Dear LibTech, The University of Toronto is convening a week-long workshop taking place July 22-26, 2013 focused on monitoring Internet openness and rights from a multidisciplinary perspective.
We would like to invite leading researchers, students, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to discuss research on the study of information controls, present latest work, facilitate research review and mentorship, discuss research ethics, and engage in intensive research methods training. We encourage submissions on a wide range of relevant topics. Submission that explore multidisciplinary approaches are especially encouraged. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Measuring Internet censorship, detecting surveillance, new tools and research methods, research ethics, legal and regulatory frameworks, role of private sector actors in censorship and surveillance, analysis of the social, economic and political impacts of censorship and surveillance. Interested participants should send a one page abstract summarizing what they plan to present at the workshop as well as any relevant experience or topics of specific interest. The abstract should also indicate the preferred presentation format for the work (poster, short talk, or tutorial) and indicate if the person will require travel support to attend the institute. A limited pool of travel support is available and will be allocated based on strength of the abstract and demonstrated need. Please submit abstracts to info at citizenlab.org with the subject "Summer Institute 2013" by June 1, 2013. For full details see the workshop website here: http://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/index.html All best, -- Masashi Nishihata Research Manager, Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto Phone: (416) 946-8903 pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
