The newly founded
Platform Governance Research Network aims to advance research on platform regulation and promote international cooperation in this field. The first annual conference of the network will take place from 24 to 26 March 2021.
The first two days of the conference will be focused on research, while the third day will focus on establishing and expanding the network.
With
Amélie Heldt and
Clara Iglesias Keller, the HBI is part of this network.
Call for Participation
Researchers are invited to submit their papers on platform regulation in the form of abstracts (250 to 500 words)
by 22 February 2021. Contributions from researchers or institutions outside Europe and North America are particularly welcome.
Click
here for the official call for papers.
Collaborating Institutions
Centre for Critical Internet Inquiry, University of California, Los Angeles
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo
Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy (MTD), McGill University, Montreal
Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS), FGV School of Law, Rio de Janeiro
Centro de Estudios sobre Medios y Sociedad en Argentina (MESO), Buenos Aires
Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Kampala
Data and Society Research Institute, New York
Humboldt Institute für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG), Berlin
IT For Change, Bangalore
Law and Technology Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg
Mnemonic
(Hamburg, 17 February 2021)
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