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by giuliarai 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

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Call for participation at the Learning with MOOCs III: "Being and Learning in a Digital Age" conference (October 6-7, 2016, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

* Apologies for cross-posting * Dear All, This is a call for the participation at the Learning with MOOCs III: "Being and Learning in a Digital Age" conference on October 6-7, 2016 at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Learning with MOOCs is a fast growing practitioners conference that focuses on studying MOOCs and how best to support teaching and learning in MOOCs. LWMOOCs will feature 14 paper session, as well as panels and workgroup sessions, and a conference reception with poster presentations. We are also pleased to have exciting keynote speakers Reshma Saujani, Founder, and CEO of Girls Who Code, and Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Psychology and Founder and Scientific Director of The Character Lab. We look forward to two days of fascinating discussion and networking in the great city of Philadelphia. http://www.learningwithmoocs2016.org/ Registration URL: http://www.learningwithmoocs2016.org/registration/ Please note that registration is for individuals only, each conference attendee should be registered separately. The exclusive hotel discount for LWMOOCs attendees is valid up to Sep 5, 2016 so make sure to book your place on time! Sincerely, Vitomir Kovanovic on behalf of the LWMOOCs program committee --- Begin forwarded message --- THEME: Being and learning in a digital age ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the dramatic arrival of MOOCs on the higher education landscape, universities globally have started to grapple with how digital learning functions within their existing missions. Some systems have responded through a significant investment in MOOCs and new online learning programs. Other systems have responded through taking a more cautious research approach. Colleges, liberal arts schools, and smaller universities are currently evaluating how the MOOC phenomenon will influence their existing offerings and what unique experiences remain for local, on-campus learning. More recently, virtual reality and other wearable technology indicate a future with expanded data collection and increasingly authentic learning experiences. They also raise concerns about how technology will influence privacy and who has ownership of, and access to, our learning and related biometric data. The growth of digital learning, both in terms of research and practice, is part of a broader societal transition to a digital and data-driven world. Reports of future mass upheaval in employment driven by artificial intelligence are starting to cause alarm. Today, cognitive technologies can learn and in some cases outperform humans. Against this backdrop, the theme and guiding focus for LWMOOC3 is: What does it mean to be human in a digital age? What does it mean to learn in a digital age? As the influence of MOOCs and digital learning in general grow, it’s time to review many of the assumptions that researchers and practitioners currently hold. Are we creating the type of knowledge infrastructure through digital learning that will enable a generation of creative, innovative, honest, considerate, socially responsible, motivated, and full-filled learners? Or are we meeting AI in the middle by dumbing down and automating our learning needs to such a degree that the machines ought to take over? This conference plans to bring together educators, technologists, researchers, learning scientists, entrepreneurs, and funders of MOOCs to share their innovations, discuss the impact on education and to answer practical questions such as: - What are the social and affective dimensions of learning online and in a MOOC? - What is the role of the human educator in automated learning and evaluation environments? - How do MOOCs and digital learning impact learners across their full life cycle, from birth to retirement? - How can VR and wearable technologies extend both the experience of learners and the research interests of academics? - What are the challenges of integrating rich multi-source data streams to present a holistic view of learner engagement and performance? - What are the assumptions that we are making regarding digital learning and the role of education in society? Are these assumptions accurate? What type of future are we creating for learners and for society with current digital and on-campus education practices? - How do we measure learning in and with MOOCs? What does successful MOOC learning look like and how does it differ from traditional in-classroom learning? - Should the holistic development of learners, such as social and emotional skills and character strengths, be considered in digital learning? If so, what are the challenges and considerations in doing so? TOPICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We call for submissions to LWMOOC3 from a diversity of disciplines and topics (see details below). In particular, we invite submissions that build on the main theme of the conference and highlight the strength of the core MOOC research community, with the important input from the other related research domains. We invite submissions related to research, practice, and theory related to MOOCs. Specific topics, though not limited to these, include: - Social and affective computing - Development of multiple pathways for learners - Open content / open licensing and MOOCs - New pedagogical processes with MOOCs, particularly around social and peer pedagogies - Tools for collaboration, feedback, testing and content delivery - Wearable devices for biometric data collection - Metrics of success for learners and instructors of MOOCs - On-campus use of MOOCs - Evaluation of MOOCs - MOOCs and localized support (e. g., meetups and instructor meetings) - Learning analytics and MOOCs - Problem-based learning and authentic/contextual learning environments - New and emerging models of instructional design, especially student-centered design approaches to improve their online learning experience) - Machine learning, AI, and MOOCs: what is new? - Learning sciences and new research models based on digital learning and MOOCs - The role of specific human constructs, such as imagination, joy, and amazement, in MOOCs We invite researchers and practitioners interested in coming together to discuss these issues to submit a description of work (see instructions below) they have done related to MOOCs. These descriptions should include interesting findings that they have learned through their work that they believe would be valuable to share with other practitioners and researchers, and/or a question or challenges that they confronted that they would like to discuss with others. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- One important change for the 2016 Learning with MOOCs conference is that we are moving towards published proceedings of all conference submissions. The proceedings will include abstracts as well as the presentation slides that will serve as a written record of the conference. KEY DATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Abstract submissions (500 words): May 15, 2016 - Notifications of acceptance: June 12, 2016 - Learning with MOOCs 2016 conference: October 6-7, 2016 -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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2 PhD openings: Design of Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences, IT University of Copenhagen
