CfP: ICT and political participation: innovations in digital democracy

/CfP: ICT and political participation: innovations in digital democracy
CfP: ICT and political participation: innovations in digital democracy2016-02-22T00:36:30+00:00

InMed Institute and Faculty of Political Science supported by IPSA’s Research Committee 10 on Electronic democracy and in partnership with DEL research network are organizing IPSA Workshop on "ICT and political participation: innovations in digital democracy" on first two days (23-24 May 2016) of the Conference „Ethics of the new media“ (25-27 May 2016). Following topics are announced:

E-voting,e-Consultation, Online deliberative polls, e-Legislation, e-Voting, e-citizens and smart cities
Civil society and e-Campaigning
Role of Social media and Web 2.0 in participation
Online protests, E-initiatives
Online communities, imagined communities, national identity and online participation
Privacy and ethical considerations in eParticipation
Online engagement in national and global crisis situations
Interested participants should first submit an abstract (a 300-word
outcome by 1 April, 2016.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to send the full paper or presentation by 15, May 2016.
The conference language is English.
We invite individuals from academic and practical backgrounds as well as public administration offices, public bodies, NGOs, education institutions and independent organizations, to submit their contributions.

*Costs* :
EUR 70 – for authors
EUR 85 – for participants

The fee includes conference entry, proceedings and social program during the conference.
Pre-conference social program is to be announced.

Important dates* :

*15 March*, 2016    – Abstract submission : please submit a 300-word
abstract by
*1 April*, 2016       – Notification of acceptance of abstracts
*15 May*, 2016       –  Full paper/presentation submission

*23 – 24 May* 2016 – Workshop
*25 – 27 May* 2016 – Conference

*Submissions*

Please send all submissions by electronic mail in pdf format to
_milica@edemokracija.hr_.
All submissions are subject to a double-blind full paper review by at least 2 reviewers. To facilitate the review process, please write separate cover sheet with the paper title and affiliation/s and omit the affiliations in the actual paper.

Participants who are not contributors (i.e. who do not propose a paper)can apply through our web site _www.edemokracija.hr_. Please note that the number of non contributing participants is limited so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

*For further information please visit : **_www.edemokracija.hr_*

Workshop Chairs :

Prof. dr. _Nenad Prelog_(president) _nenad@edemokracija.hr_
Doc.dr. _Domagoj Bebić_(secretary general) _domagoj@edemokracija.hr_

*Contact Details* :

Milica Vuckovic (coordinator) milica@edemokracija.hr