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CfP Workshop on Engineering Accountable Information Systems Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden, June 10-11, 2019
by Ben Wagner 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Dear all, we currently have a call for papers on Accountable Systems for a workshop at ECIS 2019 that might be interesting for many people on this list: https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS <https://easychair.org/cfp/ECIS2019-EAIS> Deadline for submissions is 15 March 2019. If you have any questions about it please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Best, Ben -- Dr. Ben Wagner Assistant Professor Institute for Information Systems and Society Vienna University of Economics and Business Director, Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab Email: ben.wagner(a)wu.ac.at | Tel: +43-1-31336-6061 Web: https://www.privacylab.at/ | Twitter: @benwagne_r ECIS 2019 Workshop: Engineering Accountable Information Systems The function of information systems in society is increasingly in focus of information systems research. One outstanding challenge is how to build information systems which promote accountability, as part of a wider debate on fairness, accountability, and transparency principles (e.g., ACM FAT*). This need for accountability must be reflected on all layers of systems engineering, ranging from process analysis to concrete technical components and primitives employed during implementation. Based on our existing research we believe that three specific areas of information systems research are most relevant in this context: user cognition and human behaviour in relation to the design of interfaces; automated decision-making systems and decision-support systems; critical business processes with a particular need for accountability. In all these and further areas, accountability in complex information systems needs to be addressed through technical mechanisms. Existing high-level considerations on accountability in information systems notwithstanding, however, the concrete engineering and implementation of such mechanisms has so far received only limited attention. Similarly, the challenges arising during such transformations of abstract accountability concepts into concrete technologies as well as the critical evaluation of respective implementations are only rarely covered by existing research. We see this workshop as an opportunity to close these gaps through engaging with the existing debate on accountability while integrating key knowledge from the information systems community. Importantly, our approach to accountable systems is not just focused on high level norms of system development, but indispensably also incorporates practical questions of engineering and designing actual systems. We therefore encourage submissions from the above-mentioned and other areas of accountability engineering as long as they sufficiently incorporate questions of concrete systems engineering and implementation. Submission Guidelines Authors should follow the ECIS 2019 guidelines for research in progress papers, with papers between 4 and 7 pages in length. A poster is not required. Full details are available here: http://ecis2019.eu/information-to-authors Submissions must be made through the EasyChair system via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecis2019eais For questions about the workshop, submissions or review process, contact the chairs via ecis2019eais[at]easychair[dot]org Relevant Dates • Submissions due by March 15 2019 • Replies by April 15 2019 • Final Papers due June 1 2010 • Workshop will be held on June 10 and 11, at Stockholm University’s Kista campus. Organizing & Program Committee Chairs • Ben Wagner, WU Vienna • Frank Pallas, TU Berlin • Florian Cech, TU Vienna • Ancsa Hannak, CSH Vienna Program Committee • Soheil Human, WU Vienna • Till Winkler, WU Vienna • Niels ten Oever, University of Amsterdam • Jörg Pohle, HIIG Berlin • Claudia Müller-Birn, FU Berlin • Juhi Kulshreshta, GESIS, Leibniz • Eliška Pírková, University of Helsinki • Juan Quintero, FAU Erlangen Nürnberg • Eva Zangerle, University of Innsbruck • Abhijnan Chakraborty, MPI Saarbrucken • Piotr Sapiezynski, Northeastern University • Jat Singh, University of Cambridge • Martina Zitterbart, KIT Karlsruhe • Giovanni Sartor, EUI Florence • Abbas Masnavi, CalTech • Golnaz Bidabadi, San Jose State University • Melanie Herschel, IPVS, University of Stuttgart Publication Accepted papers will be published as part of an open-access online collection with CEUR Workshop Proceedings http://ceur-ws.org/ and an overview of the workshop findings will be published with CAIS (Communications of the Association for Information Systems). Venue The conference will be held in Stockholm University’s Kista campus on June 10 and 11.

