Nachwuchsforschergruppe "Wissenschaft und Internet"

Düsseldorf, August 1-3, 2012

Registration is now open!

You may register by paying the 50 € Registration Fee by Paypal (prefered, see below) or if unable to do so by sending an email to Michael Beurskens and paying in cash (in Euro only) on site.

The interdisciplinary conference “Science and the Internet”, to be held August 1-3, 2012 in Düsseldorf, brings together researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines (e.g. information science, computer science, sociology, communication and media studies, linguistics, educations studies, legal studies, etc.) discussing a broad range of topics pertaining to internet use in science.

Keynote Speakers:

Axel Bruns & Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia): "Notes towards the Scientific Study of Public Communication on Twitter" (Download Abstract)
 

Isa Jahnke (Umeå University, Sweden): "Informal Learning via Social Media: Does it Affect Formal Teaching and new Concepts of Science?" (Download Abstract)

Ralph Schroeder (Oxford Internet Institute, Great Britain): "Digital Transformations of Research" (Download Abstract)

Programme

Browse the #cosci12 conference programme here or download it as a PDF file.

General Information

Online media have brought about numerous changes in scholarly practices, including, but not limited to gathering data, finding relevant literature, making research and results accessible, organising collaboration, communicating with colleagues and students as well as creating fruitful learning environments.working on the following or related issues:

• How is the research process transformed through the use of digital infrastructures?

• How can the challenges of the public availability of (large scale) scientific data be met?

• How do scholars make use of social networking platforms, (micro-)blogs, wikis, or websites?

• How does the Internet affect scholarly publishing (e.g. Open Access, unpublished manuscripts, blogs)?

• How has the Internet changed the practice and relevance of citations and of receiving reputation?

• How do teaching styles or beliefs and use of the Internet mutually influence each other?

• Do Web 2.0 platforms offer opportunities to advance public understanding of science?

• What is the role of ethics, policies, and legal regulation in academic use of the Internet?

• What theoretical and practical implications do the aforementioned considerations have for science and the Internet?

Important Dates

• Reviewing is done, authors have been notified on March 15, 2012.

• The programme for #cosci12 is now available!

Registration is now open!

You may register by paying the 50 € Registration Fee by Paypal (prefered, see above) or if unable to do so by sending an email to Michael Beurskens and paying in cash (in Euro only) on site.

Venue, Travel and Accomodations

Venue

The conference will take place at Castle Mickeln (view it on Google Maps).

Contact:
Schloss Mickeln
Alt-Himmelgeist 25
40589 Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist

Phone: +49 (0)211 60187020
Fax: +49 (0)211 60187022
Email: schloss.mickeln@uni-duesseldorf.de

Getting there

• The Web page will tell you how to get Castle Mickeln from your hotel or any other origin in Düsseldorf. You can enter either "Düsseldorf Schloss Mickeln" or "Düsseldorf Alt Himmelgeist" as a destination for your journey. Alt Himmelgeist is a bus stop, called at by the bus line Nr. 835, that is closest to Castle Mickeln. Please alight at this stop. If your journey to Castle Mickeln starts at Düsseldorf Central Station (Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof in German), please take the U-Bahn, Line U-74 (Direction D-Benrath Btf) and alight at D-Holthausen. Then change to the bus line Nr. 835 (Direction D-Comeniusplatz) and alight at Alt Himmelgeist.         

Hotels

Schloss Mickeln also offers accomodations. Please contact the staff for details (Phone: +49 (0)211 60187020, Fax: +49 (0)211 60187022, Email: schloss.mickeln@uni-duesseldorf.de).

Hotels in Düsseldorf:

• Residenz Hotel Eurostar Located near a bus stop of the 385 bus - which will take you to the conference venue. (Merowingerstraße 84, 40225 Düsseldorf, Phone: +49 211 93098-0, Fax:  +49 211 93098-198, Email: kontakt@residenz-eurostar.de).
• Hotel Düsseldorf City: Located close to the university and near a bus stop of the 385 bus - which will take you to the conference venue (see where it is on Google Maps).
• A list of more hotels close to the conference venue can be browsed here.

Budget hotels in Düsseldorf:

• A&O Hostel (Corneliusstraße 9, 40215 Düsseldorf, Phone: +49 211 33994 4800, Fax: +49 211 33994 4890)
• B&B Hotel Düsseldorf Hbf (Kettwiger Straße 6, 40233 Düsseldorf, Phone: +49 211 77057-0).

• Düsseldorf City Hostel (Düsseldorfer Str. 1, 40545 Düsseldorf, Phone: + 49 211 557310, Fax: +49 211 572513, Email: duesseldorf@jugendherberge.de).

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