[At-Large] CFP for Data for Policy 2021 - deadline March 25th
Joanna Kulesza
jkuleszaicann at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 17:23:16 UTC 2021
Dear all,
this cross-cutting new venture might be of interest to some of you,
please kindly consider submitting and/or attending (for now we're
planning to keep this as a face-to-face/at least a hybrid meeting, the
format might be adjusted according to local circumstances closer to the
date). Distributing the call further among your networks would also be
most appreciated. Apologies for any unavoidable cross posting.
Kindest regards,
Joanna Kulesza
6^th International Conference
*Data for Policy 2021*
Lessons for policy-data interactions after Covid-19
14-16 September 2021, UCL, London
*Call for Papers and Session Proposals *
(Deadline: 25 March 2021)
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The Data for Policy conference series is the premier global forum for
multiple disciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the theories,
applications and implications of data science innovation in governance
and the public sector. Its associated journal, /Data & Policy/
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=ac1dae0630&e=5b07afa9ac>,
published by Cambridge University Press has quickly established itself
as a major venue for publishing research in the field of data-policy
interactions. Both the conference and the journal receive valuable
support from their sustainer partners: the Alan Turing Institute, the
Office for National Statistics and UCL.
Convening for the sixth time in September 2021, the International
Organisation Committee for the conference invites Paper and Panel
Session proposals at the conference to be also considered for potential
post-conference publications in /Data & Policy/ (subject to
peer-review). *We are planning for a physical conference and we hope
that presenters will be able to join us in person. We understand that
this may be difficult, or even impossible, and we will adapt the
conference proceedings accordingly to accommodate virtual presentations
where this is necessary.*
There are six broad, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral areas of
interest, which form the standard tracks of the conference. Following
the momentous events of 2020, the International Committee and organisers
wish to recognise the additional focus on data throughout the whole of
society as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the opportunities
this creates for learning about and developing data and policy
interactions. This focus should not be seen as limiting, and we welcome
submissions across domains, sectors and applications. In addition to the
standard tracks, nine Special Tracks have also been shortlisted this
year (Special Track 9 added to the original eight on 1st Feb).
The standard tracks of the conference are as follows:
* *Data-driven Transformations in Governance & Policy* – this standard
track focuses on the high-level vision for philosophy, ideation,
formulation and implementation of new approaches leading to paradigm
shifts, innovation and efficiency gains in collective
decision-making processes. Topics may include:
o From data to decisions: scientific innovation in knowledge
generation processes, data-driven insights, evidence-based
policy making;
o Applications in public, private and voluntary sector governance
and policy-making (local, national, international)
o Real-time management, future planning, and rethinking/reframing
of governance and policy-making in the digital era;
o Government-private sector-citizen interactions: data and digital
power dynamics, asymmetry of information;
o Democracy, public opinion and involvement, citizen services,
media and digital platforms;
o Interactions between human, institutional and algorithmic
decision-making processes; psychology and behaviour of
decision-making;
o Socio-technical and cyber-physical systems, and their policy and
governance implications.
The remaining categories represent more specifically the current
applications, methodologies, strategies which underpin the broad aims of
Data for Policy’s vision:
* *Data Technologies & Analytics for Policy & Governance*
o Data sources: Personal, proprietary & administrative data,
official statistics, open & public data;
o Technologies: GovTech/RegTech, AI, blockchain, IoT, cloud,
platforms, visualisation & user interaction;
o Methodologies & Analytics: Theory & data-driven models,
statistics, computational social science,
o Machine Learning, edge analytics, mixed methods, real-time &
historical data processing, geospatial analysis, gaps in theory
& practice.
* *Policy Frameworks, Governance and Management of Data-driven
Innovations *– this track focusses on governance practices and
management issues involved in implementation of data-driven solutions:
o Data collection, storage and circulation;
o Data and algorithm design, value assessment;
o Data supply chains, ownership, provenance, sharing, linkage,
curation, and expiration;
o Assignment of accountability;
o Governance models and frameworks;
o Data literacy, translation, communication;
o Data intermediaries, trusts, collaboratives;
o Data and algorithms in the law, regulation;
o Meta-data, standards and interoperability.
* *Ethics, Equity and Trust in Policy Data Interactions *– this track
examines the issues which must be considered in technology design
and assessment.
o Digital Ethics: Data, algorithms and interaction models;
o Privacy, data sharing and consent;
o Digital identification and services;
o Uncertainties, bias, imperfections in data and data-driven systems;
o Algorithmic behaviour: equity and fairness, transparency,
explainability, accountability, interpretability and reliability;
o Human control, rights, democratic values and self-determination;
o Responsibility and maliciousness.
The following are areas which fall within the above categories, but are
highlighted as being of special interest:
* *Algorithmic Governance:*
o Algorithm agency along with human and institutional
decision-making processes; black-box processing, data-driven
insights;
o Governance automation: citizen service delivery, supporting
civil servants, managing national public records and physical
infrastructure, statutes and compliance, public policy development;
o Good governance with/by/of algorithms: participation, consensus
orientation, accountability, transparency, responsiveness,
effectiveness and efficiency, equity and inclusiveness, the rule
of law.