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Data Power conference 2019: abstract submission deadline 31st January 2019
by Helen Kennedy 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

The *Global in/securities* theme of the 2019 Data Power conference (*on 12th & 13th September in Bremen, Germany*) attends to questions around these phenomena, asking: How does data power further or contest global in/securities? How are global in/securities constructed through or against data? How do civil society actors, government, people engage with societal and individual in/securities through and with data? What are appropriate ontologies to think about data and persons? How may we envisage a just data society? And what does decolonizing data in/securities look like? This conference creates a space to reflect on these and other critical issues relating to data’s in/security and its decolonizing. Confirmed keynote speakers are: - Virginia Eubanks, University at Albany, USA; - Jack Linchuan Qiu, Chinese University, Hongkong; - Seeta Peña Gangadaran, LSE, UK; - Nimmi Rangaswamy, Indian Institute of Information Technology, IIIT, Hyderabad, India. *Papers and panels* are invited on the following – and other – topics: - Big data and humanitarianism - ‘Good’ data, data justice and well-being - Data, discrimination and inequality - Data activism, citizen engagement, indigenous data sovereignty and open data - Critical, theoretical and feminist approaches to data in/securities - Data journalism and rhetorics of data visualization - Data-driven governance and open data - Securitization and militarization of data infrastructures - Emerging in/securities through algorithms and automated decision-making - Forensic data, human rights and refugees - Decolonizing data in/securities and data labor - Machine learning, developmentalism and human security *Information/details * - The conference website is here: https://www.uni-bremen.de/datapower/ - Please submit 250-word-paper proposals for papers, using the online submission system at the conference webpage: https://www.uni-bremen.de/data-power-global-insecurities/ (to be opened soon). - The deadline for panel and paper proposals is *31st January 2019.* - To submit a panel, follow the instructions here: https://www.uni-bremen.de/datapower/call-for-papers-registration/ - The conference fee is 200 Euro, and 100 Euro for students. There will be travel grants for participants from the global south and PhD student fee waivers (please indicate the need when applying). - The organising committee will select papers for a special theme proposal to be submitted to the peer reviewed journal Big Data & Society. - For information on travel visa, please visit the following web page: https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/vis… . Letters of invitation will be sent by the conference organizers.

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Last places - Innovations in Online Research + Jamie Hakim
by Jaime García Iglesias 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Innovations in Online Research: A Workshop for PhDs- Manchester-May 9, 2019 - 9:30-4:45 Free workshop + Keynote by Dr Jamie Hakim from East Anglia University DEADLINE APRIL 8, 2018 The Innovations in Online Research is a regional academic group connecting PGRs across England doing online methods. This workshop is a unique opportunity for networking and presenting your research in a friendly environment. We will also have a keynote by Jamie Hakim, from East Anglia University, titled: "Male Bodies in Digital Culture: Men Using Digital Media to Negotiate Neoliberalism in the post-2008 conjuncture." This FREE PGR-led workshop will be hosted by The University of Manchester’s Sociology Department in conjunction with postgraduate researchers from The University of Liverpool and Lancaster University. The event is open to all PGR students in the social sciences who use or plan to use online research methods. The event will include a roundtable, group discussion sessions, and a networking reception where participants will showcase their research using an A3 sized mini-poster. The event seeks to stimulate important debates about using online methods for social science research in the digital age. Workshops will be focused around these broad topics: · New forms of online data · Participant access, sampling and ethical issues · Reflexivity, researcher bias, and representing the online space · Inequalities in online research To apply please register at: https://innovationsmcr.wixsite.com/home/register where you will be asked to submit a short statement of interest (between 200 and 300 words, focusing on how the event is relevant to your research and how you are using online methods) as well as a mini-poster plan. The mini-poster plan should be in the form of bullet points on your planned poster content, which could include the ways you have used online methods in your work, the complications you have faced or your theoretical ideas about online methods. For more information, visit: innovationsMCR.wixsite.com/home <http://innovationsmcr.wixsite.com/home> or email innovationsonline19(a)gmail.com We look forward to receiving your application and building this network with you! Sincerely, Innovations Online -- *Jaime Garcia-Iglesias* The University of Manchester Twitter <https://outlook.manchester.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=A_gZOKKCeUAotWHc_1i3ExusP…> ¦ Academia <https://outlook.manchester.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=Rgjwhvh-Nj7EqjH53AkxYFG26…> ¦ UoM <https://outlook.manchester.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=KcbFOtK5fr0gpIFVMAiLCtgC_…>

