Category: Annual Symposium

GigaNet – the Global Internet Governance Academic Network – is now accepting extended abstracts for papers to be presented at its annual symposium. As of now, GigaNet 2023 is planned to be held alongside the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in a hybrid format in Japan.

Papers on any internet/digital governance-related topic are welcome. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are warmly encouraged. There will be the possibility for a focused subset of accepted papers to be fast-tracked for publication in a relevant journal. In previous years, collections of papers presented at the symposium were invited for publication in the journal Telecommunications Policy.

We particularly welcome presentations of research that take a global perspective, and explicitly invite comparative papers. GigaNet encourages emerging scholars and researchers working with diverse methodologies to submit their work to the symposium. Proposals should be submitted in English. Participation in the GigaNet symposium is free of charge.

Welcome topics for this year’s symposium include, but are not limited to:

Internet Governance as a field of study
– Narratives, myths, contributing disciplines, and frictions in the construction of the field of internet governance
– Internet governance cultures and power dynamics 
– Theoretical innovations and new methods applicable to internet governance research
– Postcolonial internet governance studies

The evolution of internet governance, institutions, and norms
– Internet standards and protocols
– Internet infrastructure
– Platform governance
– Cybersecurity
– Governance of data streams
– Digital rights online
– Digital sovereignty

Critical internet futures
– Sustainability and environmental impacts
– Digital colonialism
– Transformation of internet business models
– Space and internet governance 
– Interdisciplinary perspectives on the governance of frontier technologies (Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, virtual currencies, metaverse, quantum computing), etc.

Current themes in internet governance research
– Online harms, cyberattacks and accountability
– Connectivity and access to information 
– Cyber operations and sanctions
– Neutrality in the cyber domain
– Applicability of international law
– Role of international bodies and/or public-private partnerships
– Corporate responsibility and connectivity
– Health governance & contact-tracing apps
– Civil rights and their limitations 
– Internet governance and emergency preparedness  
– Global cooperation and geopolitical tensions
– Splinternet and control of the networks 

GigaNet is oriented around the presentation of research papers. The proposed extended abstract should be 800-1000 words long (excluding bibliography) and must describe:

1. Research question(s),
2. Data used, 
3. Methodology,
4. Main (expected) findings of the paper, and
5. Contributions to literature and/or ongoing policy debates. 

Theoretical papers need not specify the data used but must have a clear research question and statement of the specific theories used and literature in which the analysis is situated. 

The extended abstract must be uploaded to the submission platform by 30 April 2023, 23.59h (in the submitter’s timezone). Further information on the submission process will be available from the giga-net.org website in mid-April.

Individual abstracts will be reviewed double blind. Please do not include names or any other identifiable information on the uploaded file or in the text of the abstract you submit to the platform. (The platform records the author name(s) and contact information: the programme committee chair will be able to see that information.) Full papers should only be submitted upon invitation, following the selection of abstracts. 

Important notices:
Submission portal: http://symposium.giga-net.org/
Extended abstracts submission: 30 April Due to popular request, the deadline for abstracts has been extended until 10 May.
Notification to authors of acceptances/rejections: 15 June
Accepted authors confirm attendance: 25 June
Full papers due: 5 September
GigaNet Symposium: early October (tentatively planned for 8 October)

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GigaNet is an international association of academic researchers founded in 2006 to support multidisciplinary research on internet governance. Its membership includes researchers from all over the world who are contributing to local, national, regional, and international debates on internet governance. More information on GigaNet’s organizational structures and activities can be found on its website at https://www.giga-net.org.

Members of the Programme Committee 2023-2025 are:

• Jamal Shahin (Chair)
• Yong Liu
• Berna Akcali Gur
• Corinne Cath
• Dan Oppermann
• Giovanni De Gregorio
• Dmitry Epstein
• Edison Tabra
• Jat Sing
• Julia Pohle
• Niels ten Oever
• Matthias Kettemann
• Mauro Santaniello
• Nadia Tjahja
• Nanette Levinson
• Patricia Adriana Vargas Leon
• Raquel Gatto
• Michele Rioux
• Riccardo Nanni
• Robert Gorwa
• Roxana Radu
• Sebastian Felix Schwemer
• Jun Liu
• Trust Matsilele
• Wu Fei
• Yik Chan Chin

Call for Papers

GigaNet 2019 Symposium

October 15: full papers due
November 25:  GigaNet 2019 Symposium, Berlin

GigaNet – the Global Internet Governance Academic Network – is now accepting extended abstracts for papers to be presented at its annual symposium. GigaNet 2019 will be held alongside the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Berlin.  We expect our symposium to be held on “Day 0” of the IGF, which is Monday, November 25.

