[liberationtech] Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights

[Masashi Nishihata]

Dear LibTech,

The University of Toronto is convening a week-long workshop taking place
July 22-26, 2013 focused on monitoring Internet openness and rights from
a multidisciplinary perspective.

We would like to invite leading researchers, students, and practitioners
from a wide range of disciplines to discuss research on the study of
information controls, present latest work, facilitate research review
and mentorship, discuss research ethics, and engage in intensive
research methods training.

We encourage submissions on a wide range of relevant topics. Submission
that explore multidisciplinary approaches are especially encouraged.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Measuring Internet
censorship, detecting surveillance, new tools and research methods,
research ethics, legal and regulatory frameworks, role of private sector
actors in censorship and surveillance, analysis of the social, economic
and political impacts of censorship and surveillance.

Interested participants should send a one page abstract summarizing what
they plan to present at the workshop as well as any relevant experience
or topics of specific interest. The abstract should also indicate the
preferred presentation format for the work (poster, short talk, or
tutorial) and indicate if the person will require travel support to
attend the institute. A limited pool of travel support is available and
will be allocated based on strength of the abstract and demonstrated need.

Please submit abstracts to info at citizenlab.org with the subject
"Summer Institute 2013" by June 1, 2013.

For full details see the workshop website here:
http://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/index.html

All best,

-- 
Masashi Nishihata
Research Manager, Citizen Lab
Munk School of Global Affairs
University of Toronto

Phone: (416) 946-8903
pgp key: https://citizenlab.org/masashi-key.txt