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Journal of Peer Production #13: OPEN
by Mathieu.O'Neil 02 Apr '19

02 Apr '19

Hi all Given recent discussions about open-access on this list the following might be of interest. cheers Mathieu =-=-=-= <apologies for multiple posts> We are delighted to announce the release of the thirteenth issue of the Journal of Peer Production 'OPEN', which features a great selection of content from open access journals, reflections from open access journal editors, as well as peer-reviewed articles on co-sewing cafes and civic tech (amongst others). Our invited comments section has articles on common labour rights, open community health and good data. Enjoy! Journal of Peer Production #13: OPEN APRIL 2019 Issue editors: Mathieu O'Neil and Steve Collins http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-13-open/ OPEN means recognising that we are all connected to each other and to the Earth. OPEN means opposing racism and separation with inclusion and respect. OPEN means standing by your opinions: we will not engage with anonymous cowards on social media. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Open access and the academic field Mathieu O'Neil and Steve Collins OPEN ACCESS BOUILLABAISSE Plan S and the economics of scientific journal publishing Karine Nyborg, Bård Harstad, Steinar Holden, Tore Nilssen, and Kjetil Storesletten RFC Special section on open-access publishing for JoPP #13 Mathieu O'Neil and Steve Collins Ten questions to OA editors Thibault Daudigeos and Thomas Roulet (M@n@gement), Larry Gross and Arlene Luck (International Journal of Communication), Daniel S. Katz (Journal of Open Source Software), Chris Giotitsas (ephemera), Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Johanna Dahlin and James Meese (Culture Unbound), Ekaterina Chertkovskaya (ephemera), L. F. R. Murillo, Jenny Molloy and Tobias Wenzel (Journal of Open Hardware), Mathieu O'Neil (Journal of Peer Production) Open Humanities Press - The Inhumanist Manifesto Gary Hall M@n@gement - Open-access management research at a turning point: Giving relevance to a stigmatized object Thibault Daudigeos and Thomas J. Roulet International Journal of Communication - Open media scholarship: The case for open access in media studies Jefferson D. Pooley Journal of Open Source Software - Publish your software: Introducing the Journal of Open Source Software Daniel S. Katz, Kyle E. Niemeyer and Arfon M. Smith ephemera - The commons and their im/possibilities Casper Hoedemækers, Bernadette Loacker and Michael Pedersen Culture Unbound - Mobility, mediatization and new methods of knowledge production Martin Fredriksson and Alejandro Miranda ephemera - Hosting emergence with hospitality Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Christian Garmann Johnsen and Konstantin Stoboroda Journal of Open Hardware - Welcome to the Journal of Open Hardware Luis Felipe R. Murillo and Tobias Wenzel Journal of Peer Production - Now, the Commons Mathieu O'Neil, Johan Söderberg, Maurizio Teli and Stefano Zacchiroli PEER REVIEWED PAPERS Stuff matters in participation: Infrastructuring a co-sewing café Anja-Lisa Hirscher and Ramia Mazé Open Source beyond software: Re-invent open design on the common's ground Kosmas Gavras Openness, inclusion and self-affirmation: Indigenous knowledge in open knowledge projects Nathalie Casemajor, Christian Coocoo, and Karine Gentelet A topological space for design, participation and production. Tracking spaces of transformation Sandra Álvaro Sánchez Decentralising geographies of political action. 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Research on federated social media
by Dorothy Howard 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Hello Everyone, Has anyone written or know of social research about mainstream social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr) alternatives, i.e. decentralized and federated Social Network Sites such as Bolixo, Diaspora, GNU Social, Friendica, Mastodon, MeWe, Pump.io? This seems like an important area, but I haven't been able to turn up much. Best wishes, Dorothy Howard

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CfP Games & Gaming (HICSS)
by Nathaniel Poor 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

