[Air-L] CfP GIG-ARTS 2023: "The Governance of Cybersecurity: Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy" 15-16 May, Padova
Mauro SANTANIELLO
msantaniello at unisa.it
Fri Dec 2 09:27:32 PST 2022
Dear colleagues,
We hope this message finds you well. We are glad to announce that *The
Seventh European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance
Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS 2023) will be
held in Padova, Italy, on 15-16 May 2023*.
Please thus find hereafter the CFP for the GIG-ARTS 2023 Conference. Feel
free to disseminate this call. Submissions are already open, we are looking
forward to receiving your abstracts describing your latest research work
and we very much hope to see you in Padova!
Best regards,
GIG-ARTS 2023 Organizing Committee:
Joanna Kulesza, Meryem Marzouki, Claudia Padovani, Maria Stella Righettini,
and Mauro Santaniello
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*GIG-ARTS 2023 - The Seventh European Multidisciplinary Conference on
Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and
Strategies15-16 May 2023, PadovaThe Governance of Cybersecurity:
Resilience, Human Rights and Democracy*
*events.gig-arts.eu/gig-arts2023 <http://events.gig-arts.eu/gig-arts2023>*
*Call for Abstracts - Deadline: 26 February 2023 *While during the early
stage of Internet development security concerns were generally dealt with
as a regulation matter with law enforcement authorities fighting
cybercrime, cybersecurity has recently become one of the most debated and
controversial issue in the field of internet governance.
Cyberattacks have changed in nature and intensity: their growing
number; the variety of their targets (public institutions, critical
infrastructures and utilities, large and strategic companies); in some
cases the terrorist and/or quasi-military objectives of their proven or
alleged authors, sponsors or beneficiaries; the expansion of their surface,
making profit of digitalization progresses in all sectors; together with
the escalation of geopolitical tensions and conflicts; are all features
pushing cybersecurity issues to the top of the agendas of both public and
private actors.
The increasing relevance of cybersecurity is reshaping state powers,
public administration, private businesses, civil society and academic
research as well. New agencies, procedures, and structures have been
institutionalised both by national governments and international
organisations to deal with cybersecurity policy problems. New power
relations are being established, both inside and beyond the state.
Governments, both at the national and local levels, are still struggling to
find their own governance structures and set of instruments in the range of
different cybersecurity models (e.g. cyber defence, cyber offence, cyber
resilience, etc.) and their possible implementations. The provision of
public goods and services is undergoing a profound re-design
and re-engineering process led by cybersecurity concerns, that implies new
models of citizenship and new modes of public administration. Private
companies are facing new challenges, often dealing with a shortage of
skills and competences of the workforce, while new companies and
new business models are emerging around the transnational market of
cybersecurity.
At the global level, states, through their representatives at the
United Nations and its different bodies, confirmed that international law
applies online as it does offline. They also identified the need to better
understand how international law could be applied in cyberspace, with
issues of attribution, liability, sovereignty, rule of law and due
diligence being raised. Given the multistakeholder feature of global
internet governance, private companies have also jumped in with their own
proposals, promoting their roles as possible norms entrepreneurs. Technical
management and standardisation organisations have a prominent role to play
as well when dealing with global cybersecurity.
As a consequence, new research agendas and scientific perspectives
on cybersecurity are consolidating, shaping a novel multidisciplinary field
of inquiry that is not only exceeding the original field of internet
governance, but seems also phagocytizing it: internet governance as an
issue of cybersecurity governance.
After having addressed “Global Internet Governance as a Diplomacy Issue”
at its first edition in 2017, “Overcoming Inequalities in Internet
Governance” in 2018, “Europe as a Global Player in Internet Governance” in
2019, “Online Information Governance” in 2020, and “Global Internet
Governance and International Human Rights” in 2022, the European
Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors,
Regulations, Transactions and Strategies turns its attention this year to
the governance of cybersecurity, in view of further investigating and
inquiring the political, economic and epistemic transformations connected
to the rise of cybersecurity and how they impact on democracy and human
rights.
