Call for papers
We are pleased to release a Call for Papers for the first Identity in the Information Society workshop, to be held on May 28-30, 2008 in Arona, Lago Maggiore, Italy.
Identity is now a key issue for citizens, business and state. The workshop will explore the developing relationships between identity, security and privacy in an information-intensive society that in the name of better marketing or more efficient delivery of goods and services relentlessly tracks physical persons, their financial transactions, and their health.
The questions that are raised in this area are many and pressing. Should there be an absolute single identity for all social purposes or can people legitimately deploy different identities in their everyday lives? Can identity management be reconciled with notions of privacy that prevailed in a pre-digital age, or does privacy need re-defining for the current era? How far should state bureaucracies have unfettered access to personal information in order to maximise returns from eGovernment systems that interoperate across departmental boundaries? What technologies are emerging that could revolutionise the interface of conflict between efficiency of information systems management and the maintenance of security and privacy levels?
These phenomena deserve in-depth study, and this workshop provides a forum for advancement in research approaches and learning.
We invite research papers ranging across different disciplinary areas, reflecting the broad nature of the topic with its interwoven concerns of law, technology, and information systems alongside other social, political and management issues.
Some themes that are of particular interest include:
- Evaluating new technologies in identity management for their impact on privacy and security
- The changing concept of privacy in the digital era
- Information risk and security issues arising with interoperability of identity management systems
- Case studies of identity management in particular sectors, such as ehealth, egovernment
- Legal and regulatory issues of identity: cross-national comparisons and reviews
- Profiling: the trade-offs for business, citizens and the state
Accepted papers will be considered for publication in Identity in the Information Society Journal (IDIS).
Following the workshop, revised versions of the papers presented will go under peer review process to determine their suitability to be published in IDIS.
Important Dates:
Submission of extended abstracts (600-800 words): 31 March 2008
Notification of acceptance - Invitation to submit full papers to workshop: 4 April 2008
Submission of full papers to workshop: 21 May 2008
Identity in the Information Society Workshop: 28-30 May 2008
Submission of revised papers to IDIS: 30 June 2008
Feedback from peer review to authors: 29 September 2008
Submission of revised papers: 28 November 2008
Publication in IDIS Journal (from January 2009)
Articles accepted in 2008 will be open access; successful authors whose articles are published will retain their copyright without fees payable.
Extended abstracts should be sent in MS Word format to: J.P.Backhouse at lse.ac.uk with ‘IDIS workshop 2008’ as the subject of the e-mail.
