Dear Colleagues,
Please find hereafter and as attached file the program and the
registration form to the 2nd international academic workshop on: "Global
Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction".
This workshop is organized by GigaNet (the Global Internet Governance
Academic Network), 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 1st edition in Paris, France, in June 2008,
this workshop will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009.
Workshop place: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek,
Building D, Promotiezaal D.2.01.
Map of the campus: http://www.vub.ac.be/downloads/campusplanEN-high.pdf.
Directions to the campus:
http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html.
Hints on travelling to Brussels:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse/practicali.
Workshop website at:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.
Please distribute widely.
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki (Workshop Co-Chair)
LIP6/PolyTIC - CNRS
104 avenue du Président Kennedy - 75016 Paris
http://www-polytic.lip6.fr
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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
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek, Building D,
Promotiezaal D.2.01
(Workshop Website:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse)
Workshop Detailed Program
09:00-09:30 - Opening Session
- Welcoming Remarks by Workshop Co-Chair
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Presentation of the Workshop Organizers
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA),
International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) section, Communication
and Democracy (CD) section, Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) section
- Contributions and Program Overview by Workshop Co-Chair
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
09:30-10:45 - Panel 1 - Power Dynamics in IG: Transformation or
Consolidation?
This panel will discuss research activities dealing with global Internet
governance actors and their power relationships. It will examine to which
extent new power dynamics are actually emerging.
Chair: Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Panelists:
- Multi-Stakeholderism and Intra-Civil Society Networking: The case of the
WSIS IG-working group mailing list
Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Negotiation and the Global Information Economy: Implications for
Internet Governance
JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
- The governance of web standards. Economic struggles in the XML case
François-Xavier Dudouet, Université Paris 9 Dauphine, France
Benjamin Nguyen, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
Antoine Vion, Université de la Méditerranée, France
- Proceduralization, Agencification, and Privatization: Internet
Governance's Three Pillars and their Normative Consequences
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, France
- Wars in Cyberspace : the recasting of military power in the digital age
Jean-Loup Samaan, French Ministry of Defense, France
10:45-11:15 - Coffee Break
11:15-12:30 - Panel 2 - Critical Internet Resources and the Never-Ending
ICANN Case
This panel will focus on the global governance of critical Internet
resources and will bring fresh views on ICANN role in this field.
Chair: JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
Panelists:
- Work in progress in Internet governance: a proposed study on ICANN's
opening for new gTLDs
Laura Abba, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
Stefano Trumpy, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
- The Governance of Internet Country Code Top Level Domains in Europe
George Christou, University of Warwick, UK
Seamus Simpson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Administration and marketing of the ccTLD and its policy implications on
Internet governance
Keisuke Kamimura, Center for Global Communications, International
University of Japan, Japan
- Internet Governance and Critical Resources
Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Neo-Liberal Globalization and Internet Governance
Hangwoo Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
12:30-13:45 - Lunch Break
13:45-15:00 - Panel 3 - Regulation of Technologies and Technological
Regulation
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities
related to regulation. Presentations will address ICT regulation means as
well as using ICTs as a mean of regulation.
Chair: Katharine Sarikakis, University of Leeds, UK
Panelists:
- Consumers, Disclosure, and Internet Governance
Adam Candeub, Michigan University (MI), USA
- The CRID, an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on ICT regulation
Yves Poullet, University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium
- Technology-Aware Policy Analysis: Case Studies of Deep Packet Inspection
and Network Management
Ralf Bendrath, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- An assumption analysis of the Creative Content Online Public
Consultation by the European Commission
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Keeping Free Speech, Privacy and Property Real in Virtual Worlds: a
Reasonable Duty for the Owners/Creators ?
Pierre-François Docquir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Actively vs. Passive Volunteered Personal Information
Mark Lizar, London South Bank University & Identity Trust CIC, UK
15:00-15:30 - Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 - Panel 4 - What's in a field? IG Research Methodologies and
Boundaries
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities in
terms of methodologies and approaches. It also aims at defining the
contours of the field.