by Anders Sundnes Løvlie 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

2 PhD positions in hybrid virtual museum design The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites candidates to apply for 2 PhD positions starting in 31 December 2016 or soon thereafter: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180… The positions will form part of a project funded by a grant from the EU's Horizon 2020 program, entitled "Meaningful Personalization of Hybrid Virtual Museum Experiences Through Gifting and Appropriation (The GIFT project)". The GIFT project aims to develop a framework with tools, theory and best practice guidelines to guide the development of mobile apps for museums that facilitate personalized experiences of both digital and physical museum exhibitions, along with two prototypes of such applications. The project includes 5 European research partners beside ITU: Blast Theory (UK), NextGame (RS), University of Nottingham (UK), University of Uppsala (SE) and Europeana Foundation (NL). In addition, the project will work with representatives from 10 museums in 8 European countries: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy and Serbia. For more information, see blogit.itu.dk/gift/<http://blogit.itu.dk/gift/>. Candidates for the positions will be expected to contribute to both the project's outcome and research goals. The project's outcome goals include: * Formulating a set of best practice guidelines for meaningful personalisation of hybrid virtual museum experiences, based on an action research process with a panel of museum partners; * Contribute to the design of prototypes for hybrid virtual museum experiences; * Study, validate and evaluate prototypes developed by project partners. In addition, the project has the following research goals: * Develop innovative approaches to the design of playful experiences with art and cultural heritage; * Formulate new perspectives on pervasive games and other playful experiences that incorporate both physical and virtual presence; * Propose new approaches for facilitating personalized experiences with cultural heritage which aim to bridge or problematize the distances between audiences and heritage, e.g. cultural, historical, ideological, aesthetic, or other. Position number 1: Research through design This PhD candidate will be tasked with conducting a practical research through design project, aimed at designing games for hybrid virtual museum experiences that allow players to playfully appropriate the museums' physical and digital space. The candidate's design work should support the development of a game prototype developed by the company NextGame, one of the partners in GIFT. The candidate will also contribute to study and validate prototypes developed by NextGame. The PhD project should result in a dissertation incorporating and documenting the design and evaluation work, making a contribution to research in one of the following fields: Media Studies, Design, Digital Arts, Game Studies or other IT-related field. Qualification Requirements: * Candidates should have an MSc (or equivalent) in a field such as design, media and communication, computer games, computer science, or other cognate area. * Candidates should have a high level of oral and written proficiency in English. * Candidates who can document practical experience with design in the field will be prioritized. Position number 2: Action research This PhD candidate will be tasked with conducting an action research project involving the GIFT project's museum partners. The candidate should contribute to the process of conducting user experience evaluation of the prototypes developed by GIFT partners, based on their implementation and use in museum contexts. The candidate will be expected to be able to make substantial contributions to the best practice framework developed by GIFT. The PhD project should result in a dissertation documenting the process and discussing the results as a contribution to research in one of the following fields: Media Studies, Design, Digital Arts, Game Studies or other IT-related field. Qualification requirements: * Candidates should have an MSc (or equivalent) in a field such as design, media and communication, fine arts, computer science, or other relevant area. * Candidates should have a high level of oral and written proficiency in English. * Candidates who can document practical experience with action research and/or relevant design experience will be prioritized. Application The application must be in English and must include: * A cover letter; * A statement of purpose, which includes a project description for the PhD project, providing evidence of independent thinking, novelty and originality, and a state of the art grasp of the targeted research field matching the project description above. This text should be maximum 5 standard pages long (ca. 2400 characters per page, including spaces and notes); * Documentation of academic degree(s); grade transcripts that documents outstanding academic achievement; * Curriculum Vitae, which must include two professional/academic references; * Applications may also include one relevant scientific publication written by the applicant, and/or a portfolio of design work, and/or the applicant's master thesis. Letters of recommendation can also be included in the application It is understood that qualified applicants will satisfy these requirements to varying degrees, for example because of differences in publication cultures in various research fields. Early contact with our faculty staff is strongly encouraged. General information The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 70 full-time Faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialisation of IT. Successful applicants will be employed and enrolled at the ITU University for a period of 3 years. Salary Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Application procedure You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. Apply by pushing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement on our website: www.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies<http://www.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies> Please read the guidelines for applicants carefully before filling in the application form. You can see the guidelines through this link: www.itu.en/Guidelines<http://www.itu.en/Guidelines> Applications must be written in English. All other documents, such as transcripts must be accompanied by a translation in English or Danish. Questions about the positions can be directed to Anders Sundnes Løvlie, e-mail: asun(a)itu.dk<mailto:asun@itu.dk>, or Miguel Angel Sicart, e-mail: miguel(a)itu.dk<mailto:miguel@itu.dk>. Questions related to the application procedure may be directed to the Personnel Section, Kristina Køj-Udsen, kuds(a)itu.dk<mailto:kuds@itu.dk>. The applicant will be assessed according to the Appointment Order from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of 25 April 2008. Application deadline: September 20, 2016 at 23:59 CET. Applications/enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline will not be taken into consideration. If you submit an application, it is your responsibility to ensure that it arrives before the deadline so please allow sufficient time for upload of publications and other documents. The IT University invites all qualified researchers regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the positions. Job announcement: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=119&ProjectId=180… Kind regards, Anders Sundnes Løvlie Assistant professor, IT University of Copenhagen asun(a)itu.dk<mailto:asun@itu.dk> +45 40966768

