

Our tasks and the proposed timeline are as follows:

•30 April 2018 - Completion of Proposal and Submission to Routledge

•20 September 2018 – Manuscripts Due to Editors from All Contributors

•20 October 2018 – Review of Manuscripts Completed & Manuscripts 
Returned to Contributors

•20 December 2019 – Revised Manuscripts Due from Contributors

•10 January 2019 – Final Manuscript Delivered to Publisher

•X/XX/XX – Final Appearance in Print Will Depend on Publisher’s Timeline


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