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SPECIAL ISSUE BLOCKCHAIN IN INFORMATION POLITY<\/a>\u2014Call for Papers<\/p>\n

\u201cBlockchain and the Public Sector: Expected Impacts, Benefits, Challenges, Policies, and Regulatory Issues\u201d<\/p>\n

GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:<\/p>\n

Prof. Hans Jochen Scholl is a full professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. He has published numerous academic articles and other contributions in the wider areas of Digital Government, Disaster Management, and Information Artifact Evaluation. He has served as track chair for the Digital Government track at HICSS; he also is a co-organizer of the EGOV-CeDEM-ePart conference and a Past Chair of the IFIP WG 8.5. He also served as president of the Digital Government Society. His recent publications have focused on topics of smart governance and regulations, and other related topics.<\/p>\n

Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodr\u00edguez Bol\u00edvar is a full professor at the University of Granada. He has published numerous academic articles and other contributions in the wider areas of Accounting and Digital Government. He serves as track chair and minitrack chair at several high-ranked academic conferences around the world. He also is the editor-in-chief for the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), which is one of the core journals in the domain of Digital Government. His recent publications have focused on smart cities, smart and networked governance, and other related topics.<\/p>\n

ABSTRACT
\nBlockchain has received significant attention in the area of financial technology (FinTech). As disruptive innovation of the Internet era it combines several computer technologies, including distributed data storage, point-to-point transmission, consensus mechanisms, and encryption algorithms (Zhang, 2016). Initially, blockchain technology has been used to record historical transactions of encrypted digital money such as Bitcoin (Nakamoto, 2008). However, due to its key characteristic of immutability, i.e., an append-only record system, blockchain technology has further developed beyond virtual currencies combining existing technologies for recording a range of different types of business transactions.
\nBlockchain is transforming industries by enabling innovative business practices in areas such as remittance, payment, banking, financing, trading, manufacturing, supply chain management, legal service, among others. Recently, public administrations have been introducing blockchain technologies to areas, in which actors must reliably record decentralized transactions, in particular, in environments where not all parties, whether humans or machines, can be fully trusted. Blockchain technology has been portrayed as a universal, evolving, open and transparent, robust infrastructure that cannot be easily corrupted (\u00d8lnes & Jansen, 2018).
\nGiven the trustworthiness and security, the use of blockchain can help increase citizens\u2019 trust in government information. It might enable the coordination of transactions and information exchanges within the emerging \u201cInternet of Things\u201d, or, it also might have uses in digital identification and voting systems (Pilkington, 2016). However, while many potential benefits in Digital Government have been identified, it is important that researchers begin discussing challenges, benefits, regulations, frameworks, taxonomies, and applications of blockchain technologies in the public domain.
\nThis Special Issue seeks high-quality contributions in theoretical, empirical, experimental, and application-oriented research on blockchain and Digital Government. For example, we invite submissions presenting cases and applications of blockchain addressing smart cities\u2019 challenges; and\/or presenting information frameworks or taxonomies for government transparency and accountability; and\/or describing the role of blockchain architectures and applications to comply with societal needs and public values; and\/or describing experiences in designing, implementing and using blockchain and smart contract applications to solve real world problems.<\/p>\n

Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
\n\u2022 Blockchain technologies as support infrastructure in Digital Government services.
\n\u2022 Blockchain in reorganizing and replacing public registries.
\n\u2022 Blockchain in public procurement.
\n\u2022 Applications of blockchain and smart contracts.
\n\u2022 Transaction process changes via blockchain.
\n\u2022 New taxonomies of blockchain technologies in Digital Government.
\n\u2022 New models for digital currencies that exploit blockchain and smart contracts.
\n\u2022 Socio-economic implications of blockchain technology.
\n\u2022 Accountability, information disclosure and integrity issues using blockchain technologies in the public sector.
\n\u2022 Changes in information governance models using blockchain technologies.
\n\u2022 Trust models and trust in public sector management.
\n\u2022 Regulation and law enforcement in blockchain technologies.
\n\u2022 Blockchain and network big data (for example, big data analytics).
\n\u2022 Blockchain and the Internet of Things.
\n\u2022 Encryption and other technologies in blockchain.
\n\u2022 Data consistency in blockchain.
\n\u2022 Information privacy versus \u201cright-to-know\u201d in blockchain.
\n\u2022 Blockchain in next generation mobile communication networks.
\n\u2022 Blockchain and smart cities.
\n\u2022 Technical and other vulnerabilities of blockchain architectures<\/p>\n