Chair: Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Panelists:
- Mapping Internet Governance: theoretical framework, research
methodologies and possible implementation strategies (With a little help
from my friends.)
Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy
Elena Pavan, University of Trento, Italy
- Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments: Perspectives
from an Interdisciplinary Workshop
Malte Ziewitz, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
- Internet Governance - Under Construction: Doing Multidisciplinary and
Multisited Research in 'Real Life' and Online
Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Internet Regulation; Governance without the state, an exercise in global
cooperation
Rafid A Y Fatani, University of Exeter, UK
- The social imaginary of new media practices: issues for discussion
Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences,
Greece
- An Assessment of the Contribution of the Lebanese Universities in
Internet Governance
Antoine Melki, University of Balamand, Lebanon
- Public Opinion Formation in Convergence Culture
Jakob Svensson, Karlstad University, Sweden
17:00-17:30 - Closing Session
- Synthesis of Discussions, Conclusion and Way Forward
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Please find hereafter and as attached file the program and the
registration form to the 2nd international academic workshop on: "Global
Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction".
This workshop is organized by GigaNet (the Global Internet Governance
Academic Network), 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 1st edition in Paris, France, in June 2008,
this workshop will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009.
Workshop place: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek,
Building D, Promotiezaal D.2.01.
Map of the campus: http://www.vub.ac.be/downloads/campusplanEN-high.pdf.
Directions to the campus:
http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html.
Hints on travelling to Brussels:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse/practicali.
Workshop website at:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.
Please distribute widely.
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki (Workshop Co-Chair)
LIP6/PolyTIC - CNRS
104 avenue du Président Kennedy - 75016 Paris
http://www-polytic.lip6.fr
::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Etterbeek, Building D,
Promotiezaal D.2.01
(Workshop Website:
http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse)
Workshop Detailed Program
09:00-09:30 - Opening Session
- Welcoming Remarks by Workshop Co-Chair
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Presentation of the Workshop Organizers
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA),
International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) section, Communication
and Democracy (CD) section, Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) section
- Contributions and Program Overview by Workshop Co-Chair
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
09:30-10:45 - Panel 1 - Power Dynamics in IG: Transformation or
Consolidation?
This panel will discuss research activities dealing with global Internet
governance actors and their power relationships. It will examine to which
extent new power dynamics are actually emerging.
Chair: Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Panelists:
- Multi-Stakeholderism and Intra-Civil Society Networking: The case of the
WSIS IG-working group mailing list
Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Negotiation and the Global Information Economy: Implications for
Internet Governance
JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
- The governance of web standards. Economic struggles in the XML case
François-Xavier Dudouet, Université Paris 9 Dauphine, France
Benjamin Nguyen, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
Antoine Vion, Université de la Méditerranée, France
- Proceduralization, Agencification, and Privatization: Internet
Governance's Three Pillars and their Normative Consequences
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & Université Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie, France
- Wars in Cyberspace : the recasting of military power in the digital age
Jean-Loup Samaan, French Ministry of Defense, France
10:45-11:15 - Coffee Break
11:15-12:30 - Panel 2 - Critical Internet Resources and the Never-Ending
ICANN Case
This panel will focus on the global governance of critical Internet
resources and will bring fresh views on ICANN role in this field.
Chair: JP Singh, Georgetown University (Washington DC), USA
Panelists:
- Work in progress in Internet governance: a proposed study on ICANN's
opening for new gTLDs
Laura Abba, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
Stefano Trumpy, CNR, Pisa Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy
- The Governance of Internet Country Code Top Level Domains in Europe
George Christou, University of Warwick, UK
Seamus Simpson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Administration and marketing of the ccTLD and its policy implications on
Internet governance
Keisuke Kamimura, Center for Global Communications, International
University of Japan, Japan
- Internet Governance and Critical Resources
Rolf H. Weber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Neo-Liberal Globalization and Internet Governance
Hangwoo Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
12:30-13:45 - Lunch Break
13:45-15:00 - Panel 3 - Regulation of Technologies and Technological
Regulation
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities
related to regulation. Presentations will address ICT regulation means as
well as using ICTs as a mean of regulation.
