Special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics

Submissions close 31 March 2011

Following on from the successful workshop held in conjunction with Making Links 2010, this special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics will bring together contributions from a diverse range of disciplines to discuss how academic researchers and community practitioners and activists can work together to explore the use of information and communication technologies, social media, augmented reality, and other forms of network technologies for research and action in pursuit of social responsibility. The aim is to connect people with ideas, ideas with research projects, and harness new media to further inquiry into socially just outcomes in our communities.

Topics

Action research

Civic intelligence

Community engagement strategies, methods and approaches

Community research partnerships for mutual advantage

Ethical considerations

Funding, managing and maintaining community-university research partnerships

Participatory design

Research impact assessment

Role of university researchers in community-based research

Authors are requested to follow the instructions at http://www.ci-journal.net/. We invite the submission of conceptual or empirical (quantitative and/or qualitative) work up to 6000 words on the special issue’s theme. Deadline for completed manuscripts: 31 March 2011. Papers should follow the Author Guidelines, and be submitted online to http://www.ci-journal.net/. Acceptance notifications are sent to authors by 31 May 2011. Final revised papers are due by 30 June 2011. The special issue is scheduled for publication early 2012. Inquiries about possible topics are welcome. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to the guest editors.

Professor Matthew Allen (@netcrit)

Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology

m.allen AT curtin.edu.au

Associate Professor Marcus Foth (@sunday9pm)

Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology

m.foth AT qut.edu.au