[AISWorld] CfP - AMCIS 2015 mini-track E-Government Policy / Policy Informatics

[Laurence Brooks]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), The El Conquistador Resort and Convention Center, Puerto Rico, 13-15 August 2015
(http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/)

MiniTrack: E-Government Policy / Policy Informatics

We invite submissions to the mini-track, "E-Government Policy / Policy Informatics" for AMCIS 2015. This mini-track welcomes relevant 
theoretical, empirical, and intervention research, in either full paper or research-in-progress format.

Policy-making is the mechanism used to address societal problems, particularly by outlining and implementing desired rules, sanctions, 
behaviors, ideas and other measures that are believed to be able to solve the public problem. Policy-making, in the 21st century, is a 
complex, socio-technical process in which many stakeholders are involved, different technologies are used, and data and information are 
often in abundance. Traditionally, the role and impact of information communication technologies within the policy-making cycle have been 
limited. More recently, social media is one example where social technologies have begun to play a critical role in policy making 
processes and has influenced the resulting policies. Other developments have also influenced the traditional policy-making process, 
including big and open data, freedom of information laws, and crowdsourcing, or the wisdom of the crowds. All these developments have the 
potential to be used for enhancing citizens' engagement with their government and to involve citizens more directly in the process. 
Information systems are an essential part of the policy-making process, yet limited research into the role and impact of these new 
developments on policy-making processes is available. 

In practice, policymakers themselves are often faced with conflicting public values and limited understanding of technological solutions 
to complex problems. For this reason, new platforms are introduced by government and non-profit organizations to enable richer citizen 
engagement, improve communication, and process larger volumes and more varied sources of semantically enriched linked data, These kinds of 
activities provide many opportunities to create models, particularly simulation models or serious games that capture reality more fully. 
The objective of this mini-track is to provide a forum for discussion and presentation of original research highlighting advances in 
policy-making through the advancement of new developments in technology and data. We seek papers addressing e-policy-making from 
theoretical, conceptual, or empirical perspectives in order to set the stage for future research in e-Government. Quantitative, 
qualitative, and conceptual  studies are encouraged.

Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:

*	The development and implementation of e-policy-making.
*	Theories and frameworks for e-policy-making
*	Institutions in policy-making
*	Policy-modelling and decision-making
*	Open policy-making, engagement and crowdsourcing
*	Cross-country comparisons 
*	Enablers and inhibitors of e-policy-making adoption and success 
*	E-Governance and government-citizens relationships
*	Open data and open government
*	Data science, policy informatics, big data, open data, 
*	Agent-based simulation, gaming, visualization
*	Deliberation platforms
*	Citizens engagement

Important dates:

January 5, 2015: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin
February 25, 2015: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors
Tuesday, April 21, 2015: Authors notified about the disposition of their papers.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015:  Authors submit camera-ready revision of thwir ipapers
May 5, 2015: Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made


Minitrack Chair(s):

Laurence Brooks
Brunel University
Laurence.Brooks at brunel.ac.uk

Natalie Helbig
Center for Technology in Government, SUNY at Albany
nhelbig at ctg.albany.edu 

Marijn Janssen
Delft University of Technology
m.f.w.h.a.janssen at tudelft.nl

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Laurence Brooks
Senior Lecturer/Director of Postgraduate Studies
T+44 (0)1895 266010 | E Laurence.Brooks at brunel.ac.uk
Brunel University London 
College of Engineering Design and Physical Sciences
Department of Computer Science