[Apologies for cross-postings]

 

 

CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS - DUE OCTOBER  21,  2012

Panel Sessions on: Supporting Public Policy and Governance: The Emerging Role of Policy Informatics

http://www.irspm2013.com/sites/default/files/panely/P47_-_SupportingPublicPolicyandGovernance-TheEmergingRoleofPolicyInformatics.pdf

 

 

CHAIRS

-- Theresa A. Pardo (Center for Technology in Government, Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, USA)

-- J. Ramon Gil-Garcia (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico)

-- Natalie Helbig (Center for Technology in Government, Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, USA)

-- Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

-- Yushim Kim (Arizona State University, USA)

 

 

PANEL DESCRIPTION

Open data strategies are being adopted worldwide as part of national and international reforms that focus on the intensive and creative use of information and technology to improve policy-making and governance. These efforts cross various policy  areas  including  education,  public  health,  transportation,  environmental stewardship, economic development, and many other areas. The explosive growth in data, computational power, and technological capabilities has created both new challenges for practice and new tools for research. Policy  informatics  is  an  emerging  area  that  explores  how  information technologies  and  computational  modeling  techniques  (such  as  agent-based, system dynamics, data visualization or social network modeling) can support policy making and governance. A basic assumption in policy informatics is that more intensive and creative use of information and technology can improve policy-making processes and lead to better policy choices, especially under conditions of high complexity.

 

The complexity of public problems has not changed, what has changed is our ability to obtain information, to manipulate it, and to disseminate it. This panel welcomes contributions that use tools and techniques that investigate the non-linear relationships and complexity inherent in intractable public policy issues and management dilemmas to better understand the impacts and consequences of technological, political, policy, and managerial choices.

 

 

E-MAIL QUESTIONS TO:

Theresa A. Pardo - tpardo@ctg.albany.edu      

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia - joseramon.gil@cide.edu

 

 

E-MAIL ABSTRACTS TO:

Theresa A. Pardo - tpardo@ctg.albany.edu

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia - joseramon.gil@cide.edu

Local organizing committee at - irspm2013@econ.muni.cz

 

 

HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT

Link to "guidelines for abstracts":

http://www.irspm2013.com/sites/default/files/Guidelines/IRSPM_2013_GuidelinesForAbstracts.pdf

 

 

KEY DATES & DEADLINES

21 October 2012 - Closing date for abstract submissions (extended)

30 November 2012 - Authors notified of outcome of their abstract submission

10 March 2013 - Closing date for paper upload, online registration closes

10 - 12 APRIL 2013 - IRSPM 2013 CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

 

 

2013 IRSPM CONFERENCE SITE

http://www.irspm2013.com/

 

 

Best,

 

Ramon

 

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Dr. J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, MPA
Associate Professor, Public Administration Department
Director, Data Center for Applied Research in Social Sciences

Author of the book "Enacting Electronic Government Success: An Integrative Study of
Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities and Institutions"
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6

Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)
Carretera Mexico-Toluca No. 3655,
Col. Lomas de Santa Fe,
C.P. 01210, Mexico, D.F.
MEXICO
Tel.: +52 55 5727-9800 Ext. 2311
E-mail: joseramon.gil@cide.edu
www.cide.edu