[Air-l] CFP: Urban Impacts of the Information society: Facts, Fiction and Policies

[Monica Murero]

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> From: Erasmus University / Euricur
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> Subject: call for papers: Urban Impacts of the Information society:  Facts,
> Fiction and Policies
> 
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
> Urban Impacts of the Information society:  Facts, Fiction and Policies 
> Telecities and MUTEIS conference
> March 17th - 19th 2004, The Hague
>
> The "information revolution" and the emerging Information Society entail
> fundamental changes in social interaction and relationships, and
> modifications
> in the socio-economic and spatial organisation of activities. The main
> driver
> in this process is the rapid development and application of Information
> Society
> Technologies (ISTs). The main inhibitors are the fictions that emerged
> from the
> discussion of the New Economy. Better knowing the drivers and inhibitors
> is
> crucial for contemporary urban management.
> 
> This conference will explore the urban economic and social impacts of
> information society technologies (ISTs), as well as the way new
> technologies
> urge local governance in cities to change their policies. Practical case
> studies and experiences and state of the art research from the micro to
> the
> macro including the intermediate level, are going to be discussed among
> top
> European academics and senior city managers, planners and researchers.
> 
> The first full day of the conference will be dedicated to facts and
> fiction.
> Based on thorough international research and experiences, it will
> address how
> ICT adoption by citizens, firms and governments is actually changing and
> re-shaping urban economies and societies in Europe. Also, it will debunk
> fiction: the overoptimistic or otherwise unrealistic expectations
> emerging from
> the New Economy discussion. The second day is dedicated to the question
> how
> cities and nations can best deal with the new realities. High-level
> policymakers and researchers will discuss adequate policy responses - at
> the
> European, the national and the local level.
> 
> Papers are invited under the following themes:
> 
> National/regional economic development comprising also urban/regional
> economic
> development and IST adoption; productivity and competitiveness; urban
> policies
> for ICT adoption; local sprawl and local behaviour in a context of
> global IST
> developments; spatial patterns of digital infrastructure and its use;
> IST and
> productivity. 
> 
> Urban social developments: Social exclusion and IST including new media
> in the
> urban context; impact of IST on social networks; IST and labour
> relations:
> flexible work, telework, temporary work and their consequences for
> private
> life.
> 
> Urban governance: E-government, supranational, national and local
> competences;
> new role of local governments in the network society.
> 
> In addition, papers on methodology are welcomed. What tools do we have
> available to address the above-mentioned topics? Given the need to have
> integrated multidisciplinary analysis, how can/should various academic
> disciplines fruitfully co-operate? Is the current focus on the IST
> infrastructure adequate or should there be more emphasis on the future
> of the
> Information Society and the changes implied regarding the behaviour of
> the
> citizens, workers en entrepreneurs in the Information Society of the
> future?
> 
> Please send offers of papers in the form of 200 word abstracts to Willem
> van
> Winden at the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research by
> January 15,
> 2004. Submissions should include telephone, fax and email details.  
> 
> Proposals will be considered by the Conference Programme Committee
> against the
> criteria of originality and interest, and subject balance. After the
> conference, we will initiate a thorough review process. The best papers
> will be
> published as a book with a respected academic publisher.
> 
> Willem van Winden			
> Erasmus University / Euricur		
> P.O.Box 1738 (Room H12-33)		
> 3000 DR Rotterdam			
> The Netherlands			
> Telephone: 	+31 (0) 10 408 2740
> Fax: 		+31 (0) 10 408 9153
> E-mail:		vanwinden at few.eur.nl
> Internet:	www.euricur.nl
>