* *Data to Tackle Global Issues and Dynamic Societal Threats:*
o Human existence and the planet;
o International collaboration for global risk management and
disaster recovery;
o Global health, emergency response, Covid-19 and pandemics;
o Sustainable development, climate change and the environment;
o Humanitarian data science and international migration;
o Racial justice and gender-based issues;
o International security, organised crime and hostile environments.
The Special Tracks for the conference are as follows:
1. ‘Showcasing innovative data services from EU Member States - Paving
the way towards transparent documentation’ /Track Chairs/: Seth van
Hooland, Emanuele Baldacci, Blanca Martinez De Aragon and Joao
Rodrigues Frade read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=04a1d85c89&e=5b07afa9ac>
2. ‘Governance of the digital transformation of health systems’ /Track
Chairs/: Tugce Schmitt and Mujaheed Shaikh read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=6d566d4337&e=5b07afa9ac>
3. ‘Arguments, algorithms and tools: what do we need to shape policy
and confront misinformation post-pandemic?’ /Track Chairs/: Jaron
Porciello, Ulrike Hahn and Stephan Lewandowsky read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=0bf20a656c&e=5b07afa9ac>
4. ‘Ethical Technology Adoption in Public Administration Services’
/Track Chairs/: Francesco Mureddu, Giovanna Galasso and Francesco
Paolo Schiavo read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=4b7b2aeb5b&e=5b07afa9ac>
5. ‘AI and public decision-making processes’ /Track Chairs/: Sarah
Giest, Bram Klievink and Alex Ingrams read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=d9e95ea072&e=5b07afa9ac>
6. ‘Rethinking the open data movement through an intersectional
feminist lens’ /Track Chairs/: Anjali Mehta, Gülsen Güler and Amanda
Greene read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=860c78b12a&e=5b07afa9ac>
7. ‘Facilitating Data-Driven Innovation for Sustainability: Policy
Frameworks and Measures for Data Governance’ /Track Chair/: Masaru
Yarime read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=2649408362&e=5b07afa9ac>
8. ‘Towards a data-driven economy: Data Mexico’ /Track Chairs/: Luis
Godoy, Ana Cruz and Fiorentina Garcia read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=43a85af4a6&e=5b07afa9ac>
9. 'Systematic Engagement: Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and the design
challenge of inclusion, sustainability and data ownership'/Track
Chairs:/Ronit Purian and Avi Cohen read here
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=b5a163b326&e=5b07afa9ac>
*read hereCONTRIBUTION SUBMISSIONS*
Submissions will be accepted in the following categories:
* Individual Research/Policy/Practitioner Proposals to Standard or
Special Tracks in the form of a) full research papers or b) extended
abstracts
* Session Proposals
*Individual Research/Policy/Practitioner Proposals to Standard or
Special Tracks*
*a) Full research paper:* For the benefit of those authors who wish to
submit their paper for consideration in the open-access /Data & Policy
/journal
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=dc45c4b983&e=5b07afa9ac> published
by Cambridge University Press, we are integrating the review process for
the conference into that of the journal; it is intended that the reviews
performed for the conference will be considered as part of the journal’s
peer review procedure, leading to faster decisions in the journal and
the potential of publication ahead of the conference. Authors interested
in taking advantage of this integrated process can submit a full paper
through the conference’s EasyChair system by the deadline of 25 March
2021. In order to submit a full paper, authors can use the LaTeX and
Word templates available via the /Data & Policy/Instructions for Authors
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=6ad9f21002&e=5b07afa9ac> .
Please convert your article to PDF to submit to the conference’s Easy
Chair System; if accepted into the Journal we will ask for the source files.
Please consider the following points, which are described in more detail
in the instructions that are linked to above:
* /Data & Policy/ has two main categories: Research Articles
(presenting novel findings; approx 8,000 words inclusive of
references) and Commentaries (an overview of existing knowledge
about an issue; approx 4,000 words). In your article, please include
a heading that indicates into which category your article falls;
* The journal also requires authors to provide a policy significance
statement, a competing interest statement, a funding statement and a
data availability statement in their article;
* The journal encourages authors to make replication data and
materials openly available and to link to these in the data
availability statement in their article;
* Authors should watermark or otherwise indicate in the full paper
that it is ‘under review’.
* The review process is likely to include multiple iterations that
extend beyond the timeline of the conference, and publication is
subject to reviewer comments being reflected in the final paper.
* Note that conference acceptance does not guarantee publication in
/Data & Policy/.
*b) Extended abstract:* The process is essentially unchanged from the
2020 conference. This should be 1,000 words maximum, including a title,
research/policy question, research methodology and data used, and key
findings. Authors who decide to just submit an extended abstract - in
order to present at the conference - will still have the option of
submitting to the Journal at a later date if they wish to do so, but
will not benefit from the integrated review procedure. Note also that
some Special Track Chairs are intending to guest-edit thematic
collections of articles in /Data & Policy/, so you may be separately
contacted by the Chair about the potential of submitting to the Journal.
