[Air-L] Call for Papers: GigaNet 2024 Symposium

[Joly MacFie]

https://www.giga-net.org/giganet-annual-symposium/

GigaNet announces a Call for Proposals for the upcoming GigaNet Annual
Symposia to all members and observers through the GigaNet mailing list as
well as through GigaNet’s social media accounts. Join GigaNet now
<https://www.giga-net.org/become-a-member/> to stay up to date!

*Submission of abstracts: 1 July 2024, 23.59 (in your time zone)*

*Submission of full papers (for onsite Riyadh symposium): 25 November 2024*

*Submission of full papers (for online symposium): 1 January 2025*

GigaNet – the Global Internet Governance Academic Network – is now
accepting extended abstracts for papers to be presented at its annual
symposium. As of now, GigaNet 2024 is planned to be held alongside the United
Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
<https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/> in an half-day in-person format
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, *and* as a two-day online academic symposium in
January 2025.

Papers on internet/digital governance-related topics are welcome, and
preference will be given to papers that relate to the specific topics in
the call text. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are
warmly encouraged. There will be the possibility for a focused subset of
accepted papers to be fast-tracked for publication in a relevant journal.
In previous years, collections of papers presented at the symposium were
invited for publication in the journal *Telecommunications Policy*.

We particularly welcome presentations of research that take a global
perspective, and explicitly invite comparative papers. GigaNet encourages
emerging scholars and researchers working with diverse methodologies to
submit their work to the symposium. Proposals should be submitted in
English. Participation in the GigaNet symposium is free of charge.

Welcome topics for this year’s symposium include, but are not limited to:

*Internet governance as a field of study*

   - Narratives, myths, and frictions in the construction of the field of
   internet governance
   - Internet governance cultures and power dynamics
   - Theoretical innovations and new methods applicable to internet
   governance research
   - Postcolonial Internet Governance studies

*The evolution of internet governance, institutions, and norms*

   - Internet standards, protocols and critical infrastructures
   - Platform governance
   - Cybersecurity
   - Digital sovereignty

*Critical internet futures*

   - Sustainability and environmental impacts
   - Digital colonialism
   - Space and internet governance
   - Governance of frontier technologies (Internet of Things, Artificial
   Intelligence, virtual currencies, metaverse, quantum computing, etc.)

*Current themes in *internet governance research (not an exhaustive list):

   - Online harms, cyberattacks and accountability
   - Cyber operations and sanctions, neutrality in the cyber domain,
   applicability of international law
   - Civil rights and their limitations
   - Internet governance and emergency preparedness

GigaNet is oriented around the presentation of research papers. The
proposed extended abstract should be 800-1000 words long (excluding
bibliography) and must describe:

   1. Research question(s),
   2. Data used,
   3. Methodology,
   4. Main (expected) findings of the paper, and
   5. Contributions to literature and/or ongoing policy debates.

Theoretical papers need not specify the data used but must have a clear
research question and statement of the specific theories used and
literature in which the analysis is situated. Bibliographies should be
included in the abstract where references are made (and are included in the
word count).

The extended abstract must be uploaded to the submission platform by *1
July 2024, 23.59h *(in the submitter’s timezone). Visit:
https://giganet-symposium.org/ to register and upload your abstract. When
submitting your abstract, please indicate if you wish to be considered for
the in-person or the online variant of the Symposium, or both (the PC will
then choose, based on fit across all contributions).

Individual abstracts will be reviewed double blind. Please do not include
names or any other identifiable information on the uploaded file or in the
text of the abstract you submit to the platform. (The platform records the
author name(s) and contact information: the programme committee chair will
be able to see that information.) Full papers should only be submitted upon
invitation, following the selection of abstracts. *Full papers must be
submitted by the deadlines below, in order to participate in our symposium.*

*Important dates:*

   - Submission portal <https://giganet-symposium.org/> opens: *1 June 2024*
   - Extended abstracts submission: *1 July 2024*
   - Notification to authors of acceptances/rejections: *1 August 2024*
   - Accepted authors confirm attendance: *1 September 2024*
   - Optional Submission of draft papers for comment by PC members: *30
   September 2024*
   - Confirmation of presence at symposium: *14 October 2024*
   - Initial feedback from PC member: *week of 14 October 2024*
   - Deadline for paper submission for Riyadh in-person symposium: *25
   November 2024*
   - In-person symposium: *15 December 2024*
   - Deadline for paper submission for online symposium: *1 January 2025*
   - Online symposium: *week of 15 January 2025*

You can also have a look at all Past Annual Symposia
<https://www.giga-net.org/conferences/> programs and read previous
symposium submissions in our SSRN Archive of Symposium Papers
<https://www.giga-net.org/ssrn-archive-of-symposium-papers/>.

*To register for online or on-site attendance*, please follow the IGF
registration <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-registration>
 steps.

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