New call for abstracts: Conference ESPAnet 2022 of the European Network for Social Policy Analysis

22. February 2022 Citizen ScienceResearcher
Wiener Riesenrad
The conference ESPAnet 2022 will take place from 14-16 September in Vienna. The deadline for the call for abstracts is 4 April 2022.

The ESPAnet 2022 conference will take place from 14-16 September 2022 under the theme "Social Policy Change between Path Dependency and Innovation".

Citizen Science at the ESPAnet2022: Track 7

(Online) presentations and posters can be submitted to the Stream/Track 7 "Citizen Social Science and Social Innovation: New Practices for the Local Evidence-Based Social Policies".

Topics for submissions

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Citizen social science and social innovations in addressing public and social issues, problems and challenges.
  • Innovations and engagement of citizens in the mixed economy of welfare, including co-production of social services delivered by public, private, non-governmental organizations, and non-formal entities.
  • The potential of citizen social science in the improvement of local welfare programs.
  • Research methods related to citizen social science and social innovation (e.g., collective intelligence, participatory and grassroots activities, hardware and software development).
  • Digital social innovation and citizen social science, usage of big data analytics, ICT, and smart solutions.
  • Design, evaluation, communication, and dissemination of results of the citizen social science and social innovation initiatives.
  • Strategies for transferability and scaling of social innovations and citizen social science projects.
  • Good practices of collaboration between scholars and citizens in cities and communities.
  • Case studies and good practices summarizing lessons learned from a collaboration between scholars and citizens, including co-creation and co-production processes.

Deadlines

Die Deadline for Abstracts is on 4 April 2022. On 13 May 2022 it will be announced which submission were accepted. Papers have to be submitted until 15 August 2022.


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