[open-government] call for papers IJEG special issue on Electronic Participation

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International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG), 
http://www.inderscience.com/ijeg

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Special Issue on Electronic Participation (eParticipation)
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Guest Editors

Dr. Efthimios Tambouris (lead), Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied 
Informatics, University of Macedonia, GREECE, email tambouris at uom.gr
Dr. Konstantinos Tarabanis, Professor, Dept. of Business Administration, 
University of Macedonia, GREECE, email kat at uom.gr
Dr. Øystein Sæbø, Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Systems, 
University of Agder, NORWAY, email oystein.sabo at uia.no
Dr. Panos Panagiotopoulos, Lecturer in Information Management, Queen 
Mary University of London, UK, email P.Panagiotopoulos at qmul.ac.uk

Description

Electronic Participation (eParticipation) refers to the use of 
Information and Communication Technologies to enhance political 
participation and citizen engagement. eParticipation is by definition a 
multidisciplinary field of study. Today, eParticipation is particularly 
timely and relevant in various contexts and in diverse environments, 
e.g. digital democracy; participatory public service design; use of open 
government data in eParticipation initiatives; use of social media (e.g. 
Twitter, Facebook) by citizens, governments and civil servants; top-down 
and bottom-up eParticipation initiatives related to the economic and 
welfare issues, etc.

Subject coverage

Topics of particular interest include, without being limited to, the 
following:

  * eParticipation research including theories, methods, models and
    approaches;
  * The role of social and mobile media and Web 2.0 in eParticipation;
  * Transparency and open access for eParticipation;
  * Design and co-creation of participatory public services; bottom-up
    initiatives;
  * Privacy, security and ethical considerations in eParticipation;
  * Advances in eParticipation Domains: Online deliberation and
    discourse, participatory budgeting, eConsultation, ePolling, and
    eLegislation, eElectioneering, eCampaigning and eVoting;
  * Advances in participatory policy making using policy modelling,
    simulation, impact assessment and visualisation methods and tools;
  * eParticipation and big data;
  * Smart cities and the role of citizens;
  * Environmental Information Systems and citizen participation;
  * The role of eParticipation in national and global crisis situations;
  * Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices;
  * Impact assessment and public value considerations of eParticipation
    on real world decision making;
  * Digital literacy and its consequences for eParticipation;
  * eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality
    and impact

Notes for prospective authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be 
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. 
Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely 
re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained 
from any copyright holders of the original paper).
All papers are refereed through a double-blind peer review process and 
must be submitted online. Please read our information on preparing and 
submitting articles 
(http://www.inderscience.com/info/inauthors/author_submit.php).

Please communicate your submission intentions and any inquiries for this 
special issue to the guest editors. For general inquiries regarding IJEG 
please contact Dr. Dimitris Gouscos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of 
Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens, email 
gouscos at media.uoa.gr, IJEG Editor-in-Chief.

Important dates

    - submission of manuscripts:        20 October 2015
    - interim notification to authors:  20 December 2016
    - revised versions due:             20 March 2016
    - final notification to authors:    20 April 2016

This special issue is scheduled for publication during the second 
semester of 2016.

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