Chair: Katharine Sarikakis, University of Leeds, UK
Panelists:
- Consumers, Disclosure, and Internet Governance
Adam Candeub, Michigan University (MI), USA
- The CRID, an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on ICT regulation
Yves Poullet, University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium
- Technology-Aware Policy Analysis: Case Studies of Deep Packet Inspection
and Network Management
Ralf Bendrath, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- An assumption analysis of the Creative Content Online Public
Consultation by the European Commission
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Leo Van Audenhove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Keeping Free Speech, Privacy and Property Real in Virtual Worlds: a
Reasonable Duty for the Owners/Creators ?
Pierre-François Docquir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Actively vs. Passive Volunteered Personal Information
Mark Lizar, London South Bank University & Identity Trust CIC, UK
15:00-15:30 - Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 - Panel 4 - What's in a field? IG Research Methodologies and
Boundaries
This panel will look at global Internet governance research activities in
terms of methodologies and approaches. It also aims at defining the
contours of the field.
Chair: Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Panelists:
- Mapping Internet Governance: theoretical framework, research
methodologies and possible implementation strategies (With a little help
from my friends.)
Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy
Elena Pavan, University of Trento, Italy
- Modes of Governance in Digitally Networked Environments: Perspectives
from an Interdisciplinary Workshop
Malte Ziewitz, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK
- Internet Governance - Under Construction: Doing Multidisciplinary and
Multisited Research in 'Real Life' and Online
Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
- Internet Regulation; Governance without the state, an exercise in global
cooperation
Rafid A Y Fatani, University of Exeter, UK
- The social imaginary of new media practices: issues for discussion
Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences,
Greece
- An Assessment of the Contribution of the Lebanese Universities in
Internet Governance
Antoine Melki, University of Balamand, Lebanon
- Public Opinion Formation in Convergence Culture
Jakob Svensson, Karlstad University, Sweden
17:00-17:30 - Closing Session
- Synthesis of Discussions, Conclusion and Way Forward
Meryem Marzouki, CNRS & University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Luciano Morganti, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Call for Papers:
2009 Workshop of the ECREA's "Communication Law and Policy" Section
New Directions for Communication Policy Research
The "Communication Law and Policy" Section of ECREA invites abstracts
for theoretical and empirical papers on the topic of New Directions for
Communication Policy Research. The division's 2009 workshop takes place
in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 6-7, 2009. It is hosted and jointly
organized by the divisions "Media & Politics" and "Media Change &
Innovation" of the University of Zurich's Institute of Mass
Communication and Media Research (IPMZ).
The state of the art of communication policy research is well
documented, but where do we go from here? How do we theoretically and
methodologically approach new policy issues? What policy challenges are
emerging and what insights can we gain from the application of theories
and methods of cognate areas?
The workshop focuses on the following four topics:
* New Theories: Scholars in communication policy research are
specialized in applying a variety of theoretical approaches (e.g.
policy analysis, regulation theory). Abstracts addressing this topic
should either present possible enhancements of these theories or
highlight how other theories can be helpful for the analysis of policy
and regulation (e.g. governance, organization theory, institutionalism,
innovation theory). Presentations should focus mainly on the
application of these theories to our subjects of research.
* New Methods: While much research is of a comparative nature, methods
are not always well elaborated. Similarly, document analysis is one of
the mostly used methods but rarely covered in textbooks. Abstracts
addressing this topic should reflect ontological and epistemological
questions, discuss how data collection and data analysis work in
practice and point out benefits and challenges for communication policy
research. Abstracts based on already performed research projects are
welcome but should not focus on empirical results alone.
* New Subjects: New policy challenges arising from media change are
manifold and wide-spread in communication policy research. Abstracts
addressing new subjects should analyze specific new and emerging policy
challenges and show how communication policy research approaches these
issues. Presentations may include but are not limited to competition
policy, policies for new content platforms, intellectual property
rights, privacy, public service media, data protection, spectrum
policy, user generated content (Web 2.0), social networks, and civil
liberties.
