fyi Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:05:59 +0100 From: "Fraser, Colin" <C.Fraser@napier.ac.uk> To: "Fraser, Colin" <C.Fraser@napier.ac.uk> Subject: Worldwide eParticipation survey on behalf of the European Commission funded DEMO_net Dear Researchers, First of all apologies if you have already responded to this request - many thanks to the many who have already assisted us. We are attempting to get as wide a range of researchers in eParticipation, so please forgive us if this means that you see this message more than once. This is a request from DEMO-Net, the Network of Excellence which has been established by the European Commission to map current research and define future policy in the field of eParticipation. Until now, research in eDemocracy and eParticipation has suffered from fragmentation, often being disparate and unfocused, where many researchers are often unaware of relevant developments in disciplines other than their own. DEMO-Net seeks to rectify this lack of coordination with an unparalleled opportunity for joined-up, multidisciplinary research to advance the state-of-the-art in research technologies and evaluation frameworks for participation. The ultimate aim of such research is to enable broader and more informed participation in the policy making process. This questionnaire has been designed to create a worldwide roadmap of researchers in the area of eParticipation, so that we can discover, amongst other things: * who you are; * what tools and techniques you use, and which academic domains you work in * where you publish and which conferences you attend; * keywords you would use to describe your own work; * other colleagues/fellow researchers you know are working in the same field The questionnaire is fairly short and we would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time to complete it. You may find it here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=961232097503 Professor Ann Macintosh International Teledemocracy Centre Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: A.Macintosh@napier.ac.uk URL:http://itc.napier.ac.uk And Professor Stephen Coleman, The Institute of Communications Studies, The University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Email: s.coleman@leeds.ac.uk ----------------------- Colin Fraser Research Associate in eDemocracy International Teledemocracy Centre Napier University Edinburgh EH10 5DT Scotland, UK This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University.