Call for Papers
International Journal of E-Planning Research
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon
IJEPR 2022 CONFERENCE
6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on 'URBAN e-PLANNING'
7 - 12 April 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS
The IJEPR Annual Conferences are a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for the exploration, presentation, and discussion of innovative theoretical and empirical research on Urban e-Planning. The IJEPR Annual Conferences on Urban e-Planning Research seek both theoretical works and empirical research on ground-breaking approaches, innovative methods and new digital tools in the field of Urban e-Planning. The IJEPR conferences also welcome short presentations with a more practical orientation.
The 6th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, organized by the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research', in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, will be held in virtual / online format, on 7-12 April 2022.
Following the successful Conferences of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020/2021, the 6th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, as the previous five, aims to explore how the current digital revolution in the field of urban planning can serve the common good.
The growing number of digital innovations creates numerous opportunities and challenges for urban and regional planners around the world. We seek papers that address issues related to the current digital revolution and its impact on urban planning and on key urban development issues, such as those related to climate change, to the energy transition, artificial intelligence, cyber security, among others.
In this context, the 6th International Conference on 'Urban e-Planning' aims to explore: the governance and planning of smart cities; the role of urban e-planning in sustainable urban development and in the response to the challenges of climate change; new developments in citizen e-participation in planning; and the urban e-governance responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The evolution of the Pandemic led the organization to decide in early January 2022 to hold the 6th Conference fully virtual instead of the mixed format. The Conference has two blocks of online sessions: on 7-8 April and on 11-12 April.
We invite thus theoretical and empirical contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
TRACK 1 - GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING OF SMART CITIES - This track examines and discusses current trends, practices, challenges, and innovations in the governance and planning of Smart Cities, including in the context of crisis management.
TRACK 2 - URBAN E-PLANNING AND CLIMATE EMERGENCY - This track explores and discusses the role of urban e-planning in local / urban adaptation and mitigation policies, and the respective challenges and outcomes.
TRACK 3 - URBAN E-PLANNING AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - This track addresses and discusses the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on urban e-planning practices and the role assigned to urban e-planning in the post-pandemic recovery policies.
TRACK 4 - CITIZENS e-PARTICIPATION IN URBAN GOVERNANCE - This track examines and discusses the multiple forms of e-participation, including Citizen Science, and its role in urban e-planning.
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE & SELECTION CRITERIA
● Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper
● Participants are expected to attend the entire conference
● Submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee for content and appropriateness to this conference
● The working language of the conference will be English. We are open to consider panels in French.
● Translation services will not be provided. For more details, contact us.
REGISTRATION
● Participation in the 6th Conference (Virtual Sessions) is free of charge
● Participation requires presentation of a paper
● Registration (online): 1 - 10 March 2022
PANEL ORGANIZATION
● The conference is organized in panels according to tracks, themes and issues
● Each panel has 4 - 5 papers
● Oral presentation: 10-15 min (including discussion)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
● Please submit an abstract, of no more than 250 words, until 10 February 2022 (2nd Call), to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com
● Download 'Abstract Form' here >>
PUBLICATION
● It is expected that a selection of the conference papers will be published in Open Access in the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), which is since January 2021 a Gold Open Access journal.
● The selected papers will undergo the IJEPR standard double-blind peer-review process.
● More information on the Conference website ('Publication').
NETWORKING
● The 2022 Conference is an opportunity for networking and for informal contacts among members of the Urban E-Planning Research Network (UEP-NET).
IMPORTANT DATES
● Submission deadline for abstracts: 10 February 2022 (2nd Call)
● Notification of abstract acceptance: 28 February 2022 (2nd Call)
● Registration (online form): 1 - 10 March 2022
● PowerPoint presentation (PPT file): during the conference. It will be published / posted in the Conference website after the Conference
● Full paper for publication: date to be announced during the conference
CONFERENCE CONVENOR & ORGANIZATION
● Carlos Nunes Silva
Editor-in-chief of the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR)
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cs @ campus.ul.pt
Conference e-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com
CONFERENCE VENUE
● The Virtual Sessions on the Zoom platform, based on the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
FURTHER INFORMATION
● All inquiries, expressions of interests, and abstracts should be sent, by e-mail, to
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cs [at] campus.ul.pt
Conference e-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com
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