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T-T Job: University of Toronto: Social Work and Information
by Leslie Shade 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Dear Colleagues, fyi: Assistant Professor - Social Work and Information The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) and the Faculty of Information (iSchool) at the University of Toronto invite applications for a tenure-stream position in the area of Social Work and Information at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position will be held 51% at the FIFSW and 49% at the iSchool. The appointment will begin July 1, 2017. Candidates are expected to have a program of research and experience especially focused on big data from a quantitative or qualitative angle, analyzing both the challenges and opportunities of big data for social justice. Areas of specific interest can include the use and impact of big data for social service and child welfare agencies, youth service agencies, public libraries, archives and information centres, and for vulnerable citizens and marginalized communities, including older adults, indigenous, and immigrant communities. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: big data and society, data and information and communication technology use, infrastructure and platform studies, ethics of algorithms, data and discrimination, data and human rights, data and social inclusion, privacy and data, and disability studies in information studies and social work. Theoretical and methodological approaches to research should be commensurate with applicants' teaching and fields of expertise. Candidates must have a PhD in social work, information or a related field by the time of appointment or shortly thereafter. He/She must also show evidence of excellence in research as demonstrated by an active research program that contributes especially to information studies affecting social work; social work practice experience; an emerging reputation in research with demonstrated ability to attract external research funding; publications in high quality peer reviewed journals and strong endorsements by referees of international standing. Evidence of excellence in teaching (including a teaching dossier outlining experience and accomplishments and strong letters of reference) is also required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work pursues excellence in the development and testing of new knowledge that will have an impact on social work direct practice and social policy, as well as social work education. Our commitment to social justice means that we look for creative solutions to social problems at the local, national and international level. We are proud of our record as one of North America's pre-eminent Social Work Faculties, offering programs at the MSW, PhD, and post-MSW diploma levels. The Faculty is involved in several collaborative programs and joint degrees that provide many opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration including Health Administration; Addiction Studies; Aging and the Life Course; Asia Pacific Studies; Bioethics; Child Welfare; Community Development; Ethnic and Pluralism Studies; Health Care, Technology and Place; Health Services and Policy Research; Human Development; Sexual Diversity; Women and Gender Studies; and Women's Health. Faculty website: http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca. The iSchool at the University of Toronto educates the next generation of professional and academic leaders in Information to transform society through collaboration, innovation and knowledge creation. The Faculty believes that society's information practices are being reconfigured and transformed by material shifts in information infrastructures and by political and cultural shifts in our attitudes toward information as a social phenomenon, accompanied by ethical challenges. The Faculty of Information provides a context in which to work in an emerging interdisciplinary environment with close ties to a range of collaborative programs including Knowledge Media Design and Book History and Print Culture. The Faculty is also home to the Digital Curation Institute. Faculty website: http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca. Review of applications will begin on September 30, 2016, and we strongly encourage candidates to submit their application before this date if they would like to be considered for the first round of review. However applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All qualified candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. Applications should include a cover letter, full curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), a brief outline of current and proposed future research interests and two samples of published work. All application materials should be submitted through the University of Toronto's online application system. If you have questions about this position, please contact socialwork.admin(a)utoronto.ca <https://webmail.utoronto.ca/imp/message.php?index=411#>. Please combine attachments into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. Applicants should also ask three referees to send letters (on letterhead, signed and scanned) directly to the Faculty via e-mail to socialwork.admin(a)utoronto.ca <https://webmail.utoronto.ca/imp/message.php?index=411#>. Applications without references will not be considered. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. ---- Leslie Regan Shade Associate Dean, Research and Professor Faculty of Information University of Toronto 140 St. George St., Rm 711 Toronto ON M5S 3G6 Tel: 416-978-7110 leslie.shade(a)utoronto.ca <https://webmail.utoronto.ca/imp/message.php?index=411#>

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SPIR Back Online / Call for Volunteers: AoIR Technical Advisory Group
by Axel Bruns 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Dear AoIRists, I'm pleased to say that thanks to the tireless work of our AoIR Technical Advisory Group - Brenda Moon, Alexander Ronzhyn, and Andrew R. Schrock - our AoIR publication Selected Papers in Internet Research (SPIR) is back online, at spir.aoir.org. We are very grateful to the TAG team for volunteering their time to rebuild SPIR and bringing it back to life, and I'd like to express AoIR's sincere thanks to Brenda, Alexander and Andrew for their efforts. The next steps for SPIR will now be to post last year's conference proceedings on the site, and then to do the same with the papers accepted for the Berlin conference this year (you'll have seen Cornelius Puschmann's calls over the past weeks to upload your de-anonymised paper and panel proposals to ConfTool). Call for Volunteers: AoIR Technical Advisory Group -------------------------------------------------- To support these next steps, as well as to address future technical challenges as they arise, AoIR is now calling for expressions of interest from additional volunteers to serve on our Technical Advisory Group. From time to time, the Association faces various issues relating to our technical infrastructure - including the AoIR Website, the Selected Papers in Internet Research (SPIR) site, our conference submission and registration platforms, our mailing-list, and the integration between these different systems. Members of the TAG will be asked to help us make better strategic decisions about our technology choices, and to support the Association Coordinator and Exec in addressing any urgent issues - for example to clean up and better protect our sites after the hacking attacks we suffer on occasion. TAG members should have strong familiarity with technologies such as PHP, MySQL, Open Journal Systems, Wordpress, and/or ConfTool, as well as overall server admin skills. Experience in protecting Web servers from hackers would also be very welcome. AoIR is an almost entirely volunteer-based, non-profit organisation, so unfortunately we can't offer any payment for this work - other than the satisfaction of having made a significant contribution to our community. If you're interested in helping out, please email Axel Bruns (vp(a)aoir.org) with an expression of interest and some information about your tech skills and expertise. On behalf of the AoIR Exec, many thanks in advance. Your contribution makes a real difference to the Association. -- Prof. Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info ARC Future Fellow, 2014-18 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://qut.edu.au/research/dmrc/ Creative Industries Faculty, Z6-503, KG http://snurb.info/ Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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CFP: Philosophy and Technology’s special issue on The Governance of Algorithms
by Mariarosaria Taddeo 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

Apologies for multiple posting Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology’s special issue on The Governance of Algorithms GUEST EDITORS Marcello D'Agostino (University of Milan, Italy) and Massimo Durante (University of Turin, Italy) INTRODUCTION In our information societies, we increasingly delegate tasks andalgorithms. Their increased intelligence, autonomous behavior and connectivity are changing crucially the life conditions of human beings as well as altering traditional concepts and ways of understanding reality. Algorithms are directed to solve problems that are not always detectable in their own relevance and timeliness. They are also meant to solve those problems through procedures that are not always visible and assessable in their own. In addition, technologies based on algorithmic procedures more and more infer personal information from aggregated data, thus profiling human beings and anticipating their expectations, views and behaviors. This may have normative, if not discriminatory, consequences. While algorithmic procedures and applications are meant to serve human needs, they risk to create an environment in which human beings tend to develop adaptive strategies by conforming their behaviour to the expected output of the procedures, with serious distortive effects. Against this backdrop, little room is often left for a process of rational argumentation able to challenge the results of algorithmic procedures by putting into question some of their hidden assumptions or by taking into account some neglected aspects of the problems under consideration. At the same time, it is widely recognized that scientific and social advances crucially depend on such an open and free critical discussion. TOPICS The aim of this special issue of Philosophy & Technology is to explore questions about the governance of algorithms in light of the technological dependence of our information societies. We ask how to face theoretical and practical challenges in order to assure that technological innovations go hand in hand with human needs, beliefs and expectations. We solicit the submission of papers from different disciplines (law, ethics, economics, computer science, social studies, epistemology and philosophy of science) to address questions such as: · How to deal with the "knowledge problem" (as Franck Pasquale put it), i.e., with the openness, transparency and fairness of algorithmic procedures and applications? · How to govern those algorithmic procedures and applications once we delegate them the accomplishment of tasks or the solution of problems? · By which standards the relevance and the timeliness of problems as well as the efficiency and the legitimacy of solutions are measured? · Is the extensive functioning of automated systems, devices and agents based on algorithms able to impair human freedom and autonomy, free critical discussion and reflexivity? TIMETABLE December 19, 2016: Deadline for paper submissions February 13, 2017: Deadline reviews papers March 13, 2017: Deadline revised papers April, 2017: Publication of accepted papers SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal’s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ <http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/> The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: " The Governance of Algorithms” from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers’ Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)’ Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief’s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: GUEST EDITOR’S CONTACT DETAILS Marcello D'Agostino: <>marcello.dagostino(a)unimi.it <mailto:marcello.dagostino@unimi.it> Massimo Durante: <>massimo.durante(a)unito.it <mailto:massimo.durante@unito.it> -- Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Faculty Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, London Co-Investigator, PETRAS Hub for Internet of Things, a EPSRC project Editor-In-Chief of Minds & Machines, Springer Co-Editor-in-chief of Philosophical Studies, Book Series, Springer President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy Associate Editor for Ethics, Policy & Technology - Philosophy & Technology, Springer http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/ http://rosariataddeo.net

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Online Book Launch: Social Media in Industrial China and Social Media in Rural China (UCL Why We Post)
by Major, Alison 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

****Apologies for any cross posting **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Online Book Launch: Social Media in Industrial China and Social Media in Rural China Date: Tuesday 13 Sep 2016 Time: * London: 3 pm - 4 pm BST (UTC+1 hour) * New York: 10 am - 11 am EDT (UTC-4 hours) * Los Angeles: 7 am - 8 am PDT (UTC-7 hours) * Hong Kong: 10 pm - 11 pm HKT (UTC+8 hours) Register today: http://bit.ly/2b1mVuA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Professor Daniel Miller (UCL Anthropology), Xinyuan Wang (UCL Anthropology) and Tom McDonald (HKU Sociology) for a live and interactive discussion about UCL's groundbreaking Why We Post project. Streamed on Youtube, and hosted by HKU Sociology, this exciting discussion will mark the launch of two brand new Open Access volumes Social Media in Industrial China (UCL Press) and Social Media in Rural China (UCL Press), which detail they key findings of the Chinese section of the UCL Why We Post project. Put your own questions to the authors, and hear them discuss their experiences of conducting ethnographic fieldwork on social media use in China, writing their books, and how the unique case of China has implications for understanding social media use around the world. Register today: http://bit.ly/2b1mVuA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the books Wang's Social Media in Industrial China describes social media's