Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance
The Third International Workshop on Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction will be Sunday 30 May and Monday 31 May 2010. It is organized by The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) in cooperation with The Canadian Communication Association and Media@McGill.
Building on the success of its first two editions, respectively in Paris, France in June 2008 and in Brussels, Belgium in May 2009, the purpose of this third GigaNet workshop is twofold. The first day is dedicated to outreach sessions aimed at increasing the interest in the global Internet governance field among various academic disciplines and the civil society at large. An academic roundtable will explore global Internet governance research and the methodological and theoretical contributions from different academic disciplines to the field. Open discussions will follow on current global Internet governance debates and their relevance to public policy making, led by Canadian experts analyzing how these issues are locally played out.
The second day features thematic presentations selected upon submissions made in response to a call for contributions. Scholars will present and discuss their work-in-progress in Internet Governance-related research, with the aim to identify emerging research themes and design a research agenda. In order to provide a survey of current academic activities in the field, share ideas and forge possible collaborations, presentations will focus on problematics, research designs, preliminary empirical results and conclusions in the aim of stimulating reflection and discussion amongst the audience.
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