e-Democracy & e-Participation @IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2021 Organized by the IFIP 8.5 WG in ICT & Public administration & held 7-9 September 2021 University of Granada, Spain https://dgsociety.org/egov-2021/ Deadline for submissions: 19. March 2021 The IFIP EGOV2021 conference represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM).The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation and e-Democracy, but on several other related topics too, such as the role of social media, digital transformation in society, Artificial Intelligence, policy informatics, cybersecurity, legal informatics, smart governance and social innovation. We look forward to your submission to the e-Democracy & e-Participation Track: The General e-Democracy & e-Participation track aims to present recent developments in electronic participation and digital engagement covering all relevant technical, political and social aspects. E-democracy and e-participation and are multidisciplinary fields of study. They are particularly timely and relevant in various contexts focusing on issues such as participatory public service design engagement, open government data, social media interactions, engagement in co-design and co-delivery of services and top-down and bottom-up initiatives related to economic, societal, public and welfare issues. This is a multi-disciplinary track that aims to bring together researchers from disciplines in order to present and discuss topics related to e-participation and e-democracy, discuss new ideas, meet other researchers and practitioners, and to facilitate future collaborations. We welcome theoretical papers, qualitative and quantitative papers, case studies, critical analyses, and encourage authors to address challenges that can lead to further developments in this area. Areas of focus and interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics: -Foundations of e-democracy and e-participation research including theories, methods, models and approaches -Enabling electronic decision-making (e-participation, e-voting) in times of a pandemic, such and COVID-19 -Advances in participatory policy making using policy modeling, simulation, impact assessment and visualization methods and tools -New forms of analog and digital participation, participation and communication platforms, mobile media, social media and applications for citizens, Living Labs, innovation labs -Enhancing democracy and public participation using ICT and new technologies, AI, block chains, etc. -Analysis of digital interactions between citizens, businesses, governments, service providers and other stakeholders -Advances in online deliberation and discourse, participatory budgeting, e-consultation, e-polling, and e-legislation, e-electioneering, e-campaigning and e-voting -Impact of big and open data on public engagement, sustainability of e-democracy, e-participation and citizen engagement -Analyses of good practices and key factors for success, motivational factors, and reasons for failures -The impact of transparency, digital literacy, digital competences, and open access on public engagement and democracy -Design and co-creation of participatory public services -Case studies on top-down and bottom-up initiatives in e-participation and e-democracy -The role of e-democracy and e-participation in national and global crisis situations -Citizen inclusion and digital divide: gender, age, education, etc. -New approaches to direct democracy, Inclusive e-Governance in the context of Regional Smart Specialization -E-democracy and e-participation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact -Impact assessment and public value considerations in real world decision making -Digital research methods and big data applications for e-participation and e-democracy research -Critical perspectives: failures, bad experiences, co-destruction, digital hype but not reality, fringe groups Track Chairs -Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria -Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany / Danube-University Krems, Austria -Robert Krimmer, University of Tartu, Estonia We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards Noella Dr. Noella Edelmann Senior Researcher Department for E-Governance and Administration Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems Austria Tel. +43 (0)2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/deg