role in the biggest migration in human history, an estimated 250 million Chinese people have left their villages in recent decades to live and work in urban areas. Wang describes a second migration taking place: a movement from offline to online. As Wang argues, this is not simply a convenient analogy but represents the convergence of two phenomena as profound and consequential as each other, where the online world now provides a home for the migrant workers who feel otherwise 'homeless'. Find out more: http://bit.ly/2b1qAT7 McDonald's Social Media in Rural China argues that social media allows rural Chinese people to extend and transform their social relationships by deepening already existing connections with friends known through their school, work or village, while also experimenting with completely new forms of relationships through online interactions with strangers. By juxtaposing these seemingly opposed relations, rural social media users are able to use these technologies to understand, capitalise on and challenge the notions of morality that underlie rural life. Find out more: http://bit.ly/2b3w3sK --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Social sciences Post-doc Researcher in Participatory Design and Public Engagement
by Maurizio 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

A full time vacancy is open for research in the scope of the Horizon 2020 “PIE News” project (Poverty, Income, and Employment News) at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Madeira Island, Portugal (M-ITI). M-ITI is an highly interdisciplinary and international research institute who collects artists, designers, computer scientists, and social scientists, to engage with critical technical practices. The overall ambition of the PIE News project is to foster the emergence of commonfare as an alternative economic model to fight poverty, a condition affecting some 25% of the European population. Commonfare is a new collaborative form of welfare provision based on equitable governance and grassroots democracy. It entails the involvement of diverse stakeholders to facilitate the bottom-up arousal of collective practices tackling the needs of the new poor (precarious workers, working poor, NEETs, people left behind by safety nets). The consortium will achieve this goal through a Collective Awareness Platform (CAPS) which (a) informs people about existing welfare state provisions, (b) provides them with the means to share good practices on how to handle poverty-related issues, and (c) supports their abilities to network and to sustain real-life value. The person will research and investigate the public design process enacted during the PIE News project. In particular, will focus on the interrelation between the design of the technical components of the platform and the formation of a vibrant public interested in and supportive of the platform itself. The person will work under the supervision of Prof. Maurizio Teli, the Research and Innovation Coordinator of the PIE News project. Whoever is interested, can contact us via hr(a)m-iti.org to receive more information and a more extended description of the project. The desired profile is the one of a person engaged in social sciences, interested in Science and Technology Studies and/or Media Studies, as well as related fields, with a focus on the relation between digital technologies and the association of people around specific issues. Duration: The position is for one year, with funding available for renewing them for another year. The maximum legal of three years is depending on further funding. Envisaged Job Starting Date: 01/11/2016 Working Hours: 7.5 per day Fellowship value: The monthly maintenance stipend is of 1495€ net, according to the Portuguese directives from the ministry of science and education www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.en) This value can be complemented with social security reimbursement if the researcher subscribes the voluntary SSV according to the Portuguese Law – Lei Nº. 202/2012, de 27 de Agosto. The selection criteria include: - 35% publication record in the relative fields; - 35% ability to work in interdisciplinary teams; - 30% experience in related tasks. The candidate should be in possession of a Ph.D., or close to completion, at the time of application. The capability to work in English is a necessary requirement. Members of the Jury: Prof. Dr. Maurizio Teli, Prof. Dr. Nuno Jardim Nunes, and Prof. Dra. Valentina Nisi How to apply: Applications will be accepted by email (hr(a)m-iti.org ) with the reference “PIENEWS – RH002”. The application must include: - Letter of introduction, explaining how the candidate is covering the requirements; - CV (Europass) with a photo; - Copy of all certificates that prove the habilitations mentioned in the CV or that the habilitations will be obtained before the beginning of the contract - Minimum of two recommendation letters written by academics who have worked with the candidate This announcement is visible here: http://www.m-iti.org/node/3896

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Re: [Air-L] Webcast Tomorrow: "Digital Methods & Social Develop"
by Scott MacLeod 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi, Jack and AoIR, Viewing CUHK's "Digital Methods and Social Development" conference from the SF Bay Area and listen to all of you in Hong Kong (what incredible I.T. technologies!) went excellently. Congratulations on having an Intel representative give your first keynote too. I hope your students find their ways into jobs and careers with Intel, a great company to work with, it would seem. Everyone's English was excellent and the mostly Chinese faculty and students I saw are so cosmopolitan! As an expression of the network society (per Manuel Castells - I noticed the title of your first 2009 book), thanks for the opportunity to participate in Chinese University of Hong Kong's "Digital Methods and Social Development" conference from the SF Bay Area and listen to all of you in Hong Kong. I heard the first 2 keynotes, and will check out the others, if available, as well, here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzXW5bHbro . I tweeted about the conference twice, but may have gotten the Hashtag wrong (and added a few comments in the Youtube Live stream chat area too): https://twitter.com/hashtag/dsmcu16?src=hash https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/767207773750779904 https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/767207030176174080 (Is #dsmcu16 the correct #hashtag?) While there were mentions of Manuel Castells's theorizing of the digital methods and the information age (in your bio, for example), none of the presenters I heard seemed to have read him (as a great social theorist of the internet), so I'd probably explore adding more Castells-informed perspectives, for one, in subsequent CUHK "Digital Methods and Social Development." I attended Castells' "Society and Information Technology" course at UC Berkeley about 15 years ago - and was captivated and riveted but his lectures. I teach a course now on "Information Technology, the Network Society and the Global University" - http:// worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html. I hope this course comes into conversation virtually with expressions of global information capitalism I heard (Castells is great in these regards) in your conference too. In a related vein and re digital methods, I'm also very glad my actual / virtual Harbin Hot Springs' ethnographic book