GIGANET MAY 2009 BRUSSELS WORKSHOP: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!

Second International Workshop on
Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in
Construction
Organized by GigaNet, in cooperation with ECREA IIC, CD and CLP Sections
Brussels, Belgium — 11 May 2009
Preliminary Announcement and Call for Contributions
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) invites you to
participate in a scholarly
workshop to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009. This full day
workshop is organized in
cooperation with three thematic sections of the European Communication
Research and Education
Association (ECREA): International and Intercultural Communication (IIC),
Communication and
Democracy (CD), Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) sections.
Building on the success of its first edition in Paris, France, in June
2008, the purpose of this workshop is
the presentation and discussion of work-in-progress in Internet
Governance-related research with the aim
to identify emerging research themes and design a research agenda. We are
interested in exchanging
information and ideas about national and regional projects and networks
currently pursuing research on
global Internet governance, but also in identifying academic syllabi or
other education programs dedicated
to these issues, in order to share ideas and forge possible collaborations.
Scholars from various academic
disciplines and all regions of the world are welcome to contribute to this
reflexive exercise, with the longterm
objective of collectively building this interdisciplinary research field.
Rather than featuring academic paper presentations, the workshop aims at
providing a survey of current
academic activities in the field of global Internet governance. Submissions
may address, but are not
limited to, the following topics: involved actors and their interactions;
Internet governance institutions and
regimes; legal, socio-economical, behavioral and technical regulation
means; Internet governance policy
issues.
Submissions should be sent by 20 March 2009 to Meryem Marzouki
(Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr).
They should include the name, affiliation, e-mail address and short bio of
author(s), along with no
more than 500 words of research work description. The program committee
will notify applicants
by 15 April 2009. To encourage knowledge dissemination, all relevant
submissions will be published
on the workshop website. Authors of selected submissions will participate
at the workshop panel
discussions.
Program Committee
Bart Cammaerts (ECREA-CD), London School of Economics, UK; Raquel Gatto
(GigaNet), Pontifícia
U. Católica de São Paulo, Brazil; Nanette S. Levinson (GigaNet), American
U., USA; Meryem
Marzouki (GigaNet), CNRS & U. Pierre et Marie Curie, France; Luciano
Morganti (GigaNet &
ECREA-IIC), Vrije U. Brussel, Belgium; Katharine Sarikakis (ECREA-CLP), U.
of Leeds, UK; JP
Singh (GigaNet), Georgetown U., USA; Leo Van Audenhove (GigaNet &
ECREA-IIC) , Vrije U.
Brussel, Belgium.
There is no registration fee for this event. A registration form will be
circulated with the program.
Practical information on accommodation and low cost travel to Brussels are
available on the workshop
website: http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.
About GigaNet: giganet.igloogroups.org — About ECREA: www.ecrea.eu
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Nanette S. Levinson
Director
International Communication Division
School of International Service
American University
Washington, DC 20016-8071
www.american.edu/levinson
www.american.edu/sis/ic