[Air-L] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium

[Francesca Musiani]

Dear colleagues,


Please find below the Call for Papers for the 9th Annual GigaNet Symposium.
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Kind regards,

Francesca



Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)


CALL FOR PAPERS



9th Annual Symposium

1 September 2014

Istanbul, Turkey



Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014





The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking
research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Ninth
Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the United
Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey.



GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet
Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and
facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between
scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector
and civil society. http://giga-net.org/



Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research
about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and practitioners
from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the
symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well
as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet
governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium offers researchers a timely
opportunity to present their work on our rapidly changing field.



Conference themes



GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance
themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging
research areas. The program committee welcomes all proposals on topics
related to global Internet governance including such themes as:



*               The WGEC process and outcomes

*               The WSIS review process and outcomes

*               The mainstreaming and proliferation of "Internet Governance"

*               The institutionalization of internet governance

*               Analysis of the NETmundial meeting

*               Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance

*               The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA



We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field by
offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who have
received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current
doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research.



Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a
roundtable format involving business, government and technical community
representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more
traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have
conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder
groups.





Submissions

Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the
Easy Chair platform:



https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014

Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014



Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements:

§  An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper's
main research goal(s) and methodology employed

§  A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced
degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet
Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to
a more detailed CV.

§  Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by *15 July
2014*. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program.



Process and publication

The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal
authors of acceptance decisions by email before *1 June 2014*.



Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet
website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges
of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF.



Registration

The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will
be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our
website for further information about registration, venue and
accommodation.



If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium
activities, please

e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise at northwestern.edu.



-- 
Francesca Musiani

Postdoctoral researcher
Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/>
MINES ParisTech
60, Boulevard Saint-Michel
75272 Paris Cedex 06, France

Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn> | Outreach officer,
GigaNet <http://giga-net.org>
Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribuées et applications
multimédias<http://adam.hypotheses.org/>

Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin <http://policyreview.info/>

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