Dear members - If of interest, please submit, share widely and hope I will see some of you in Madrid! Wishes Stefaan thegovlab.org <http://thegovlab.org/>

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REMINDER

Open Data Research Symposium <http://webfoundation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-sstkul-hlzjudia-j/> Call for Abstracts Deadline: 30 May 2016

Thank you to those who have already submitted abstracts. We look forward to reviewing them and to receiving many more submissions in the coming days. Please feel free to share this call widely among your networks. A reminder of the call for abstracts: As open data becomes entrenched in the policy mainstream, there is an ongoing need to delve deeper into the dynamics of open data practice. At the same time, there is a need to maintain a critical perspective and to develop empirically-tested theories on open data. Researchers across the world have been exploring various issues around the supply, use and impact of open data. The Second Open Data Research Symposium <http://webfoundation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-sstkul-hlzjudia-i/> offers researchers an opportunity to share their research and to formulate the open data research agenda. Submissions that reflect critically on the following themes are invited: · Theoretical framing of open data as a concept and a movement; · Use and impacts of open data in specific countries or specific sectors; · The making, implementation and institutionalisation of open data policy; · Capacity-building for wider availability and use of open data; · Conceptualising open data ecosystems and intermediaries; · Entrepreneurial usage and open data economies in developing countries; · Linkages between transparency, freedom of information and open data communities; · Measurement of open data policy and practices, including methods for assessing the impact of open data; · Critical challenges for open data: privacy, exclusion and abuse; and · Situating open data in the global governance and developmental contexts. Submissions are invited from all disciplines, though with an emphasis on empirical social research. Doctoral students and early-career researchers are particularly encouraged to submit abstracts. SUBMISSION DETAILS Extended abstracts in English of up to 1,200 words, detailing the question addressed by the research, methods employed and findings should be submitted via the EasyChair website <http://webfoundation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-sstkul-hlzjudia-d/> by 30 May 2016. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers. Full papers of accepted abstracts will be due by 1 September 2016.

TRAVEL SUPPORT Travel support is available for selected authors of accepted abstracts. Authors must have submitted a full paper prior to the Symposium and must be from a developing country to qualify for support. All those wishing to apply for travel support are encouraged to apply for travel support via the IODC website once registrations open. Applicants for travel support should indicate in their request for travel support that they have submitted an abstract to the Symposium.

CONTACTS For further information on ODRS16 <http://webfoundation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-sstkul-hlzjudia-k/>, including the call for abstracts, key dates, venue or any other details, please contact either Francois <mailto:francois@webfoundation.org> or Stefaan <mailto:stefaan@thegovlab.org>, or visit the symposium website <http://webfoundation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-sstkul-hlzjudia-u/>.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE · Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab, NYU Tandon School of Engineering) (Co-chair) · Francois van Schalkwyk (World Wide Web Foundation & Stellenbosch University) (Co-chair) · Katie Clancy (IDRC/OD4D) · Emmy Chirchir (Munster University) · Gisele Craveiro (University of Sao Paulo) · Tim Davies (University of Southampton) · Kyujin Jung (Tennessee State University) · Gustavo Magalhaes (UT Austin | Portugal CoLab) · Michelle McLeod (University of the West Indies) · Fernando Perini (IDRC) · Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam) · Andrew Young (The GovLab, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)

Open Data Research Symposium 2016

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