[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Immigrant Inclusion by E-Participation, special issue, International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

[Itir Akdogan]

Calls for Papers (special issue): International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: February 1, 2012

SPECIAL ISSUE ON Immigrant Inclusion by E-Participation

Guest Editors: Itir Akdogan, Mauri Kaipainen, Sonia Sousa, and Ilona Tikka

INTRODUCTION:
Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation (IIeP) is a multi-stakeholder
regional project that addresses immigrant communities and public authorities in Estonia, 
Finland and Sweden. The aims of the project include bridging the tools, activities, and 
concepts of citizen communities, on one hand, and the governments top-down participation 
practices and technologies on the other, in terms of interoperability and integration of 
technologies. The Joint International Workshop on Immigrant Inclusion by e-Participation
was organized within the project framework in 2-3 November 2011 at the
University of Helsinki in Finland. The workshop gathered authorities on national and 
local levels involved in e-democracy and e-governance, immigrant and multicultural 
non-governmental organizations, and researchers in e-democracy and inclusion of 
immigrants in participatory decision-making processes in order to create a discussion 
forum and interaction between authorities, NGO actors and immigrant societies on 
immigrant inclusion by e-participation.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
This special issue aims at sharing the discussions of the event with the
international research community, but even at elaborating the subject in a wider spectrum 
with contributions from researchers in this field who were not present at the workshop. 
The special issue will thus bring together various perspectives on how authorities and 
immigrants may use new information and communication technologies for more inclusive and 
democratic societies.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the following:

Activism, initiative citizenship, and immigrants
Challenges and limitations of e-participation
Empowerment of immigrants in e-participation
Governmental and municipal e-participation
Hate speech online
Immigrants public e-participation awareness
Inclusion vs. exclusion of immigrants online
Non-governmental organizations and e-participation
Political e-participation of immigrants
Promotion of  social interaction and civic engagement
Transnational identities, diaspora, and use of social media

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
theme issue on Immigrant inclusion by e-participation on or before February 1, 2012. All 
submissions must be original and may not be under review by another 
publication.INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALS GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.

All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

All submissions should be directed to the attention of:

Itir Akdogan, Mauri Kaipainen, Sonia Sousa, and Ilona Tikka
Guest Editors

E-mail:  itir.akdogan at helsinki.fi
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