[Air-l] Worldwide eParticipation survey on behalf of the European Commission funded DEMO_net (fwd)

[Barry Wellman]

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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:05:59 +0100
From: "Fraser, Colin" <C.Fraser at napier.ac.uk>
To: "Fraser, Colin" <C.Fraser at napier.ac.uk>
Subject: Worldwide eParticipation survey on behalf of the European
    Commission funded DEMO_net

Dear Researchers,

First of all apologies if you have already responded to this request -
many thanks to the many who have already assisted us.  We are attempting
to get as wide a range of researchers in eParticipation, so please
forgive us if this means that you see this message more than once.

This is a request from DEMO-Net, the Network of Excellence which has
been established by the European Commission to map current research and
define future policy in the field of eParticipation.

Until now, research in eDemocracy and eParticipation has suffered from
fragmentation, often being disparate and unfocused, where many
researchers are often unaware of relevant developments in disciplines
other than their own. DEMO-Net seeks to rectify this lack of
coordination with an unparalleled opportunity for joined-up,
multidisciplinary research to advance the state-of-the-art in research
technologies and evaluation frameworks for participation.  The ultimate
aim of such research is to enable broader and more informed
participation in the policy making process.

This questionnaire has been designed to create a worldwide roadmap of
researchers in the area of eParticipation, so that we can discover,
amongst other things:

*     who you are;
*     what tools and techniques you use, and which academic domains you
work in
*     where you publish and which conferences you attend;
*     keywords you would use to describe your own work;
*     other colleagues/fellow researchers you know are working in the
same field

The questionnaire is fairly short and we would greatly appreciate it if
you would take the time to complete it.  You may find it here:

      http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=961232097503


Professor Ann Macintosh
International Teledemocracy Centre
Napier University
10 Colinton Road
Edinburgh, EH10 5DT
Email: A.Macintosh at napier.ac.uk    URL:http://itc.napier.ac.uk

And

Professor Stephen Coleman,
The Institute of Communications Studies, The University of Leeds, Leeds,
LS2 9JT, UK
Email: s.coleman at leeds.ac.uk


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Colin Fraser
Research Associate in eDemocracy
International Teledemocracy Centre
Napier University
Edinburgh EH10 5DT
Scotland, UK





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