The newly founded Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin is teaming up with Wikimedia Germany and the Freie Universität Berlin to organize a conference on Wikipedia and and other relevant developments in free knowledge:
Wikipedia Academy 2012 – Research and Free Knowledge
Berlin
June 29 – July 1, 2012
Deadline CfP: March 31 (http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process
http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
The conference aims especially at researchers with a backgrounds in social sciences and humanities. The focus is on the following topics:
Wikipedia Global
- Relations and Differences between different Wikipedia language versions
- Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies
- Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons
Sharing Cultures and Practices
- Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based peer production
- Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production
- Wiki theory and wiki practices
Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia
- Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia
- Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open collaborative settings
- Using information visualization as information instrument to users and contributors
Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge
- Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access to free knowledge
- Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination in Wikipedia
- The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other collaborative forms of knowledge production
Wikipedia Analytics
- Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool
- Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of “Big Data”
- Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles
More info:
http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
http://wir.okfn.org/2012/01/20/call-for-papers-wikipedia-academy-2012-research-and-free-knowledge/