HICSS CfP: Game Scholars and Hawaii in January! Games & Gaming (Social and Digital Media) 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January 7-10, 2020, at the Grand Wailea, Maui Social aspects of digital gaming are the focus of the Games & Gaming minitrack at HICSS. We are looking for work related to digital games and sociality: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods papers are welcome, ranging from interviews to big data analyses, or more broadly theoretical papers looking at digital gaming practices in general. Types of games studied may include mobile, social, free to play, AAA, MMOs, PC, console, multiplayer, and indie games. As part of the Digital and Social Media track, papers must contain a social dimension, examining, for example, sociability, social practices, communities (in-game, out-game, across multiple spaces or time), use of social affordances, or some other social dimension. DATES April 15: Submission site opens June 15: Submission deadline August 17: Decision notification September 22: Camera ready version due October 1: Registration deadline January 7-10: Conference! TOPICS Esports Fantasy sports leagues Streaming gameplay (e.g., Twitch) Game curation via sites like Steam Fans and fan communities Community management Social affordances of games Network analysis of groups and communities in games Social practices (in-game, out-game, both) Player communities Toxicity online Multiplayer games Cooperative and competitive play Multigenerational play Intercultural play URLS HICSS: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ Author Instructions: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Digital and Social Media: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-53/digital-and-social-media/ CHAIRS Nathaniel Poor (Primary Contact Co-Chair) Underwood Institute natpoor(a)gmail.com Mia Consalvo Concordia University mia.consalvo(a)concordia.ca Kelly Bergstrom University of Hawai’i at Mānoa kelly.bergstrom(a)hawaii.edu ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. http://github.com/natpoor http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/ http://www.underwood-institute.org/

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Still accepting submissions! ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition (please excuse cross-postings).
by Kristen Rebmann 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Dear Friends: I'd like to share information about the ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition. Please see the call and guidelines below. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions (please excuse cross-postings). Thanks! -Kristen ************************************************************* The ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition invites your submissions! One winning paper will be selected and awarded an honorarium of $500. The purpose of this award is to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences.. The winner of the competition with present a summary of the paper at the ALISE Annual Conference <https://www.alise.org/alise-2019-conference> in Knoxville, Tennessee, September 24-26, 2019. Complete information about the competition, including submission requirements and award criteria, can be found on the ALISE website <http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=471>. The deadline for submissions is May 22, 2019. We look forward to receiving and reading your papers! Sincerely, Joyce Valenza Chair, ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Amy VanScoy Buffalo vanscoy(a)buffalo.edu Burgess, John Alabama jtfburgess(a)ua.edu Stvilia, Besiki Florida State bstvilia(a)fsu.edu Valenza, Joyce (Chair) Rutgers joycevalenza(a)gmail.com Rebmann, Kristen San Jose State University kristen.rebmann(a)sjsu.edu Lenstra, Noah North Carolina Greensboro njlenstr(a)uncg.edu ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Previous Winners <http://www.alise.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=471#winne…> The purpose of this award is to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences. The competition is open to all types of methodology. Papers must be limited to description and discussion of a research method or a technique associated with a particular research method. (For example, papers may address such areas as sampling, grounded theory, historical methods, or statistical methods.) Papers must explain the particular method/technique, including methodological implications for library and information science. Examples to illustrate its value can come from LIS-related published studies, proposed studies, and works in progress. Papers that stress findings are not eligible for this competition. One winning paper will be selected. An honorarium of $500 will be awarded to the author(s). In cases of joint authorship, one honorarium will be awarded for the paper. Methodology papers prepared by joint authors are eligible for entry but at least one author must be a personal member of ALISE as of the deadline date. Award Criteria - Only one methodology paper per entrant will be considered; multiple entries from the same author will not be accepted. Authors may submit papers for other ALISE competitions; however, the same paper cannot be submitted for more than one category. - Authors may not submit papers that have been published. Manuscripts that have been submitted for consideration for publication as well as unpublished manuscripts posted to institutional repositories are acceptable as submissions. Authors who have won the award within the past five years are ineligible for this competition. - Papers submitted to this competition can originate from a variety of different sources and applicants are encouraged to develop such papers from their research. Methodology papers completed in pursuit of master's and doctoral studies (e.g. thesis, seminars, dissertation, course work paper) are eligible, as are papers generated as a result of a research grant or other source of funding. - The papers will be judged by the ALISE Research Committee with the assistance of additional ALISE members in those cases where the methodology warrants. All reviewing is "blind." Methodology papers will be judged on the following criteria: - Description of the method or technique - Explanation of methodological implications of the method/technique for LIS - Examples of actual or potential applications to library and information science research or studies in related fields (i.e., from published studies, proposed studies, and work in progress) - Appropriateness of the examples to the paper's focus on method/technique - Clarity in the writing and in the paper's organization The committee reserves the right to select no winning paper if, in its judgment, none of the papers is considered satisfactory. Submission Requirements - Papers, including the abstract and references, must not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (6,000 words), should have one inch margins and be in 12 point font. - Two title pages must be sent: One with, and one without, author name(s) and institution. Both title pages must carry the name of the competition for which the paper is being submitted. Winner Responsibilities The winners of the awards are expected to present a summary of their papers at the ALISE Annual Conference. Committee Membership - The Committee consists of five ALISE Members, one of whom serves as Chair - Members are selected by the President-Elect and serve for two years, and may be appointed to serve a second consecutive two-year term. - The chair is selected by the President-Elect holds this position for one year, and may be appointed to serve a second consecutive one-year term. - The Committee reports to the President-Elect Chair Joyce Valenza, Rutgers University - joycevalenza(a)gmail.com Members John Burgess, University of Alabama Lynnsey Weissenberger, Florida State University Besiki Stvilia, Florida State University Kristen Rebmann, San Jose State University Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina–Greensboro Board Liaison Heidi Julien, University at Buffalo - heidijul(a)buffalo.edu -- *Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D., MLIS*Associate Professor, School of Information San José State University One Washington Square; San José, CA 95192-0029 kristen.rebmann(a)sjsu.edu [image: SJSU School of Information] *Please call me Kristen. | Refer to me as "she", "her", "hers".*

