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Call For Papers - Special Issue
Submission Due Date: September 15, 2011
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Special Issue On: IT goes Green:  Systemic Approaches to IT Policy Making,
Design, Evaluation and Management

Guest Editor: Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba Pachón, Royal Holloway, University
of London
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Introduction

Economic recession, global environmental concerns and availability of
mobile technologies among other factors have contributed to the emergence
of alternative computing infrastructures, products and service that
promise individuals and organizations cleaner and more responsible
information processing.  A scheme that is now being popularized and put
forward by technology providers is that of ‘cloud’ computing, which could
help organizations reduce their operation and capital expenses whilst
giving flexibility to consumers and end users.  The benefits of this and
other schemes are yet to be realized in particular regarding their
environmental impacts within and beyond data processing facilities.
Concerns about availability of energy to fuel computing platforms, mobile
devices, offices or households still remain.  Technology providers are
competing to provide sophisticated devices and services whilst trying to
balance their production and recycling processes with their carbon
footprints.  There are opportunities and challenges lying ahead for
technology designers, managers and users in taking environmental and green
concerns forward.
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Objective of the Special Issue

This special issue aims to facilitate debate and contributions on how the
systems approach in its various forms and applications can help addressing
issues of design, service use and implementation of computing
infrastructures and facilities that emerge when environmental requirements
are to be met.  We intend to gather theoretical and practical
contributions from academics practitioners, policy makers or planners who
can provide systemic accounts of how technology can better conceived of or
positioned in the wider societal and environmental spheres.

Recommended Topics

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

•Cloud computing, private or public clouds, mobile clouds
•Conceptualisations of relationships between regulation, production and
reuse of information technologies
•Design of ‘green’ devices, computing platforms or computing infrastructures
•Evaluation of environmental impacts of information systems
•Green IT curriculum
•Green IT frameworks and metrics
•Green IT strategies (virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing,
responsible disposal, 3Rs,  among others)
•Green supply chains supported by information technologies
•Information technology recycling
•Systemic methodology to plan and implement green IT policies or regulations
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Submission

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this
special theme issue “IT goes Green:  Systemic Approaches to IT Policy
Making, Design, Evaluation and Management”  on or before September 15,
2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by
another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S
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 and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba Pachón, Royal Holloway, University of London
Guest Editor
J.R.Cordoba-Pachon@rhul.ac.uk and ijitsa@gmail.com


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