[AISWorld] CfP: Digital Inequalities and Development – June 2018 UK DSA Conference track

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Call for Abstracts – “Digital Inequalities and Development” track
UK Development Studies Association conference, 27-29 Jun 2018, University of Manchester, UK

This is a call for abstracts/presentations on digital inequalities and development, with an initial deadline of 5 March 2018.

The track welcomes papers covering any aspect of the relation between digital technologies and global inequalities: ways in which ICTs may “level the playing field” and pro-equity digital innovations but also amplifications and entrenchments of existing inequalities via digital exclusion, harm, asymmetric benefits and adverse incorporation.

The following timeline will be observed:

- 5 March 2018 - prospective presenters to submit a “paper proposal” (title, author names & emails, short abstract of <300 characters; long abstract of <250 words) via the conference online form<https://nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2018/conferencesuite.php/paperproposal/6312>.  Track details and link to paper proposal online at: https://nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6312

- 16 March: decision made on paper proposals

- 6 April: conference registration opens (early-bird discounts close 4 May)

- 27-29 June: conference

If you have any queries prior to abstract submission, do please ask: richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk<mailto:richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk>

Track Organisers:
- Richard Heeks, Centre for Development Informatics<http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/>, GDI, University of Manchester, UK
- Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>, University of Oxford, UK
- Dorothea Kleine, Sheffield Institute for International Development<http://siid.group.shef.ac.uk/>, University of Sheffield, UK

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This track is an initiative of the DSA’s Information, Technology and Development study group<https://www.devstud.org.uk/study-groups/information-technology-and-development>

General call for papers details at: https://www.devstud.org.uk/conferences/2018/cfp.shtml