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Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo

14-16 September 2017

Chairs: Claudia Padovani, Mauro Santaniello

Call for Paper

The debate over – and attempts to elaborate – a ‘constitution for the Internet’ have been developing in diverse contexts since the late 1990s. More recently, this issue has been addressed also by national parliaments all over the world, with relevant initiatives led in Brazil, the Philippines, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, European Union, amongst others. A need for innovative theoretical frameworks and research approaches to investigate these developments has emerged also in the light of new socio-technical trends, such as the rise of the Internet of Things, the building of Smart Cities, the exploitation of Big Data, the use of robots in patrolling and war, the deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality in the security field. Furthermore, reconsideration of the political and juridical implications of human rights protection in the digital context is called for by developments that are putting at risk fundamental rights and freedoms around the world - such as growing number of terrorist attacks, political radicalization and new forms of populism - and by the institutional responses at political, legal and technical levels.This panel aims at exploring the issues, political processes and policy discourse, actors' strategies and networks involved in digital constitutionalism. 

The primary goal of the panel is to better understand digital constitutionalism as a political phenomenon, which is engendering a variety of efforts concerning the formalisation of digital communication rights and principles. Furthermore, the panel seeks to explore the relevance and impact of existing and emerging attempts to formalize digital communication rights, in view of the above socio-technical developments.

The panel welcomes proposals that connect the study of the constitutionalization of digital communications with questions concerning democracy, power, human rights, political communication and global governance. Policy approaches are welcome, as well as legal and interdisciplinary perspectives.

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