References
\nNakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. https:\/\/bitcoin.org\/bitcoin.pdf<\/a>. Accessed 22 August 2018.
\n\u00d8lnes, S., & Jansen, A. (2018, May). Blockchain technology as infrastructure in public sector: an analytical framework. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age (p. 77). ACM.
\nPilkington, M. (2016). Blockchain technology: principles and applications. In: Xavier Olleros F, Majlinda Z (eds) Research Handbook on Digital Transformations. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K.
\nZhang, E. (2016). Antshares Whitepaper1.0.. https:\/\/github.com\/AntShares\/AntShares\/wiki\/Whitepaper-1.0<\/a>. Accessed 2 Feb 2018.<\/p>\n

TIMELINE<\/p>\n

January 15, 2019 Deadline for paper abstracts submission<\/p>\n

February 15, 2019 Feedback on submitted abstracts from editors<\/p>\n

March 31, 2019 Deadline for full article submission<\/p>\n

May 15, 2019 Acceptance\/rejection decisions communicated to authors<\/p>\n

June 15, 2019 Revised manuscripts of accepted submissions due<\/p>\n

June 30, 2019 Finalized manuscripts and editorial handed over to editor-in-chief and publisher<\/p>\n

Planned publication date: Information Polity<\/a> Fall 2019 (issue 4)<\/p>\n

FURTHER INFORMATION<\/p>\n

For further information about the special issue please contact the guest editors:
\nHans J Scholl \u2013 jscholl@uw.edu<\/a> and
\nManuel Pedro Rodr\u00edguez Bol\u00edvar \u2014 manuelp@ugr.es<\/a><\/p>\n

INFORMATION POLITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN THE INFORMATION AGE<\/p>\n

Information Polity is a tangible expression of the increasing awareness that Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) have become of deep significance for all polities as new technology-enabled forms of government, governing and democratic practice are sought or experienced throughout the world. This journal positions itself in these contexts, seeking to be at the forefront of thought leadership and debate about emerging issues, impact, and implications of government and democracy in the information age.<\/p>\n

The journal is dedicated to publishing work from two main sources: academic and practitioner. The journal publishes work from academics that is both of top quality and, equally, of high strategic relevance to practitioners. Secondly, the journal is intent on publishing work undertaken by practitioners \u2013 professional, administrative and political \u2013 who are actively engaged in the broad arenas of government and democracy, whether at local, regional, national or supra-national levels.<\/p>\n

The journal promotes interdisciplinary work drawing from the wider social sciences (e.g. public policy, public management, public administration, political science, information systems, information science, media studies, philosophy, sociology, law, economics) and welcomes articles with an empirical, theoretical or conceptual contribution from scholars and practitioners throughout the world. The journal is both international and comparative in its perspectives and publishes articles on political, public policy, institutional, social, economic, legal, managerial, organizational, ethical, and wider social scientific themes and issues as they relate to the application of ICTs in government, governing and democratic practice.<\/p>\n

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF:
\nAlbert Meijer, Ph.D., Professor of Public Innovation, Utrecht University
\nWilliam Webster, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy and Management, University of Stirling<\/p>\n

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
\nPaper abstracts should be submitted electronically as \u2018Word\u2019 files directly to the Guest Editors by 15 January 2019.
\nIf accepted, authors are expected to submit their final manuscripts as \u2018Word\u2019 files by March 31, 2019 also directly to the guest editors.
\nAn author\u2019s guide for formatting and referencing for IOS Press publications can be found at: https:\/\/www.iospress.nl\/journal\/information-polity\/<\/a>
\nAll contributions will be peer-reviewed and edited according to the journal\u2019s published procedures.<\/p>\n

GUEST EDITORS\u2019 CONTACT INFORMATION<\/p>\n

Dr. Hans Jochen Scholl, MBA
\nFull Professor
\nUniversity of Washington
\nThe Information School
\nMary Gates Hall, Suite 370D
\nMS 352840
\nSeattle, WA 98195-2840, USA
\nSkype: jochenscholl
\nPhone: +1(206) 616-2543
\nFax: +1(206) 616-3152
\nEmail: jscholl@uw.edu<\/a>
\nWebsite: http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/jscholl\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Manuel Pedro Rodr\u00edguez Bol\u00edvar
\nFull Professor of Accounting
\nDirector of Economic Affairs
\nUniversity of Granada
\nDepartment of Accounting and Finance
\nFaculty of Business Studies,
\nC\/ Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s\/n
\n18071 Granada (Spain)
\nPhone: +34-958242881
\nFax: +34-958246249
\nEmail: manuelp@ugr.es<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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