In addition to general internet governance issues and topics,
submissions are particularly welcome on the following themes:
- Cybersecurity and democracy: civil liberties and human rights;
- Cybersecurity, citizenship and digital sovereignty;
- Institutionalisation of cybersecurity as a field of public policy;
- From cybersecurity to cyber resilience: risk analysis, organisational
challenges and capacity building;
- Models and typologies of cybersecurity;
- Relationships between cybersecurity and internet governance;
- New theoretical frameworks and methods for the study of cybersecurity;
- Cybersecurity and public administration digitalization;
- The cybersecurity market and business models;
- New technological developments and cybersecurity;
- Cybersecurity narratives: policy discourses, cultures and ideologies;
- Cybersecurity strategies, policies, instruments, and their
implementation;
- Multilateral and multistakeholder discussions and instruments for the
global governance of cybersecurity;
- Cybersecurity in international relations: cyber warfare, cyber peace,
diplomacy and international law;
- Cybersecurity in Europe Union strategy and policies.
*Submission information*Authors are invited to submit their
extended abstracts (no longer than 500 words), describing their research
question(s), theoretical framework, approach and methodology, expected
findings or empirical outcome. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated
through a peer-review process.
Abstracts and authors’ information should be submitted through
the Easychair conference management system at:
*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2023
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2023>*
*Key dates*
- Deadline for abstract submissions: 26 February 2023
- Notification to authors: 5 April 2023
- Authors registration (at least one author must register for a
selected presentation to appear on the programme): From 5 to 15 April 2023
- Programme publication: 25 April 2023
- General registration: From 25 April to 5 May 2023
- Conference dates: 15 & 16 May 2023
*GIG-ARTS 2023 Co-Sponsors (tbc)*- Department of Political Science, Law
and International Studies (SPGI) / University of Padova, Italy
- Grant programme PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse
Nazionale – Bando 2020 Prot. 2020X5LAK7 / Ministry of University
and Research, Italy
- Internet & Communication Policy Centre / University of Salerno, Italy
- LIP6 Laboratory, Sorbonne Université & CNRS, France
- Lodz Cyber Hub / University of Lodz, Poland
*GIG-ARTS 2023 Committees*
*Co-Chairs*- Joanna Kulesza, Łódz Cyber Hub, University of Łódz, Poland
- Meryem Marzouki, Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert,
France
- Maria Stella Righettini, Department of Political Science, Law
and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy
*Organizing Committee*- Joanna Kulesza, Łódz Cyber Hub, University of
Łódz, Poland
- Meryem Marzouki, Global Internet Governance & Digital Rights Expert,
France
- Claudia Padovani, Department of Political Science, Law and
International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy
- Maria Stella Righettini, Department of Political Science, Law
and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padova, Italy
- Mauro Santaniello, Internet & Communication Policy Centre, University
of Salerno, Italy
*Scientific Programme Committee (tbc)*- Francesco Amoretti, University
of Salerno, Italy
- Simone Busetti, University of Teramo, Italy
- Andrea Calderaro, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
- Laura DeNardis, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
- Giuseppe Fenza, University of Salerno, Italy
- Jonathan Kamkhaji, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Joanna Kulesza (co-chair), University of Łódz, Poland
- Nanette S. Levinson, American University Washington DC, USA
- Robin Mansell, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
- Meryem Marzouki (co-chair), Global Internet Governance & Digital
Rights Expert, France
- Fortunato Musella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy
- Maria Stella Righettini (co-chair), University of Padova, Italy
- Michele Rioux, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
- Kavé Salamatian, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, France, and Tallinn
University of Technology, Estonia
- Mauro Santaniello, University of Salerno, Italy
- Yves Schemeil, Sciences Po Grenoble, France
- Jan Aart Scholte, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and University
of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Jamal Shahin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & United Nations University
- CRIS, Belgium, and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*Venue*
GIG-ARTS 2023 will be held in Padova city centre, at The University of
Padova (Archivio Antico room), Via VIII Febbraio, 2, 35122 Padova, Italy.
*Conference Registration and Fees*Registration fees are 100€ for regular
participants and 50€ for students showing proof of status. Conference fees
include a participant kit as well as coffee breaks and meals.
*GIG-ARTS 2023 Communication Details*
- Website: events.gig-arts.eu
- Email for information: events at gig-arts.eu
- Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gigarts2023
- Twitter: @GigArtsEU - Hashtag: #GIGARTS23
- Mailing list for updates:
https://listes.lip6.fr/sympa/subscribe/info-gig-arts
Mauro Santaniello (PhD)
*Assistant Professor, Internet Governance and Digital PolicyDirector,
Internet & Communication Policy Centre (ICPC)*
*Scientific Coordinator, Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance
(SWING)*
*Associate Research Fellow, The United Nations University Institute on
Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)**Visiting Professor,
Sciences Po Grenoble*
*Department of Business, Management and Information Systems (DISA-MIS)*
*Università degli Studi di Salerno *
*Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano (SA) - Italy *
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