Dear Colleagues, *Special Issue: Research Ethics, Policies, Law: International Perspectives Call for Papers Deadline for Submission: April 15, 2008 * This issue welcomes papers dealing with any aspect of international policy and internet research ethics. Specifically, we are interested in papers from researchers and scholars exploring data protection laws; policies and regulations; and ethical models of research protections. We seek practical, applied discussions – i.e., as informed by and focusing on one or more case studies or real-world examples – as well as theoretical papers. Suitable topics include: reviews of existing research protections laws and policies in specific countries or broader units of analysis such as Scandinavia, the European Union, Africa, South Asia, developing countries, and so forth; reviews of existing laws and policies vis-à-vis emerging technologies; cross-cultural analyses of research ethics and online research; specific analyses of related issues such as privacy, attribution, copyright, ownership, consent models; or discussions of online research in action, such as ethnographies, participant observations, research with/on minors, and discourse/content analyses. *Deadline for Submission: April 15, 2008* Papers may be in the length of 1500-5000 words. Please use the style sheet and submission guidelines outlined below. Authors are encouraged to contact the editors to discuss possible submissions in advance of the deadline. Full submission information is available at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire/submit.html Best regards, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Information Policy Research School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee www.cipr.uwm.edu 414.229.3973 Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics (www.ijire.uwm.edu)