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CfP The Authoritarian Threat to Europe's Liberal Democracies
by Schulze, Heidi 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Dear colleagues, We are happy to share with you the invitation for submissions for a EUROLAB Authors’ Conference on “The Authoritarian Threat to Europe’s Liberal Democracies” to be held in Cologne/Germany on November 21-22, 2019. [Abstracts due on April 30, 2019] Please find the full call here: https://www.gesis.org/index.php?id=11260&L=1&no_cache=1 Summary: Recent years have seen a number of worrying developments across Europe: the rise of populist parties (Pappas 2016), increasing polarization and radicalization of attitudes and public discourse (Benkler et al. 2018), the advent of alternative media and “fake news” (Arif et al. 2018, Sanovich 2018), and a shift towards authoritarian values among citizens (Foa and Mounk 2016, 2017). While a number of contributions have discussed the causes of these developments, research on their consequences is still scarce. We therefore want to bring together papers that analyze whether and how these “authoritarian trends” affect the stability and functioning of European democracies. We invite contributions from political science and communication science that address one of more the following themes: - the functioning of social media as echo chambers, their instrumentalization by radical actors and their contribution to fostering a climate of hatred and polarization, - the effect of disinformation campaigns on citizens’ perceptions of democratic institutions - the dissemination of autocratic views and authoritarian values through digital media, - the effects of (increasing) polarization on societal conflicts and political participation, For the full Call for Papers, please visit the conference website at https://www.gesis.org/index.php?id=11260&L=1&no_cache=1. Abstracts are due on April 30, 2019. Selected papers will be published. We look forward to receiving your proposals! Jonas Linde (University of Bergen) Marlene Mauk (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) Heidi Schulze (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) __ EUROLAB – Gateway to research stays at GESIS GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Knowledge Transfer Website: http://www.gesis.org/eurolab<https://webmail.gesis.org/owa/team-eurolab@gesis.org/redir.aspx?C=6D3FQE7v2…> Email: eurolab(a)gesis.org<https://webmail.gesis.org/owa/team-eurolab@gesis.org/redir.aspx?C=b8V3ytvGv…>

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Digital Methods Summer School 2019
by Richard Rogers 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