* New Regulatory Structures and Instruments: New regulatory structures
and instruments have emerged as specific features of the changing
communication landscape. Abstracts addressing this topic should provide
insights into the workings, impact and effectiveness of these new
institutional arrangements. Presentations may include but are not
limited to new forms of governance, independent and integrated
regulatory authorities, the interrelationship between various
regulatory bodies (competition vs. sectoral regulators; state
regulation vs. self- and co-regulation), and the understanding of
common or different governance patterns across nations.
The workshop's aim is to stimulate reflection and discussion on New
Directions for Communication Policy Research. The sessions will thus be
thematically focused and leave room for discussion and exchange.
Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted in Word-format
directly to the organizers of the conference by June 1, 2009 (Manuel
Puppis, m.puppis@..., and Natascha Just, n.just@...).
Each abstract must address one of the above topics in a sound
theoretical and methodological manner, include a title as well as the
name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es) of the
author(s). Colleagues will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2009,
and registration is required by September 1, 2009. Full papers are due
no later than October 15, 2009.
More information will be available in due time on the conference
website:
http://www.mediapolicy.uzh.ch/ecrea/
2009 Workshop of the ECREA's "Communication Law and Policy" Section
New Directions for Communication Policy Research
The "Communication Law and Policy" Section of ECREA invites abstracts
for theoretical and empirical papers on the topic of New Directions for
Communication Policy Research. The division's 2009 workshop takes place
in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 6-7, 2009. It is hosted and jointly
organized by the divisions "Media & Politics" and "Media Change &
Innovation" of the University of Zurich's Institute of Mass
Communication and Media Research (IPMZ).
The state of the art of communication policy research is well
documented, but where do we go from here? How do we theoretically and
methodologically approach new policy issues? What policy challenges are
emerging and what insights can we gain from the application of theories
and methods of cognate areas?
The workshop focuses on the following four topics:
* New Theories: Scholars in communication policy research are
specialized in applying a variety of theoretical approaches (e.g.
policy analysis, regulation theory). Abstracts addressing this topic
should either present possible enhancements of these theories or
highlight how other theories can be helpful for the analysis of policy
and regulation (e.g. governance, organization theory, institutionalism,
innovation theory). Presentations should focus mainly on the
application of these theories to our subjects of research.
* New Methods: While much research is of a comparative nature, methods
are not always well elaborated. Similarly, document analysis is one of
the mostly used methods but rarely covered in textbooks. Abstracts
addressing this topic should reflect ontological and epistemological
questions, discuss how data collection and data analysis work in
practice and point out benefits and challenges for communication policy
research. Abstracts based on already performed research projects are
welcome but should not focus on empirical results alone.
* New Subjects: New policy challenges arising from media change are
manifold and wide-spread in communication policy research. Abstracts
addressing new subjects should analyze specific new and emerging policy
challenges and show how communication policy research approaches these
issues. Presentations may include but are not limited to competition
policy, policies for new content platforms, intellectual property
rights, privacy, public service media, data protection, spectrum
policy, user generated content (Web 2.0), social networks, and civil
liberties.
* New Regulatory Structures and Instruments: New regulatory structures
and instruments have emerged as specific features of the changing
communication landscape. Abstracts addressing this topic should provide
insights into the workings, impact and effectiveness of these new
institutional arrangements. Presentations may include but are not
limited to new forms of governance, independent and integrated
regulatory authorities, the interrelationship between various
regulatory bodies (competition vs. sectoral regulators; state
regulation vs. self- and co-regulation), and the understanding of
common or different governance patterns across nations.
The workshop's aim is to stimulate reflection and discussion on New
Directions for Communication Policy Research. The sessions will thus be
thematically focused and leave room for discussion and exchange.
Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted in Word-format
directly to the organizers of the conference by June 1, 2009 (Manuel
Puppis, m.puppis@..., and Natascha Just, n.just@...).
Each abstract must address one of the above topics in a sound
theoretical and methodological manner, include a title as well as the
name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es) of the
author(s). Colleagues will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2009,
and registration is required by September 1, 2009. Full papers are due
no later than October 15, 2009.
More information will be available in due time on the conference
website:
http://www.mediapolicy.uzh.ch/ecrea/
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