was published in April, with an introduction by UC Berkeley Professor Nelson Graburn -. http://www.scottmacleod.com/ActualVirtualHarbinBook.html. My book comes into conversation with Tom Boellstorff's "Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtual Human" (Princeton 2008). In this book and in subsequent virtual Harbin projects, I hope to build a film realistic virtual Harbin / virtual earth for STEM research, and planned in all 7,097 living languages - something like Google Street View with time slider with OpenSim/SL (and at the neural/cell nano/atomic levels too) This will film realistic, interactive, 3D, group-build-able, all-languages, with avatars earth also become "classrooms" for startup CC MIT OCW-centric World University and School (STEM-wise as well as ethnographically). On my book's web page, you'll find two talks I've given at UC Berkeley. The slides from the one I gave in November 2015 lay out further a new digital method I'm calling ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy (re Professor Richard Rogers' approach to digital methods). The video is from a Berkeley talk I gave in November 2012 re Harbin ethngraphically. I think the building of a film realistic virtual earth/cosmos will further the growth of the web, as well as the chip industry (Intel) significantly. In what ways did you work with Castells besides being a co-author with him - http://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/en-GB/people/teaching-staff/qiu-jack-l-c at the University of Southern California for your Ph.D.? Please keep World University and School in mind re both academic careers for your students - planned in each of all 7,097 languages, each a market re academia ... and in ~204 countries' each a major university (per the 2008 summer Olympics), the "Harvards of the Web." We'd like to become the Harvard of the internet in all countries' main and official languages offering online free CC MIT OCW-centric, Bachelor-level, Ph.D., Law and M.D. degrees as well as I.B. high school degrees. And WUaS is planning an online academic press in all 7,943 languages - http:// worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - as well as a bookstore/computer store, again in ALL languages. I've added two blog posts I made about this conference too - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/08/rainy-season-hong-kong-wuas-china… http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2016/08/aristolochia-streamed-online-chin… Your conference was excellent. World University and School will hopefully head toward further complementary excellence in all of our universities and schools' academics - as well as re networking for careers for our WUaS students too, in all countries' main languages - even as WUaS also grows as an university organization in all 7,943 languages! My complements to your co-faculty and to all the presenters! All best, Scott https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch http://worlduniversityandschool.org On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Jack Qiu <jacklqiu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Scott - how did it work? Must be quite an unusual Saturday night > for you. All comments and feedback will be greatly appreciated, as this is > the first time we do such live webcast. > > All best , > Jack > > On Aug 21, 2016 12:27 AM, "Scott MacLeod" <helianth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jack and AoIR, >> >> Thanks. It looks like "Digital Methods & Social Develop" begins this >> evening, Saturday, Aug 20, at 6pm, in California (PDT) - which is 9am Hong >> Kong time tomorrow Aug 21. >> >> Looking forward to tuning in this evening from California - and thanks >> greatly for streaming this! >> >> Scott >> >> >> Here again is Hong Kong World University and School - >> http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hong_Kong (before moving into a >> new wiki emerging from Wikidata/Wikibase, which is Wikipedia's 3 1/2 year >> old database now in 358 languages). >> >> And here's China World University and School - >> http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/China - planned in Mandarin for >> free best STEM CC OpenCourseWare university degrees (Bachelor, Ph.D., Law >> and M.D. ((as well as IB high school)), accrediting on, for example, CC MIT >> OCW in Mandarin - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/t >> ranslated-courses/traditional-chinese/. >> >> And here's the beginning China Law School at WUaS - >> http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/China_Law_School_at_WUaS - also >> planned in Mandarin, and potentially other main languages in China and Hong >> Kong. WUaS is also planned as wiki schools for open teaching and learning >> in ALL languages in China and Hong Kong (and in all 7,943 languages too - >> http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages) >> >> And here's the beginning Mandarin language WUaS - >> http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Mandarin_language_(Chinese). >> >> Thanks for sharing information about online video streaming of this >> "Digital Methods and Social Development" conference in Hong Kong! (Glad to >> see that Isaac Mao is presenting and a panelist too!). WUaS will look to >> add online resources from this conference after WUaS moves to our new wiki. >> >> Cheers, >> Scott >> >> http://worlduniversityandschool.org >> https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Jack Qiu <jacklqiu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just a gentle reminder to all AoIR colleagues. Please tune in tomorrow if >>> you're interested and available! The room is now ready! >>> https://twitter.com/jacklqiu/status/766852104338100224/photo/1 >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Jack Qiu <jacklqiu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Dear all, >>> > >>> > The Inaugural CUHK Research Summit "Digital Methods and Social >>> > Development" will be held this Sunday (August 21st) at the Chinese >>> > University of Hong Kong. If you are in the city or nearby, you're most >>> > welcome to join us at Lecture Theatre 2, Esther Lee Building, three >>> minutes >>> > walk from University MTR station. >>> > >>> > If you cannot join us physically, don't worry. You can still watch all >>> > talks live broadcast online at http://ow.ly/be1s303h8Cg (this page has >>> > more background info about the event). >>> > >>> > We will also replay it on Twitter (hashtag: #dmsdcu16) >>> > >>> > This is the schedule (Hong Kong time) on Sunday August 21st: >>> > >>> > 9:00am-9:20am opening ceremony >>> > 9:30am-10:30am Melissa Gregg -- Counterproductivity: A brief history of >>> > time management >>> > 10:45am-11:45am Richard Rogers -- Otherwise Engaged: From vanity >>> metrics >>> > to critical analytics >>> > 11:45am-12:45pm Wenhong Chen -- Handle with Care: Digital methods, >>> > sociological imagination, and the Chinese Dream >>> > 2pm-3pm Michael Best -- Digital Methods and Democratic Development: >>> > Acquiring and acting on user generated content during national >>> elections >>> > 3pm-4pm Isaac Mao -- Man and Machine, Teaming or Fighting? >>> > 4:20pm-5:20pm Panel Discussion: Angela Wu (Moderator), Michael Best, >>> > Wenhong Chen, Melissa Gregg, Isaac Mao, Richard Rogers >>> > 5:20pm-5:30pm Closing: Richard Rogers, Jack Qiu >>> > >>> > Stay tuned and hope you're going to join us either way! >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > jlq >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ph.D. >>> Professor >>> School of Journalism and Communication, >>> The Chinese University of Hong Kong >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President >> - 415 480 4577 >> - http://scottmacleod.com >> - Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) >> - World University and School >> - via PayPal, or credit card, here - >> - http://worlduniversityandschool.org >> - or send checks to >> - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 >> - World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric >> OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in >> California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - 415 480 4577 - http://scottmacleod.com - Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) - World University and School - via PayPal, or credit card, here - - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - or send checks to - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 - World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER for the 2nd International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016
