Call for Papers Research for Action: Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility Special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net/ Submissions close 31 March 2011. Theme Following on from the successful workshop held in conjunction with Making Links 2010, this special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics will bring together contributions from a diverse range of disciplines to discuss how academic researchers and community practitioners and activists can work together to explore the use of information and communication technologies, social media, augmented reality, and other forms of network technologies for research and action in pursuit of social responsibility. The aim is to connect people with ideas, ideas with research projects, and harness new media to further inquiry into socially just outcomes in our communities. Topics Relevant topics include but are not limited to the following: Action research Civic intelligence Community engagement strategies, methods and approaches Community research partnerships for mutual advantage Ethical considerations Funding, managing and maintaining community-university research partnerships Participatory design Research impact assessment Role of university researchers in community-based research Organisation and Submission Details Authors are requested to follow the instructions at http://www.ci-journal.net/. We invite the submission of conceptual or empirical (quantitative and/or qualitative) work up to 6000 words on the special issue's theme. Deadline for completed manuscripts: 31 March 2011. Papers should follow the Author Guidelines, and be submitted online to http://www.ci-journal.net/. Acceptance notifications are sent to authors by 31 May 2011. Final revised papers are due by 30 June 2011. The special issue is scheduled for publication early 2012. Inquiries about possible topics are welcome. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to the guest editors. Guest Editors Professor Matthew Allen (@netcrit) Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology m.allen AT curtin.edu.au Associate Professor Marcus Foth (@sunday9pm) Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology m.foth AT qut.edu.au Making Links 2010 workshop archive http://www.makinglinks.org.au/research-for-action/ -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Urban Informatics Research Lab Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/