[Air-L] Call for Papers: Conference on Science and the Internet (cosci12). Düsseldorf, Germany, 1-3 August 2012

[Isabella Peters]

- Apologies for cross-posting -

 

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND THE INTERNET (cosci12)

 

 

DATE: August 1-3, 2012

LOCATION: Düsseldorf, Germany

CONTACT PERSON: Alexander Tokar

EMAIL:  <mailto:tokar at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de>
tokar at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de

WEB SITE:  <http://www.nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/de/cosci12>
http://www.nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/de/cosci12

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 15, 2012

 

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CONFERENCE TOPICS

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Online media have brought about numerous changes in scholarly practices, 

including, but not limited to gathering data, finding relevant 

literature, making research and results accessible, organising 

collaboration, communicating with colleagues and students as well as 

creating fruitful learning environments.

 

The interdisciplinary conference "Science and the Internet", to be held 

August 1-3, 2012 in Düsseldorf, brings together researchers and 

practitioners from multiple disciplines (e.g. information science, 

computer science, sociology, communication and media studies, 

linguistics, educations studies, legal studies, etc.) working on the 

following or related issues:

 

How is the research process transformed through the use of digital 

infrastructures?

 

How can the challenges of the public availability of (large scale) 

scientific data be met?

 

How do scholars make use of social networking platforms, (micro-)blogs, 

wikis, or websites?

 

How does the Internet affect scholarly publishing (e.g. Open Access, 

unpublished manuscripts, blogs)?

 

How has the Internet changed the practice and relevance of citations and 

of receiving reputation?

 

How do teaching styles or beliefs and use of the Internet mutually 

influence each other?

 

Do Web 2.0 platforms offer opportunities to advance public understanding 

of science?

 

What is the role of ethics, policies, and legal regulation in academic 

use of the Internet?

 

What theoretical and practical implications do the aforementioned 

considerations have for science and the Internet?

 

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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The conference language is English. We invite two types of submissions:

 

Abstracts for talks (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for 

discussion) should not exceed 500 words, excluding data and references. 

In case of acceptance a full paper (max. 3.000 words or 12 pages) in 

either English or German must be submitted by July 15, 2012. The full 

paper will be published in conference proceedings (print and online).

 

Proposals for interactive workshops (90 minutes) should outline both the 

thematic focus and the session design. Workshops should engage 

participants in developing the topics. Proposals should not exceed 1.000 

words.

 

Both abstracts for presentations and proposals for interactive workshops 

must be submitted via EasyChair.

 

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IMPORTANT DATES

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Deadline for submitting abstracts: January 15, 2012

 

Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2012

 

Camera-ready submission of papers: July 15, 2012

 

Conference dates: August 1-3, 2012

 

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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The conference is organized by the interdisciplinary Junior Researchers 

Group "Science and the Internet" ( <http://nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/>
http://nfgwin.uni-duesseldorf.de/) at 

Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf:

 

Michael Beurskens (legal studies)

Susanne Keuneke (communication and media studies)

Merja Mahrt (communication and media studies)

Cornelius Puschmann (English linguistics)

Isabella Peters (information science)

Alexander Tokar (English linguistics)

Timo van Treeck (education studies)

Katrin Weller (information science)

 

 

 

Dr. Isabella Peters

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Institut für Sprache und Information

Abteilung für Informationswissenschaft

Geb. 23.21/ 04.68

Universitätsstraße 1

40225 Düsseldorf

Tel.: 0211/ 81-10803

http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/infowiss/mitarbeiter/wissenschaftlich
e-mitarbeiter-hilfskraefte/isabella-peters/