by Christian Bala 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Please circulate this invitation widely. Hope to see you in Bonn in September. Sorry for cross-postings. Kind regards, Christian ---- LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER for the 2nd International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016 THE 21ST CENTURY CONSUMER: VULNERABLE, RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT? September 26-27, 2016 Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn, Ahrstr. 45, 53175 Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THE ICCR 2016 ENDS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016. ABOUT THE ICCR 2016 The North Rhine-Westphalia Competence Centre of Consumer Research CECORE (Kompetenzzentrum Verbraucherforschung Nordrhein-Westfalen) invites to the second International Conference on Consumer Research (ICCR) 2016 scheduled for September 26-27, 2016 at the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The theme of the conference is "The 21st Century Consumer: Vulnerable, Responsible, Transparent?". The aim of the conference is to discuss different views, concepts, and models of consumers and the implications for policy-making. The ICCR 2016 addresses questions like: Is there a way to protect vulnerable consumers more efficiently? Can responsible consumers get new tools to achieve healthy and sustainable societies? Is transparency an asset or a threat to consumers? Does nudging help to unfold self-governance of consumers? The CECORE was established in 2011 as a collaborative project between the Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its main objective is to support and consumer research and to develop a network focusing on research activities and projects throughout North Rhine-Westphalia with the aim of establishing international contacts and networks. For further informations see below or visit our website: http://www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/iccr-2016. The ICCR 2016 is funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION Registration: https://lcem.lab-concepts.de/registration/iccr2016/en (External link | An online service of lab concepts GmbH) Hotel Reservation: http://www.bonn-region.de/events/iccr-2016.html (External link | A service of the Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn / Rhein-Sieg / Ahrweiler) Venue: http://www.stifterverband.de/pdf/wz_bonn_flyer_english.pdf (External link | Leaflet by the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn) CONTACT lab concepts on behalf of Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia Bonner Talweg 64, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, E-Mail: ICCR2016-programme(a)lab-concepts.de Competence Center of Consumer Research | CECORE NRW Mintropstr. 27, D-40215 Düsseldorf, Germany, E-Mail: verbraucherforschung(a)verbraucherzentrale.nrw Internet: www.verbraucherforschung-nrw.de | Twitter (@kvf_nrw): www.twitter.com/kvf_nrw PROGRAMME DAY 1 | SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 08:00 | Registration 09:00 | Welcome Opening Remarks by Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Welcome Address by Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Welcome Address by Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 09:30 | Keynote | The 21st century consumer: Living in a smart dictatorship? Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam 10:15 | Award ceremony for excellent young consumer researches in North-Rhine Westphalia Moderation Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Svenja Schulze | Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Johannes Remmel | Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Laudatory Speech Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board 10:30 | Coffee break 11:00 | Round-table discussion | The future of consumer research: Challenges, needs and wants Moderation Wolfgang Schuldzinski | Chairman of the Consumer Association of North-Rhine Westphalia Prof. Dr Mirjam Jaquemoth (Germany) | Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Dr Jörn Lamla (Germany) | University of Kassel and CECORE Scientific Advisory Board Dr. Sebastian Nessel (Austria) | University of Graz Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Prof. Dr Harald Welzer (Germany) | FUTURZWEI Foundation, Potsdam N. N. | European Commission, DG Research and Innovation (requested) 12:00 | Lunch 13:00 | Sessions SESSION 1 | THE (SELF-)QUANTIFIED CONSUMER: WEARABLES AND LIFE-LOGGING Chair: Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud | Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Rapporteur: Sarah-Lena Böning | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Dr Stefan Selke (Germany) | Furtwangen University Citizen empowerment through ICT – a Swedish case David Andersson, Ph.D. (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology The influence of self-quantification on individuals’ power perceptions Julia Wakonig and Prof. Dr Bernadette Kamleitner (Austria) | Vienna University of Economics and Business SESSION 2 | THE WELL-FED CONSUMER: SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY FOOD Chair: Prof. Dr Wiltrud Terlau | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Dr Darya Hirsch | Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Opening Speech Prof. Dr Christoph Klotter (Germany) | Fulda University of Applied Sciences The costs of a healthy diet Prof. Dr Thomas Brunner and Luca Casetti (Switzerland) | Bern University of Applied Science Making sustainability palatable? Changing practices of middle class food consumption in Bangalore Sunayana Ganguly, Ph.D. (India and Switzerland) | Freie University Berlin SESSION 3 | THE EDUCATED CONSUMER: CHANCES AND LIMITS OF CONSUMER EDUCATION Chair: Prof. Dr Birgit Weber | University of Cologne Rapporteur: Anja Bonfig | University of Cologne Opening Speech Prof. Victoria W. Thoresen (Norway) | UNESCO Chair for Education about Sustainable Lifestyles and Director of PERL (Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living), Hedmark University of Applied Sciences Identifying the strategic conditions to develop and strengthen sustainable social innovations as enablers of sustainable living through consumption hot spots analysis and participatory (bottom-up) processes Georgina Guillen (Germany) | Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Wuppertal Consumer education and socio-economic heterogeneity Ulrike Danier (Germany) | University of Cologne 15:30 | Coffee break 16:00 | Sessions SESSION 4 | THE NUDGED CONSUMER: THE RISE OF BEHAVIOURAL GOVERNANCE Chair: Dr Kathrin Loer | University of Hagen Rapporteur: Dr Holger Straßheim | Humboldt-University Berlin and Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg Opening Speech Prof. Rhys Jones (United Kingdom) | Aberystwyth University Nudging the government – How open data can be used to make behavioural governance work both ways Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler (Germany) | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Do health apps and wearables contribute to the individualisation of consumers? An empirical analysis of user behaviour and regulatory implications Prof. Dr Remi Maier-Rigaud (Germany)| Rhein-Main University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Sarah-Lena Böning (Germany) | University of Cologne SESSION 5 | THE POOR CONSUMER: POVERTY, DEBT OVERLOAD AND INCOME INEQUALITY Chair: Prof. Dr Till van Treeck | University of Duisburg-Essen Rapporteur: Jan Behringer | Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Robert Walker (United Kingdom) | University of Oxford Insecure employment and pro-environmental consumption: An empirical analysis Dr. Ortrud Leßmann (Germany and Austria) | ifz. International Research Centre for Social Ethics, Salzburg and Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg Torsten Masson (Germany) | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig Exploring consumers' financial fragility in Europe: Over-indebtedness, rainy days funds and the role of financial literacy Gianni Nicolini, Ph.D. (Italy) | University of Rome "Tor Vergata" SESSION 6 | THE MODEST CONSUMER: GOOD AND SUFFICIENT LIFESTYLES Chair: Prof. Dr Reinhard Loske | University Witten/Herdecke Rapporteur: Björn Ahaus | Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen) Opening Speech Prof. Anders Hayden (Canada) | Dalhousie University Anti-consumption beliefs in the general public Jonas Nässén, Ph. D. (Sweden) | Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg Second-hand consumption as a lifestyle choice Prof. Dr Adrienne Steffen (Germany) | Hochschule für Internationales Management - International University Heidelberg 18:30 | Get-together DAY 2 | SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 09:00 | Round-table discussion | Sharing, access or gig economy? Moderation Harald Staun | Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.) Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Gerd Billen (Germany) | State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Olivier Bremer (Germany) | BlaBlaCar (Comuto Deutschland GmbH) Prof. Dr Justus Haucap (Germany) | University of Düsseldorf David Weingartner (Germany) | OuiShare 10:15 | Sessions (with 11:30 Coffee break) SESSION 7 | THE SCORED CONSUMER: PRIVACY AND BIG DATA Chair: Prof. Dr Ulrich Greveler | Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences Rapporteur: Timo Jakobi | University of Siegen Opening Speech Dr Walter Peissl (Austria) | Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Personalizing consumer information with Big Data: an opt-in model for data-driven personalization of consumer law Prof. Dr Christoph Busch (Germany) | Osnabrück University Personalized pricing in the light of consumer conversations Prof. Dr Sarah Hosell (Germany)| HMKW - University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication and Business, Cologne Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences SESSION 8 | THE POLITICAL CONSUMER: FROM ACTIVISM TO SLACKTIVISM, FROM ADVOCACY TO ADHOCRACY? Chair: Prof. Dr Sigrid Baringhorst | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Katharina Witterhold | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Michele Micheletti (Sweden) | Stockholm University The second-curve model: A promising framework for ethical consumption? Veganism as a case study Estela Díaz (Spain) | Comillas Pontifical University “By any means necessary”: Political consumption and political participation in the United States Meredith A. Katz, Ph.D. (USA) | Virginia Commonwealth University SESSION 9 | THE ETHICAL CONSUMER: FROM CORPORATE TO CONSUMER SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? Chair: Prof. Dr Christian Wey | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Miriam Thöne | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Timothy M. Devinney (United Kingdom) | Leeds University Business School The new meat consumers? Exploring the discourse on alternative meats and acceptance of radical change Minna Kanerva (Germany) | University of Bremen Company’s monetary benefits from consumer social responsibility Dr Friederike Paetz (Germany)| Clausthal University of Technology Dr Daniel Guhl (Germany) | Humboldt University Berlin 12:45 | Lunch 13:45 | Sessions (with 15:15 Coffee break) SESSION 10 | THE NEW CONSUMER: SHARING ECONOMY, COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION AND PEER PRODUCTION Chair: Prof. Dr Justus Haucap | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Rapporteur: Lisa Hamelmann | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Opening Speech Prof. Fleura Bardhi (United Kingdom) | Cass Business School, City University London Prosumption among young consumers – some research insights from Poland Prof. Maciej Mitr?ga and Agnieszka Ma?ecka (Poland) | University of Economics, Katowice The responsible, sharing consumer – a closer look at the motivation of potential private durable goods‘ suppliers in the sharing economy Vita Zimmermann and Prof. Dr Michael Schleusener (Germany) | Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences SESSION 11 | THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER: PATTERNS AND DEVELOPMENT OF EU CONSUMER POLICY Chair: Prof. Dr Christoph Strünck | University of Siegen Rapporteur: Anne-Kathrin Schwab | University of Siegen Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Martin Schmidt-Kessel (Germany) | University of Bayreuth The 21st century digital consumer and international law – dilemmas in a brave new global consumer world Itai Apter (Israel) | University of Haifa The encroachment of ‘Food Deserts’ in urban markets: Implications for public policy and consumer protection Marko Grünhagen, Ph.D. (USA and Croatia) | Eastern Illinois University and University of Rijeka Irena Guszak Cerove?ki Ph.D. (Croatia) | Rochester Institute of Technology – Croatia SESSION 12 | THE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMER: PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION IN PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS Chair: Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke and Dr Carolin Baedeker | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Rapporteur: Julia Nordmann | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Opening Speech Prof. Dr Doris Fuchs (Germany) | University of Münster Thinking green but buying thoughtless? An empirical examination of the attitude behaviour gap among German clothing consumers Kathleen Krause, Prof. Dr Lars Petersen, Prof. Dr Jacob Hörisch and Prof. Dr Dirk Battenfeld (Germany) | Alanus University of Arts and Social Science, Alfter 50 shades of green: The variability of values in sustainable family homes Dr Elaine L. Ritch (United Kingdom) | Glasgow Caledonian University 16:30 | Closing remarks | The road to the 21st century consumer: A historical perspective Prof. Frank Trentmann (United Kingdom) | Birkbeck University of London

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