[EGOV LIST] FW: CfP EGOV ICT&SDGs track

[Susha, I. (Iryna)]

Dear fellow Digital Government scholars,

You are kindly invited to submit your paper to the track "ICT and Sustainable Development Goals" of the EGOV2023 conference<https://dgsociety.org/egov-2023/> held at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, on September 5-7.  The submission deadline is March 31 (hard deadline). The track description is below. We hope for insightful discussions and inspiring exchange with you on this topic again this year!

Kind regards,
Iryna Susha (Utrecht University)
Jolien Ubacht (Delft University of Technology)
Gianluca Misuraca (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

ICT and Sustainable Development Goals Track
In 2015 the United Nations presented 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the heart of these goals are themes of poverty, inequality, health, discrimination, inclusion, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. The Agenda for Sustainable Development calls upon governments, NGOs, private parties and citizens to take action that contribute to the realization of these very ambitious and far reaching universal targets by 2030.
Digital technologies are seen as essential in achieving the SDG targets. can support the implementation of policies and processes that contribute to reaching these sustainable development goals in various ways. Information exchange between governmental organizations (G2G), between business and government (B2G) as well as between governments and citizens (G2C) can support the formulation and monitoring of policies to reach SDGs. Artificial Intelligence, open data and data analytics play an important role in the formulation of policies and the evaluation in terms of reaching the SDG targets. ICT-based applications such as digital identities, cryptocurrencies, open data or e-consultations and voting can give citizens the means to actively play a role in reaching for SDGs that address financial inclusion, inequality, poverty eradication, food security and health. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in many sectors, yet the effects on for instance the world of work or education are not yet fully comprehended.
However, digital technologies also raise discussions on their use that can be at odds with SDGs. For instance the energy consumption of cryptocurrencies versus energy reduction goals or having no access to digital information versus solving inequality and poverty or the use of privacy-intruding digital technologies versus health improvement and well-being. Many are concerned about the effects of digital technologies, such as platformization and automation, on the labour market and the ensuing inequalities and job polarization.
In this track we invite authors to submit original research that explicitly addresses the contribution of digital technologies for SDGs. We especially encourage critical perspectives on the positive effects, as well the negative externalities, of digital technologies in terms of SDGs. We provide for a non-exclusive list of themes and topics, such as:


  *   An overview of the contribution of digital technologies for realizing a particular SDG;
  *   Green information systems (re)design to combat CO2 emissions from ICT usage;
  *   Case studies that illustrate how digitization supports the implementation of public policies that address a SDG. For example how digital data sharing can assist in monitoring the effects of public policies;
  *   Critical review of the way(s) in which digital technologies are at odds with SDGs, e.g. privacy and security risks;
  *   Information policies for dealing with climate change, pollution, in areas like healthcare and caregiving, food and agriculture, disaster prevention, and green economies;
  *   Information-sharing between public and private stakeholders to monitor and support extended producer responsibility or policies aimed at circular business models;
  *   Cases of ICT-enabled public consultations for formulating sustainable policies;
  *   The use of open data for resilience and disaster management;
  *   E-monitoring of circular goods and materials for compliance with national policies for a circular economy;
  *   Teaching cases in the field of ICT for sustainability.
  *   Ethical questions and dilemmas posed by digital technologies in light of SDGs
  *   Technology tools to stimulate change in consumption patterns (lower energy use, eat local, waste management etc.)Public-private and cross-sector partnerships to leverage the power of data for SDGs

We welcome a diversity in research designs, approaches and methodologies.


­­Dr. Iryna Susha | Assistant Professor | Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development | Faculty of Geosciences | Utrecht University | Vening Meineszbuilding A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht | room 7.36 | P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht | i.susha at uu.nl<mailto:i.susha at uu.nl> | www.uu.nl/staff/ISusha<http://www.uu.nl/staff/ISusha> | On parental leave on Wednesdays