[governance] CfP 5th Graz Workshop on the Future of Security: Human Security in the Information Society, 15-16 March 2012

Fri Nov 11 07:40:36 EST 2011

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Dear all,

please find below and attached a call for papers for an exciting 
workshop investigating the intersections of human security and the 
information society.

Kind regards

Matthias

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Call for Papers
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5th Graz Workshop on the Future of Security
Human Security in the Information Society: Regulating Risks – Empowering 
People
15-16 March 2012 | University of Graz, Austria
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The Institute of International Law and International Relations of the 
University of Graz, Austria, the European Training and Research Centre 
for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC), Graz, and their Human Security 
Focus Group, in cooperation with the Austrian National Defence Academy, 
the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) and the Marie 
Curie Action “Sustainable Peace Building” funded under the EU’s 7th 
Framework Programme, invite contributions to the 5th Graz Workshop on 
the Future of Security on 15-16 March 2012, dedicated to Human Security 
in the Information Society: Regulating Risks – Empowering People.

The fifth workshop in a series of academic events dedicated to 
furthering our understanding of today’s and tomorrow’s security 
challenges unites two of our central areas of research: human security 
and Internet Governance.

The interdisciplinary workshop is dedicated to furthering our 
understanding of the security challenges of regulating (and not 
regulating) new and emerging information and communication technologies 
(ICTs).

We welcome abstracts tackling any aspect of the general topic, but are 
particularly interested in presentations focusing on

-       the specific challenges of protecting human security and human 
rights in the information society; in particular the roles of the rights 
to access and to education (e-literacy) and of freedom of expression;
-       the role of non-state (and other non-traditional) actors in 
regulatory processes, especially the principle of multistakeholderism 
and its relation to furthering security;
-       the importance of non-traditional norms (principles, codes of 
conduct, soft law) and non-traditional normative processes 
(international forums, conferences, online meetings) for ensuring human 
security;
-       the impact of social media and ICT on conflict (management) and 
peace(building);
-       the use of ICTs by states (“federal trojans”), armed forces 
(cyberwarfare), non-state groups (cyber-terrorism, cybercrime) and civil 
society (social media) and the ensuing human security challenges;
-       and the role of human security in influencing the development of 
Internet Governance.

All presentations are selected on the basis of academic merit. Abstracts 
of no more than 300 words describing your presentation should be sent 
together with a short bio no later than 16 December 2011 to 
HumanSecurity at uni-graz.at.

For more information, see http://goo.gl/ptyv3. Selected excellent 
contributions will be published in a special edition of the 
peer-reviewed internationally renowned journal Human Security Perspectives.

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-- 
Mag. iur. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard)
Teaching and Research Fellow
Institute of International Law and International Relations
University of Graz
Universitätsstraße 15/A4, 8010 Graz
Austria

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