ICT4ER 2013 - Workshop “Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda” 2013

Workshop “Information and Communications Technology for Environmental Regulation: Developing a Research Agenda” 2013
Workshop, National University of Ireland Galway, Thursday 20 June - Friday 21 June 2013
Keynote Speaker: Professor Bradley C. Karkkainen, University of Minnesota School of Law
As society considers how to alter individual, social and economic choices in order to better deal with the challenges of climate change, loss of biodiversity and environmental pollution, the continuing refinement of more effective means of environmental regulation requires urgent attention. Information and communications technology (ICT) can play an important role in this process. While there is some research on how ICT can be used for environmental regulation, we have not yet developed a full understanding of the issues.
The aim of this workshop is to build a network of researchers dealing with these issues in order to prepare joint projects, funding applications and work towards an international conference dealing with this topic.
Topics include: (but are not limited to):
Data for environmental regulation
Disclosure as a regulatory tool
E-government studies of environmental regulation
Geographical Information Systems and environmental regulation
Freedom of information law and policy
ICT and reflexive law
ICT and transparency
ICT as a tool for behaviour change
Information as a tool of regulation or governance
Remote sensing
Satellite monitoring
The automation or digitisation of regulation
The impact of ICT on regulatory processes
The role of models in the policy and legal process
The role of non-governmental organisations
The role of science in the policy and legal process
Papers are invited from scholars and practitioners across all disciplines for a workshop on the application of information and communications technology for environmental regulation. Abstracts (maximum 500 words) to be submitted by Friday 15 March 2013. For more information, please see http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Con...
Enquiries to: ronan.m.kennedy-AT-nuigalway.ie or to Rónán Kennedy at +353-91-495626.