Internet Governance Lab TPRC48 Graduate Research Symposium Hosted by The Internet Governance Lab at American University and The Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 Time: 1 pm - 5:30 pm (ET)
Location: Virtual (Zoom Webinar)
Open to all students enrolled in university masters and doctoral degree programs
Abstracts due: January 31, 2021
Submit at the link.
We are currently seeking paper submissions for the American University Internet Governance Lab TPRC48 Online Graduate Student Research Symposium. This year’s symposium will be held completely online and will feature a globally distributed network of emerging and established scholars presenting cross-disciplinary research on communications, information, and Internet policy. The conference will enable students (any students enrolled in a university masters or doctoral degree program) to discuss and advance their work in conversation with experts from law, economics, engineering, computer science, public policy, data science, social sciences, and related fields working in academia, industry, government, and civil society organizations around the world.
The online symposium will take place on February 18, 2021, on the first afternoon of the TPRC 48 main virtual conference, and will feature online sessions with virtual breakout roomsand networking opportunities.
Prior to the symposium we will provide an orientation session for presenters providing advice and tips on getting the most out of the conference, as well as ensuring technical proficiency ahead of the event.
Abstracts (not to exceed 250 words) can be submitted at the following link up until 11:59 pm on January 31, 2021.
Submissions: Submit an abstract of research in progress or recently completed and present your resulting research in an online conference session.
Topic Areas:
The program committee encourages submissions from a diverse range of disciplines and methodological approaches, including but not limited to:
Broadband technologies, deployment, adoption, and regulation
Wireless policy (e.g. auctions, 5G, Radio spectrum, IMT-2020)
Internet governance
Platforms, media, and content and their regulatory design and convergence
Social media, video-sharing platforms, harmful content, regulatory initiatives
User and consumer behavior in communications and media; advertising and targeting
Privacy, information security, cybersecurity, data protection, and surveillance
Encryption, lawful access, and law enforcement
Innovation policy and intellectual property (copyright, trademark and patent)
Emerging technologies (e.g. AI, facial and biometric recognition, etc.) and their social economic, and policy implications
Gender, race, ethnicity, diversity, social justice, and social inclusion and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Competition and antitrust in ICT, big tech
ICT and developing countries
International dimensions of ICT policy: trade, geopolitics, localization, security, and digital platform markets
Online sessions: Online paper sessions will include three to four presentations of selected papers with a moderator introducing the presenters and providing initial questions. Presentations should be no more than 10 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.
Proposal abstracts can be submitted at the link through January 31, 2021.
Guidelines: Open to all students enrolled in university masters or doctoral degree programs. Authors may present only one paper at the symposium, although they may also be a coauthor of papers presented by others, including in the TPRC general conference and TPRC student paper competition. An author may submit multiple abstracts for consideration, including to the TPRC general conference or TPRC student paper competition, but at most one will be accepted to the Online Graduate Student Research Symposium Pre-Conference.
Specific questions can be addressed to internetgovlab@gmail.com.
Important Date for Receipt of Abstracts:
Abstracts due: January 31, 2021