CALL
FOR CHAPTERS
Submission Deadline: 1st July 2020
Scientific
Foundations of Digital Governance and Transformation
Concepts, Approaches and Challenges
A book to be published by Springer
Publications, edited by:
Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean,
Greece,
yannisx (at) aegean.gr
Leif Skiftenes Flak, University of Agder,
Norway,
leif.flak (at) uia.no
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University
Krems, Austria
Gabriela.viale-pereira (at) donau-uni.ac.at
Editorial Advisory Board Members
Elsa Estevez, Universidad Nacional del Sur,
Argentina
Marijn Janssen, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Atreyi Kankanhalli,
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Robert Krimmer, Tallinn University of
Technology, Estonia
Rony Medaglia, Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark
Gianluca Misuraca, European Commission, Spain
Francesco Molinari, University of Rijeka,
Croatia
Theresa Pardo, State University New York, US
Demetrios Sarantis, United Nations University,
Portugal
Maria Wimmer, Koblenz University, Germany
Introduction
Digital Governance refers to the phenomenon
where administrations, enterprises and citizens utilize information and
communication technologies (ICT) to a great extent, aiming at advanced levels
of service provision quality, openness and transparency, collaboration and
evidence-based decision making for enhancing the quality of living and
promoting sustainable development.
During the last decades, Digital Governance has
been recognized as a well-established application domain studying the problems
related to the needs of public sector operation and proposing novel methods and
frameworks for enhancing service quality through the use of ICT. Substantial
progress has been made through EU and national funded research in a number of
areas, yet the lack of scientific foundations in the Digital Governance domain
seems to hinder unlocking its real transformative value and full potential to
all stakeholders, from researchers to industry and SMEs. Providing such a
scientific background would document the existing knowledge and open the
pathway for systematic and reproducible solutions to identified problems,
without the danger of repeating research or missing opportunities for
application.
Objective of the Book
This title aims at providing the latest
research advancements and findings for the scientific systematization of the
Digital Governance and Transformation knowledge, such as core concepts,
foundational principles, theories, methodologies, architectures, assessment
frameworks, educational programs and future directions. It will bring forward
the ingredients of this new domain, proposing its needed formal and systematic
tools, exploring its relation with neighboring scientific domains and finally
prescribing the next steps for eventually achieving the thrilling goal of
laying the foundations of a new science.
The audience of the book includes:
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Researchers and
Practitioners in the Digital Governance Domain, Digital Transformation,
Information Systems and in the broader ICT domain
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University
Students and Professors from different disciplines
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ICT industry
experts, engaged in public sector information systems, software design and
deployment projects
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Policy makers
and decision drivers at local, national or international level
The title will contribute to the analysis of the scientific
perspectives of Digital Governance and Transformation, thus becoming an
indispensable support tool for scientists and practitioners, either from the
administrative or the technical side.
Recommended
topics
The topics of the present call include, but are
not limited to, the following:
Area A. Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance
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Basic
research questions, key concepts, generic laws and foundational principles of
Digital Governance
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Ontologies,
taxonomies, lexicons and other semantic elements for Digital Governance
● Combined taxonomies and ontologies of Digital
Governance structure and neighbouring scientific domains
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Definition
of related scientific foundations and epistemological issues in science
● Methodologies for Digital Governance
neighbourhood recognition and identification of reusable elements
● Neighbouring scientific domains analysis
Area B. Digital Governance Problem and Solution
Space
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Formal
methods to describe Digital Governance problems and solutions
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Digital
Governance knowledge bases definition and design
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Impact
assessment frameworks, simulation methods and tools for Digital Governance
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Models
and tools for cutting across problem-solution paths in Digital Transformation
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Populations
of formal descriptions, generalization of Digital Transformation approaches
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Metrics
and algorithmic models for Digital Governance
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Other
scientific methods for Digital Governance and Transformation in the Public
Sector
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Scientific
methods for Digital Governance found in other research domains
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Shared
formal and other descriptive methods identification
Area C. Perspectives and Future Research Directions for Digital
Governance
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Forward
- looking roadmaps for research in the area of Digital Governance and
Transformation
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Action
plans for sustainability and evolution of scientific disciplines in general,
and Digital Governance in particular, towards their scientific recognition
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Open
research challenges and hypotheses for Digital Governance
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Visionary
Scenarios for public sector organizations and digital public services
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Proposals
on the value proposition, assessment and marketing of the scientific offerings
for Digital Governance
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Guidelines
and recommendations to key stakeholders
Submission Procedure
Chapters must be between 8,000 and 10,000 words
and should be submitted on or before 1st
July 2020, accompanied by:
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The
area of submission (A, B or C, as above)
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Brief
Author(s) CV(s) - up to 150 words per author
Chapter formatting guidelines for edited books
can be found at:
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis.
Important Dates
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1st
July 2020 Full Chapter Submission Deadline
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15th
September 2020 Author Notification on Review
Results
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1st
November 2020 Camera–Ready Chapters Submission Deadline
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Spring
2021 Planned Book
Publication
Inquiries may be addressed to all co-editors.
Submissions should be forwarded electronically
(Word/PDF document) to:
Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems
Email: gabriela.viale-pereira (at)
donau-uni.ac.at
cc : Zoi Lachana, University of the Aegean / zoi (at) aegean.gr
