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CALL FOR CHAPTERS Submission Deadline: 1st July 2020
Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance and Transformation
Concepts, Approaches and Challenges
A book to be published by Springer Publications, edited by:
Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece, yannisx
(at) aegean.gr
Leif Skiftenes Flak, University of Agder, Norway, leif.flak (at)
uia.no
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria
Gabriela.viale-pereira (at) donau-uni.ac.at
Editorial Advisory Board Members
Elsa Estevez, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Marijn Janssen, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Atreyi Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Robert Krimmer, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Rony Medaglia, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Gianluca Misuraca, European Commission, Spain
Francesco Molinari, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Theresa Pardo, State University New York, US
Demetrios Sarantis, United Nations University, Portugal
Maria Wimmer, Koblenz University, Germany
Introduction
Digital Governance refers to the phenomenon where administrations,
enterprises and citizens utilize information and communication
technologies (ICT) to a great extent, aiming at advanced levels of
service provision quality, openness and transparency,
collaboration and evidence-based decision making for enhancing the
quality of living and promoting sustainable development. During
the last decades, Digital Governance has been recognized as a
well-established application domain studying the problems related
to the needs of public sector operation and proposing novel
methods and frameworks for enhancing service quality through the
use of ICT. Substantial progress has been made through EU and
national funded research in a number of areas, yet the lack of
scientific foundations in the Digital Governance domain seems to
hinder unlocking its real transformative value and full potential
to all stakeholders, from researchers to industry and SMEs.
Providing such a scientific background would document the existing
knowledge and open the pathway for systematic and reproducible
solutions to identified problems, without the danger of repeating
research or missing opportunities for application.
Objective of the Book
This title aims at providing the latest research advancements and
findings for the scientific systematization of the Digital
Governance and Transformation knowledge, such as core concepts,
foundational principles, theories, methodologies, architectures,
assessment frameworks, educational programs and future directions.
It will bring forward the ingredients of this new domain,
proposing its needed formal and systematic tools, exploring its
relation with neighboring scientific domains and finally
prescribing the next steps for eventually achieving the thrilling
goal of laying the foundations of a new science. This book is an
activity stemming from Government 3.0 Erasmus+ project
(
www.gov30.eu)
Target Audience
The audience of the book includes:
● Researchers and Practitioners in the Digital Governance Domain,
Digital Transformation, Information Systems and in the broader ICT
domain
● University Students and Professors from different disciplines ●
ICT industry experts, engaged in public sector information
systems, software design and deployment projects
● Policy makers and decision drivers at local, national or
international level The title will contribute to the analysis of
the scientific perspectives of Digital Governance and
Transformation, thus becoming an indispensable support tool for
scientists and practitioners, either from the administrative or
the technical side.
Recommended topics The topics of the present call include, but are
not limited to, the following:
Area A. Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance ● Basic
research questions, key concepts, generic laws and foundational
principles of Digital Governance ● Ontologies, taxonomies,
lexicons and other semantic elements for Digital Governance ●
Combined taxonomies and ontologies of Digital Governance structure
and neighbouring scientific domains
● Definition of related scientific foundations and epistemological
issues in science
● Methodologies for Digital Governance neighbourhood recognition
and identification of reusable elements
● Neighbouring scientific domains analysis
Area B. Digital Governance Problem and Solution Space ● Formal
methods to describe Digital Governance problems and solutions ●
Digital Governance knowledge bases definition and design
● Impact assessment frameworks, simulation methods and tools for
Digital Governance ● Models and tools for cutting across
problem-solution paths in Digital Transformation
● Populations of formal descriptions, generalization of Digital
Transformation approaches
● Metrics and algorithmic models for Digital Governance
● Other scientific methods for Digital Governance and
Transformation in the Public Sector ● Scientific methods for
Digital Governance found in other research domains ● Shared formal
and other descriptive methods identification
Area C. Perspectives and Future Research Directions for Digital
Governance
● Forward - looking roadmaps for research in the area of Digital
Governance and Transformation
● Action plans for sustainability and evolution of scientific
disciplines in general, and Digital Governance in particular,
towards their scientific recognition
● Open research challenges and hypotheses for Digital Governance ●
Visionary Scenarios for public sector organizations and digital
public services
● Proposals on the value proposition, assessment and marketing of
the scientific offerings for Digital Governance ● Guidelines and
recommendations to key stakeholders
Submission Procedure
Chapters must be between 8,000 and 10,000 words and should be
submitted on or before 1st July 2020, accompanied by:
● The area of submission (A, B or C, as above)
● Brief Author(s) CV(s) - up to 150 words per author
Chapter formatting guidelines for edited books can be found at:
● Key Style Points on springer.com (for an easy reference).
● Book Manuscript Guidelines on springer.com (for more detailed
information)
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis.
Important Dates
● 1st July 2020 Full Chapter Submission Deadline
● 15th September 2020 Author Notification on Review Results ● 1st
November 2020 Camera–Ready Chapters Submission Deadline
● Spring 2021 Planned Book Publication
Inquiries may be addressed to all co-editors.
Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word/PDF document)
to: Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems
Email: gabriela.viale-pereira (at) donau-uni.ac.at
cc : Zoi Lachana, University of the Aegean / zoi (at) aegean.gr
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