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New Technologies as a Factor of International Relations

Political Science Faculty
Lublin, Pologne
16 Mai, 2012 - 18 Mai, 2012
http://www.zsm.politologia.pl/
Organised by:
International Relations Department, Political Science Faculty, Maria-Curie Sklodowska Univerisity (MCSU), Lublin, Poland
Contact: newtechnologies@wp.pl

The primary goal of the conference is to provide a forum to analyze and discuss a multidimensional influence of technology development on contemporary international relations. The theme of conference is inspired by the evident impact of modern technologies on the international community and transnational affairs.

Technological progress significantly contributes to the process of transformation of current international relations, affecting their substance as well as their subjective and operational dimensions. It implies reconfiguration of power within the international system, changes of its structure and interaction among key international relations’ participants, providing a source of new character, extent, intensity and efficiency of transboundary activities. The impact of new technologies on world politics encompasses a wide range of social life levels and processes by which the international community operates, including diplomacy and governance, institutionalization, communication, economic exchange, cooperation and conflict.

The conference is expected to answer various questions and considerations concerning influence exerted by technology progress on international relations and global security. In particular we intend to focus on information and communication technologies, biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, military, energy, and environmental technologies among many.

The conference proceedings will be organized around panel discussions related to implications of technological changes in the structure, functioning and the substantive scope of international relations, with a particular focus upon issues such as:

International innovation and technology policy,
International law formulation and implementation – technology law, IPR regulations, patent law, technology transfer regulations etc.,
Global governance,
International security and its dimensions,
Global economy,
International policy of development,
Human rights,
Global civil society,
International relations participants – changes of position, ranks and activities,
Redistribution of power and the locus of leadership in the international community.

In virtue of the conference interdisciplinary character we strongly encourage all researchers to submit their paper proposals, but especially those representing political sciences, international relations, law, sociology, economics, philosophy and ethics, information technologies, biotechnologies, nanotechnologies etc.

AAPOR 67th Annual Conference: Evaluating New Frontiers in Public Opinion and Social Research

JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes
Orlando, États-Unis
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17 Mai, 2012 - 20 Mai, 2012
http://www.aapor.org/AAPOR_Annual_Conference.htm

The continued proliferation of new communication media and technologies presents increased opportunities as well as challenges for public opinion, marketing science and survey researchers. Our conference theme focuses on evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of new methodologies and modes of data collection and exploring the implications for our profession.

This includes new methods of measuring opinion and behavior such as the analysis of social media content (e.g., Facebook), blogs, microblogs (e.g., Twitter), and internet searches. We encourage paper submissions that explore the value of these emerging methodologies to public opinion, marketing science and other social researchers, including the reliability and validity of these approaches.

Also related to the conference theme is the use of newer technologies in research such as smart phones, tablets (e.g., iPad), texting, webcams (e.g., Skype), avatars (e.g., Second Life) and other advances in internet surveys. Submissions are encouraged that explore the integration of these newer modes of data collection with existing approaches and evaluate the implications for data quality.

In this rapidly changing communication environment, this year’s conference theme will provide a forum to discuss the implications of these myriad changes for the public opinion, marketing science and survey research professions.

The conference program will also accept research on other topics of interest to our profession including substantive studies of public opinion on social, economic, and political issues, cross-national and comparative research, political polling and electoral decision-making, the impact of the media on public opinion, and methodological research on cell phones, address-based sampling, nonresponse, noncoverage, sampling, weighting, questionnaire design, web surveys, mixed-mode data collection and other methodological issues.