*Session Proposals *
Session proposals should comprise a combination of 3-4 presentations
from researchers and/or practitioners, each of whom must provide an
abstract (1,000 words maximum). A description of the panel should also
be submitted (500 words maximum).
*Submission Process*
Extended abstract submissions should be made via EasyChair
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=a928bc90d7&e=5b07afa9ac>,
also accessed via the 2021 conference page
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=58bf8fbb8b&e=5b07afa9ac> on
the Data for Policy website. Authors are invited to enter their name(s),
title and abstract, and keywords. A number of ‘Submission Categories’
are then presented, from which authors can choose the most relevant. The
rest of the submission should be attached as a single pdf.
*Review and Assessment*
Full papers will be subject to the usual peer review process
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=3f6fe482ea&e=5b07afa9ac> for
/Data & Policy./
Extended abstract and session proposal submissions will be assessed
according to following criteria:
* Potential contribution to the debates in the field
* Potential for stimulating debate in the conference
* Freshness of the content, novelty and originality
* Formulation of the research/policy question
* Data and methodology
* Quality of writing and presentation
*Post-acceptance of submission for conference presentation (preliminary
information)*
Extended abstract submissions: authors will be invite to submit a
discussion paper to the Data for Policy community profile on the Zenodo
platform. Other materials that they wish to share can be included – such
as their presentation slides, or any related data sets. Any material
submitted to Zenodo is citable, so it can be referenced in any future
publications.
Full paper authors will also be encouraged to make their paper and other
relevant material available before the conference, using the Data for
Policy community on Zenodo
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=f924fce5b9&e=5b07afa9ac>.
Further details on how to submit will be provided nearer the
time. Authors may be required to prepare video presentations in advance
of the conference. Further details will be provided nearer the time, if
appropriate.
*General Conference Information*
All current information about the conference is available from the 2021
conference page
<https://dataforpolicy.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e48a758fb1eccb009ec5c754&id=5584fa02c9&e=5b07afa9ac>.
This information will be regularly updated as plans for the conference
progress.
Data for Policy 2021 is a fee-paying event and all conference
participants, including presenters, will be responsible for arranging
their own travel and accommodation. We have limited funding to support
student participation; those who wish to be considered for these grants
should send a CV and cover letter explaining their case to
team at dataforpolicy.org <mailto:team at dataforpolicy.org> .
Data for Policy is also committed to increasing diversity in its
presenter community. We understand that the cost of registration may be
a barrier to participation, and are therefore delighted to offer Data
for Policy diversity scholarships to suitable candidates from groups
which are currently underrepresented in our community, in particular
those from developing nations, who will extend our geographic
diversity. Scholarship awards are based on the level of financial need,
and the appropriateness of the opportunity afforded to the applicant. To
be eligible, applicants must have no other source of funding to meet the
cost of registration. Please send a CV and cover letter explaining their
case to team at dataforpolicy.org <mailto:team at dataforpolicy.org> . In both
cases, applications should be made after completion of abstract submission.
All enquiries about the conference should be sent to
team at dataforpolicy.org <mailto:team at dataforpolicy.org> . For questions
relating to publication in /Data & Policy/, please contact
dataandpolicy at cambridge.org <mailto:dataandpolicy at cambridge.org>
*Important Dates*
Deadline for Special Track proposals
10 December 2020
Call for Papers – announcement
14 January 2021
Extended abstract and full paper submission deadline
25 March 2021
Notification of acceptance with reviewer comments and invitation to
submit revised versions for those accepted
11 June 2021
Registration deadline for presenters
23 July 2021
Submission of revised paper for a second round of review for journal
(compulsory); upload of pre-conference material to Zenodo (optional);
submission of video (if relevant)
20 August 2021
Public registration deadline
20 August 2021
Conference
14-16 September 2021
Decision on publication of revised paper, and invitation to submit to
Data & Policy if accepted, or invitation to second revision
Post-conference
*Conference Partnership & Sponsorship*
Data for Policy conference series is an independent non-for-profit
initiative and fully funded by the income raised through conference
registrations and partner/sponsor contributions. Organisations
interested in our flexible partnership/sponsorship packages should get
in touch with our team team at dataforpolicy.org
<mailto:team at dataforpolicy.org>
*Call for Bids to Host Future Data for Policy Conferences*
We welcome bids from academic, government and private sector
stakeholders to host future Data for Policy conferences. Consortium bids
bringing together a host country’s academic and government stakeholders
are encouraged and demonstration of further industry support would also
be an advantage. Interested organisations should send a brief Statement
of Interest to team at dataforpolicy.org <mailto:team at dataforpolicy.org>,
outlining the partnership model proposed and the commitments offered.
Bids will be considered on a rolling basis.
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