"Trolls, bots and dictators" - On the current state of social media research Digital Methods Summer School 2019 1-12 July 2019 Media Studies, University of Amsterdam https://www.digitalmethods.net <https://www.digitalmethods.net/> Trolls, bots and dictators could be considered a summary of how social media and particularly its dominant study have evolved over a few short years. If one considers the chronology of research, one could begin with the dictators and the related debunking of the naiveté and euphoria associated with the web's potential. Instead of emancipatory, the web became authoritarian, as scholars turned to concentrate on state censorship and surveillance, developing such terms as networked authoritarianism. With respect to the second term, bots, studies of automation now routinely discuss Internet toxicity (as Microsoft’s Tay ‘learned') as well as so-called computational propaganda that includes autonomous agents inflating follower counts and thus symbolic power. Finally, trolls in themselves were once tolerated (and unfed) as part of the new media landscape, but recently scholars have turned to the study of the “ambivalent” or ridiculing web, characterised by insincere mockery, and how attention to it amplifies and gives it "oxygen”. Taking up this topic (and many others) within a culture of experimentation and skill-sharing, participants bring their laptops, learn method, undertake research projects, make reports and graphics, as well as present them and write them up on the wiki. About the Summer School The Summer School is one training opportunity provided by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). DMI also has a Winter School <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool>. The Summer School has a technical staff as well as a design staff, drawn from the ranks of Density Design in Milan. The Summer School also relies on a technical infrastructure of servers hosting tools and storing data. There are tutorials as well as two projects undertaken, one per week. The Summer School concludes with final presentations. Often there are subject matter experts from non-governmental or other organizations who present their analytical needs and issues at the outset and the projects seek to meet those needs, however indirectly. Please see previous Digital Methods Summer Schools, 2007-2018, https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool>. See also previous Digital Methods Winter Schools, 2009-2019, https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool>. The Digital Methods Initiative was founded with a grant from the Mondriaan Foundation, and the Summer School has been supported by the Center for Creation, Content and Technology (CCCT <http://ccct.uva.nl/>), University of Amsterdam, organized by the Faculty of Science with sponsorship from Platform Beta. The Digital Methods Summer School is self-sustaining. Applications To apply for the Digital Methods Summer School 2019, please use the University of Amsterdam Summer School form <https://pontifex-survey.uva.nl/IntakeRTE/index.jsp?language=en&formid=MS_Su…> (http://bit.ly/applic_form <http://bit.ly/applic_form>). If the form is not working, please send a one-page letter explaining how digital methods training would benefit your current work, and also enclose a CV (with full postal address), a copy of your passport (details page only), a headshot photo as well as a 100-word bio. Mark your application "DMI Summer Program," and send to summerschool [at] digitalmethods.net <http://digitalmethods.net/>. The deadline for applications for the Summer School is 20 May 2019. Notifications will be sent on 21 May. If you need early admission, please let us know. Any questions may be addressed to the Summer School coordinators, summerschool [at] digitalmethods.net <http://digitalmethods.net/>. Informal queries may be sent to the email address as well. The Summer School costs EUR 995. Accepted applicants will be informed of the bank transfer details upon notice of acceptance to the Summer School on 21 May. The fee must be paid by 30 June. University of Amsterdam students are exempt from tuition and should state on the application form that they wish to apply for a fee waiver and provide their student number. Scholarships The Digital Methods Summer School is part of the University of Amsterdam Summer School <http://summerschool.uva.nl/> programme, which has materials giving a flavor of the Summer School experience. Students from universities in the LERU <http://www.leru.org/> and U21 <http://www.universitas21.com/> networks (outside of the Netherlands) are eligible for a scholarship to help cover part of the cost for tuition (EUR 500). Please indicate that you are a member of LERU or U21 when applying. Accommodations and Catering The Summer School is self-catered, and there are abundant cafes and sandwich shops nearby. For a map we made of nearby lunch (and coffee) places, see http://bit.ly/lunchandcoffee <http://bit.ly/lunchandcoffee>. Apply as early as possible to the reasonably priced Student Hotel <http://www.thestudenthotel.com/> and mention that you are attending the Digital Methods Summer School 2019. Successful Completion and Completion Certificates (including 6 ECTS) To successfully complete the Summer School and receive a Completion Certificate (and 6 ECTS), you must complete a significant contribution to two Summer School projects (one in week one and the other in week two), evidenced by co-authorship of the project reports as well as final (joint) presentations. Templates for the project report <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ProjectTemplate> as well as for the presentation slides are supplied. Schedule The Summer School meets every weekday. Please bring your laptop. (An iPad is not enough.) We start generally at 9:15 in the morning, and end around 5:30. There are morning talks at the beginning of each week, followed by hands-on tutorials. All other time is devoted to project work with occasional collective and individual feedback sessions. On the last Friday we have a festive closing. Prof. Richard Rogers Professor of New Media & Digital Culture Media Studies University of Amsterdam http://www.uva.nl/profiel/r/o/r.a.rogers/r.a.rogers.html <http://www.uva.nl/profiel/r/o/r.a.rogers/r.a.rogers.html> r.a.rogers(a)uva.nl Digital Methods Initiative http://www.digitalmethods.net/ Academic Director Netherlands Research School for Media Studies http://www.rmes.nl

