The institutional (re-)design of citizen participation, Toulouse (France), 8-10 September 2010

EGPA Study Group on Local Governance and Democracy Toulouse (France), 8-10 September 2010 The institutional (re-)design of citizen participation – citizen, co-operation, conflict. The shift from local government to local governance calls for a redesign of democratic processes. The traditional representative approach to local democracy is therefore more and more supplemented with (if not substituted by) forms of direct democracy, or participation and/or deliberation. Many (...)

Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 : An Impact Assessment, Oxford (UK), 16-17 September 2010

Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 : An Impact Assessment Thursday 16 - Friday 17 September 2010 * Prof. Helen Margetts (Chair), Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford * Dr Stephen Ward (Chair), University of Salford * Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (Chair), Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Location : University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Conference ’Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 : An Impact Assessment’, convened by the Oxford Internet Institute (...)

Interpreting Democratic Governance, Leicester (UK), 23-24 September 2010

Interpreting Democratic Governance A conference convened by the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK 23rd and 24th September 2010 Keynote speakers Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science University of California, Berkeley, USA Patsy Healey, Professor Emeritus, Global Urban Research Unit, Department of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle Programme of the conference If you have any queries please contact Catherine (...)

6th International Conference on e-Government, Cape Town (South Africa), 30 September - 1 October 2010

6th International Conference on e-Government Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa 30 September – 1 October 2010 Conference Chair : Retha de la Harpe, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa Programme Chair : Ephias Ruhode, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa Preparations for the 6th International Conference on e-Government. (ICEG) being held at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, (...)

Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Gothenburg (Sweden), 21-23 October 2010

This year’s conference is called Internet Research 11.0 : Sustainability, Participation, Action and will provide a space for interdisciplinary researchers to reflect on, describe, interrogate, challenge, and stake new claims to various critical Internet issues, including : •Internet and an equal and balanced society •Internet as an arena for participation •Internet as a tool and arena for action •Internet and an informed knowledge society •Internet and a green society •Internet and (...)

Network Politics : Objects, Subjects and New Political Affects, Toronto (Canada), 22-23 October 2010

Network Politics : Objects, Subjects and New Political Affects October 22-23, 2010, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada A Symposium co-sponsored by the AHRC funded "New Configurations of Network Politics" project at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge UK, and the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media, Ryerson University, Canada. In the network age, the question of political agency is becoming increasingly troublesome, with a pressing need to reflect upon how collective (...)

Conference of the Political Communication Research Committee (RC22) of the IPSA, Loughborough (UK), 4-5 November 2010

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the upcoming conference of the Political Communication Research Committee (RC22) of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), on November 4-5th 2010, at Loughborough University, UK. The conference is organised in conjunction with our British sister organisation the UK Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group. For further information and contact details, please visit our website (...)

Citizenship and Democracy : Membership, forms of participation, within and across European territorities, Lille (France), 4-5 November 2010

Research Network 32 – Political Sociology European Sociological Association’s Research Network on Political Sociology Citizenship and Democracy : Membership, forms of participation, within and across European territories Lille (France), 4-5 November 2010 The European Sociological Association’s Research Network on Political Sociology announces its first mid-term conference, to be held at the university of Lille 2 in France, 4-5 November 2010. The Research Network is intended as a site for (...)

DIY Citizenship : Critical Making and Social Media, Toronto (Canada), 12-14 November 2010

DIY Citizenship : Critical Making and Social Media Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto 12-14 November 2010 http://diycitizenship.com/ Plenary speakers include : Anne Balsalmo, Suzanne de Castell, Ron Deibert, Paul Dourish, Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Natalie Jeremijenko, Steve Mann, Trebor Scholz. Conference Organizers : Prof. Megan Boler, Associate Chair, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario (...)