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Forwarded from the Cyberspace and Society list ... Apologies for cross-posting NEW TECHNOLOGIES & SOCIAL WELFARE December 17, 2001 University of Nottingham A one-day conference to examine the impact that new technologies are having upon social welfare As Information and Communication Technologies grow in importance what are the implications for citizenship, inequality and welfare services? This conference will explore these issues by bringing together some of the key influences on the debate. It will be of principal interest to those in Social Policy, Politics, Public Policy & Sociology. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Paul Frissen, Tilburg University, Netherlands “Reinventing the Social Domain” Author of Politics, Governance and Technology, Edward Elgar, 1999 David Lyon, Queens University, Canada “Virtual citizens? Speed, Distance, and Moral Selves” Author of Surveillance Society, Open U. P., 2001 Mark Poster, University of California at Irvine, USA “Citizenship, Digital Media and Globalization” Author of The Second Media Age, Blackwell, 1995 Flis Henwood, University of Brighton “Negotiating Gender and ICTs in Health Care” Co-editor of Technology and In/equality, Routledge, 2000 Roger Burrows, University of York, UK “Reflexive Modernization and the Emergence of Wired Self-Help” Co-author of 'Virtual Community Care? Social Policy and the Emergence of Computer Mediated Social Support' Information, Communication and Society (2000) Brian Loader, University of Teeside “ICTs and Social Welfare” Co-editor of Community Informatics, Routledge, 2001 Call for Papers There will also be opportunities available for those interested in presenting a paper. Abstracts (100-200 words) must be submitted by October 31 to the organiser. Registration This conference is being subsidised by the University of Nottingham and there is no conference fee. However, participants must register by November 28 at the latest. Registration forms are available from the organiser. Further details on the conference will be sent out from the beginning of October. Organised by Tony Fitzpatrick School of Sociology & Social Policy University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham, UK +44 (0) 115 951 5230 [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************