Le deuxième atelier international de recherche sur le thème "Gouvernance internationale d'Internet - Un champ de recherche pluridisciplinaire en construction".
Cet atelier est organisé par GigaNet (Réseau académique sur la gouvernance globale de l'Internet), en collaboration avec trois sections thématiques de l'Association européenne pour la recherche et l'enseignement en communication (ECREA): sections "Communication internationale et interculturelle", "Communication et démocratie", "Communication, droit et politique".

Après le succès rencontré par sa première édition à Paris en juin 2008, cet atelier se tiendra cette année à Bruxelles le 11 mai 2009.
Cet atelier représente une excellente opportunité pour la communauté scientifique internationale engagée dans ce domaine de se rencontrer et d'échanger autour des travaux de recherche menés sur ce thème. Nous espérons que vous envisagerez d'y participer.

Site web de l'atelier: http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.

L'annonce préliminaire et appel à communications (en Anglais) suit.
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Second International Workshop on
Global Internet Governance: An Interdisciplinary Research Field in Construction
Organized by GigaNet, in cooperation with ECREA IIC, CD and CLP Sections
Brussels, Belgium — 11 May 2009

Preliminary Announcement and Call for Contributions

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) invites you to participate in a scholarly workshop to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009. This full day workshop is organized in cooperation with three thematic sections of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA): International and Intercultural Communication (IIC), Communication and Democracy (CD), Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) sections.

Building on the success of its first edition in Paris, France, in June 2008, the purpose of this workshop is the presentation and discussion of work-in-progress in Internet Governance-related research with the aim to identify emerging research themes and design a research agenda. We are interested in exchanging information and ideas about national and regional projects and networks currently pursuing research on global Internet governance, but also in identifying academic syllabi or other education programs dedicated to these issues, in order to share ideas and forge possible collaborations. Scholars from various academic disciplines and all regions of the world are welcome to contribute to this reflexive exercise, with the long-term objective of collectively building this interdisciplinary research field.

Rather than featuring academic paper presentations, the workshop aims at providing a survey of current academic activities in the field of global Internet governance. Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: involved actors and their interactions; Internet governance institutions and regimes; legal, socio-economical, behavioral and technical regulation means; Internet governance policy issues.

Submissions should be sent by 20 March 2009 to Meryem Marzouki (Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr). They should include the name, affiliation, e-mail address and short bio of author(s), along with no more than 500 words of research work description. The program committee will notify applicants by 15 April 2009. To encourage knowledge dissemination, all relevant submissions will be published on the workshop website. Authors of selected submissions will participate at the workshop panel discussions.

Program Committee

Bart Cammaerts (ECREA-CD), London School of Economics, UK; Raquel Gatto (GigaNet), Pontifícia U. Católica de São Paulo, Brazil; Nanette S. Levinson (GigaNet), American U., USA; Meryem Marzouki (GigaNet), CNRS & U. Pierre et Marie Curie, France; Luciano Morganti (GigaNet & ECREA-IIC), Vrije U. Brussel, Belgium; Katharine Sarikakis (ECREA-CLP), U. of Leeds, UK; JP Singh (GigaNet), Georgetown U., USA; Leo Van Audenhove (GigaNet & ECREA-IIC) , Vrije U. Brussel, Belgium.

There is no registration fee for this event. A registration form will be circulated with the program.
Practical information on accommodation and low cost travel to Brussels are available on the workshop website: http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse.

About GigaNet: giganet.igloogroups.org — About ECREA: www.ecrea.eu