GigaNet is an international association of academic researchers founded in 2006 to support multidisciplinary research on Internet governance. Its membership includes researchers from all over the world who are contributing to local, national, regional, and international debates on Internet governance. More information on GigaNet’s organizational structures and activities can be found on its website at http://www.giga-net.org.

Papers on any Internet governance-related topic are solicited. Welcome topics include, but are not limited to:

• Norm development by states and/or non-state actors
• Cross-regional dynamics (East-West, South-South, East-South, South-West, etc.)
• Governance of/by content, e.g. narratives, disclosures, censorship
• Sovereignty (internal, external) and commons-based governance
• Cybersecurity and cyber conflict among states
• Governance within new top-level domains
• Technical standards as norms
• Theories of and methods applicable to Internet governance research
• Multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches

GigaNet is oriented around the presentation of research papers.  Extended abstract should consist of 800-1500 words and must describe:

1. The research question(s),
2. The data used,
3. The methodology and
4. The main findings of the paper.

Theoretical papers need not specify the data used but must have a clear research question and statement of the specific theories used and literature in which the analysis is situated.

Reviews of individual papers will be double blind. Therefore, do not include names or any other personally identifiable information on the uploaded file.  (Be aware, however, that applicants will submit through the Easychair platform, which will record their names and contact data, and the program committee chair will be able to see that information.)

GigaNet encourages emerging scholars to submit their work to the symposium. Proposals should be submitted in English.

For submission, the extended abstract must be uploaded to the Easychair website (URL above) by 22 June 2019.

Important dates:

• June 22: Extended abstracts submission
• August 18: notification to authors of acceptances/rejections
• August 23: accepted authors confirm attendance
• October 15: full papers due
• November 25:  GigaNet 2019 Symposium, Berlin (subject to change when UN allocates facilities at IGF)

Participation in the GigaNet symposium is free of charge.

GigaNet – the Global Internet Governance Academic Network – is now accepting extended abstracts for papers to be presented at its annual symposium on November 15, 2018, in Paris, France. Extended abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2018. Full papers due: October 19 2018.

The theme of this year’s Symposium is:

Not the ‘New Oil’ – Data Governance and the Internet

By creating global compatibility and interoperability for nearly all forms of digital data, the Internet has created a new economy centered on the value and use of data. Metaphors of “data as the new oil,” however, can encourage policies of hoarding, bordering and nationalizing information. We encourage submissions of papers that take a fresher look at the global political economy and governance of data and its relationship to Internet governance. We encourage papers that address the international economics and policy of “big data,” the global impact of the European GDPR; industrial data sharing and the Internet of things; the economic and political impact of data uses by AI tools; the regulation of data sharing across borders, including data localization laws; platforms, data, manipulation and verification.

While papers related to the symposium theme are encouraged, GigaNet is a home for all scholars of Internet governance; its annual symposium is intended to build and showcase the entire field. Authors from any Internet governance-related topic and methodological or theoretical approach are invited to submit their work. Topics that are welcome include, but are not limited to:

* The role of sovereignty in cyberspace

* Trade agreements and Internet governance

* Cybersecurity and cyber conflict among great powers

* Multistakeholder governance and the distribution of power in IG institutions

* The transparency and inclusiveness of post-transition ICANN

* Policy issues related to domain names and IP addresses

* The role of Internet intermediaries in Internet governance

Time and Location

The Symposium will take place on 15 November 2018 in Paris, France. It will be hosted by the LIP6 Laboratory, Tower 26, Room 25-26/105 Sorbonne Université, Jussieu Campus, 4 Place Jussieu – 75005 Paris. Participation in the GigaNet symposium is free of charge.

Submission Requirements

GigaNet is oriented around the presentation of research papers. We ask you to submit extended abstracts for review by the program committee. Extended abstract should consist of 800-1500 words. Each abstract must describe

1) The research question(s),

2) The data used,

3) The methodology and

4) The main findings of the paper.

Theoretical papers need not specify the data used but must have a clear research question and statement of the specific theories used and literature in which the analysis is situated.

Proposals should be submitted in English. Reviews of individual papers will be double blind. Therefore, do not include names or any other personally identifiable information on the uploaded file; be aware however that applicants will submit through the Easychair platform which will record their names and contact data and the PC chair will be able to see them.

Extended abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2018

Full papers due: October 19 2018

All documents must be uploaded to: EasyChair

We expect to complete reviews and notifying authors of acceptances on September 3. Accepted papers will be required to submit their final paper submission by October 19 to be included in the program.

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)

GigaNet is an international association of academic researchers founded in 2006 to support multidisciplinary research on Internet governance. Its membership includes researchers from all over the world who are contributing to local, regional and international debates on Internet Governance. GigaNet encourages emerging scholars to submit their work to the conference. More information on GigaNet’s organizational structures and activities can be found on our website.