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Fwd: [Registration Open] Data for Policy 2019: Digital Trust and Personal Data
by Zeynep Engin 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Dear All, We are trying to circulate the registration announcement as widely as possible - any help on this will be much appreciated. Best wishes, Zeynep ---------- Forwarded message --------- *4thInternational Conference* *Data for Policy 2019:* Digital Trust and Personal Data University College London Main conference: 11-12 June 2019 Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials: 10 June 2019 dataforpolicy.org <https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009e…> | @dataforpolicy <https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009e…> *Public registration deadline – 31st May* (Presenters should register by 8th April) *Spaces are limited – register early to secure a place! * Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potential of the digital revolution in the government sector. It is supported by a large number of key stakeholders, including prestigious academic institutions, government departments, international agencies, non-profit institutions, and businesses. The 2019 conference will be held at UCL, which is located in the heart of London. This year we have been overwhelmed by a large volume of quality submissions, representing a diverse range of international organisations and subject matter. We are expecting to host over a hundred presentations over two days of this year’s conference. Keynote and plenary speakers confirmed to date include: Rt Hon *Margot James* MP, UK State Minister for Digital *David Price*, Vice-Provost (Research), UCL *Paula Forteza*, Member of Parliament, France *Lord Holmes* of Richmond, UK *Aaron Maniam*, Government of Singapore *Laura Rodríguez Mendaro*, Government of Uruguay *Junseok Hwang*, Seoul National University, Korea *Stefaan Verhulst*, The GovLab, New York University *Christoph Luetge*, Technical University of Munich, Germany *Jon Crowcroft,* University of Cambridge & Alan Turing Institute *Innar Liiv*, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia *Diego Kuonen*, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland *Julia Stayanovic,* New York University *Nicolas Wright*, UCL and Georgetown University *Barbara Ubaldi,* OECD, Paris *Tom Smith*, Office for National Statistics, UK We are also running a series of Pre-Conference Workshops and Tutorials on June 10th, including: - *“Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Government”* – Instructor(s): Jasmine Grimsley and Isabela Breton, Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics - *“Data Sharing and Data Trusts” *– Instructor(s): Gefion Thuermer, Johanna Walker, Peter Wells, and Kieron O’Hara; University of Southampton - *“Big-Data for Policy Making and Digital Transformation”* – Instructor(s): Francesco Mureddu, Lisbon Council, Italy - *“Collaborating with Universities: marriage made in heaven?”* – Instructor(s): Beate Knight, Vania Sena and Gina Yannitell Reinhardt; University of Essex - *“Policy considerations in curating household survey data, and the perils of increasingly sophisticated tools applied to flawed basic data”* – Instructor(s): Ayala Wineman and Caroline Leigh Anderson; University of Washington - *“Digital Ethics and Algorithm Assessment”* – Instructor(s): Zeynep Engin and Adriano S. Koshiyama; University College London - *“Data Stewardship in Action: Workshop on Making Data Collaboratives Systematic, Sustainable and Responsible”* – Instructor(s): Stefaan Verhulst, The GovLab, New York University Please watch this space for further updates on the conference programme and presentations. *Important note for presenters*: Presenters should register by April 8 latest to secure a time slot in the conference proceedings. Queries can be directed to team(a)dataforpolicy.org <team(a)dataforpolicy.org> *Supporting Institutions: * *Copyright © 2019 Data for Policy CIC, All rights reserved.* We send notifications to everyone who participated in past Data for Policy activities or has shown interest.

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