[EGOV LIST] CFP for a new dg.o2026. Track 8. Accountable and Inclusive Digital Ecosystems for Public Value Creation

[Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar via eGov-list]

dg.o 2026: 27th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation
 
 Track 8. Accountable and Inclusive Digital Ecosystems for Public Value Creation

University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.A.
June 2-5, 2026

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Abstract:
Sustainable, and inclusive digital ecosystems, powered by emerging technologies such as AI and data spaces, are reshaping governance, driving innovation, and enable service co-creation. Balancing technical, institutional, and societal dimensions, our track welcomes research exploring ethical governance, inclusivity, resilience, and adaptability of these ecosystems to ensure public value creation.
 
TRACK 8. Accountable and inclusive digital ecosystems for public value creation
Track Chairs: 
Anastasija Nikiforova (University of Tartu, Estonia), 
Anthony Simonofski (Université de Namur ASBL, Belgium), 
Anneke Zuiderwijk (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) 
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar (University of Granada, Spain)

Accountable, sustainable and inclusive digital and data ecosystems are transforming data-driven public action, catalyzing innovation, and enabling collaborative “smartification” across cities, regions, and communities. Within these ecosystems, emerging technologies, particularly AI (including generative AI) and interoperable data spaces, are key enablers: AI can extract insight, co-produce services with citizens, and augment or fully automate decisions under robust governance; data spaces enable sovereign, trustworthy and interoperable data sharing across public, private, and civic actors. New research is needed to support managers and policymakers in (1) responsibly implementing emerging technologies and digital innovations, (2) improving public value creation through accountability, transparency, participation, and cooperation, and (3) meeting stakeholders’ expectations, regulatory requirements, and ethical standards while fostering sustainable and inclusive ecosystems.

Contributions may include:

●      conceptual and theoretical frameworks for digital and data ecosystem design and governance (including but not limited to data spaces, AI ecosystems, data marketplaces, etc.);
●      infrastructures supporting sustainable digital and data ecosystems, including reference architectures, interoperability standards, identity and trust frameworks;
●      the role of emerging technologies (incl. but not limited to AI, Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, data-space orchestration, cloud/edge/IoT integration, green computing, Metaverse, etc.);
●      data governance, data quality, ethics, security, privacy, algorithmic accountability, lifecycle/MLOps and FAIR/open principles;
●      institutional and organizational mechanisms supporting sustainable ecosystem management and collaborative governance (capabilities, policies, procurement, regulation-by-design, cross-sector governance);
●      stakeholder-centric approaches to engagement, empowerment, co-creation, trust, value sharing, data sovereignty;
●      human-computer interaction in ecosystems between users and platforms for explainability, transparency, and accessibility;
●      open and public dimensions of digital and data ecosystems (e.g., open data practices, public sector use cases, civic participation);
●      assessment of social, economic, and environmental dimensions of ecosystem sustainability;
●      other public value dimensions of digital and data ecosystems (accountability, sustainability, social and digital inclusion, openness, transparency, environmental footprints, economic resilience, responsible/green AI);
●      case studies of digital and data ecosystems, incl. but not limited to local government–level ecosystems (e.g., smart cities data ecosystems and data-space implementations), and impacts on individuals, organizations, and society;
●      the impact of digital and data ecosystems on individuals, organizations, and society, including public value creation, and measurable outcomes.

 
IMPORTANT DATES 
January 31, 2026: Papers, workshops, tutorials, and panels are due 
February 10, 2026: Application deadline for doctoral colloquium
March 15, 2026: Doctoral colloquium author notification
March 25, 2026: Early registration opens
March 31, 2026: Author notifications (papers, workshops, tutorials, panels)
April 7, 2026: Posters and demo proposals due
April 10, 2026: Poster/demo author notifications
April 10, 2026: Paper/proposal Author registrations are due
April 14, 2026: Paper revision due (camera ready for the proceeding)
April 17, 2026: Poster registrations are due 
April 20, 2026: Early registration closes
April 21, 2026: Regular registration begins
May (Date Forthcoming), 2026: Proceeding copyrights approval and publishing system due
June 1-4, 2026: dg.o 2026 conference
 
 
SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS
Submissions need to follow the guidelines established for the dg.o conference.
 

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Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Full Professor of Accounting
University of Granada

Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business Studies, C/ Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s/n   | 18071, Granada (Spain)
Phone No. +34958242881   fax +34958246249

 | email: manuelp at ugr.es
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