Call for Papers

International Journal of E-Planning Research

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon

IJEPR 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

5^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on 'URBAN e-PLANNING'

7 - 10 September 2021

CALL FOR PAPERS

The IJEPR Annual Conferences are a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for the exploration, presentation, and discussion of innovative theoretical and empirical research on Urban e-Planning. The IJEPR Annual Conferences on Urban e-Planning Research seek both theoretical works and empirical research on ground-breaking approaches, innovative methods and new digital tools in the field of Urban e-Planning. The IJEPR conferences also welcome short presentations with a more practical orientation.

The 5^th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, organized by the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research', in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, due to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6-7 April 2020, had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will take place in virtual / online format, on 7 - 10 September 2021. Following the successful Conferences of 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, the 5^th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, as the previous four, aims to explore how the current digital revolution in the field of urban planning can serve the common good.

The growing number of digital innovations and its impacts in urban development, in the city form, in urban public services, and in urban planning creates numerous opportunities and challenges for urban and regional planners around the world. We seek papers that address issues related to the current digital revolution (digitization of urban planning procedures and operations; datafication of urban activities and services, among other changes) and its impact on urban planning and on key urban development issues, such as those related to climate change, to the energy transition, artificial intelligence, among others.

In this context, the 5^th International Conference on 'Urban e-Planning' aims to explore the governance and planning of smart cities, as well as the new developments in the field of citizen e-participation in local and urban governance, and in urban e-planning more specifically. 52 years after the publication of Sherry Arnstein landmark text 'A Ladder of Citizen Participation', in 1969, the Conference aims to discuss the progress made and to explore recent innovations and the challenges confronting the new forms of citizen e-participation and empowerment in the field of local and urban governance. The Conference will also examine and discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on 'Urban Governance', in particular on 'Urban e-Planning'. It will discuss the actions taken towards the Covid-19 pandemic, and its outcomes and impacts, as well as lessons for the future. The Conference aims to advance knowledge of the new modes of Urban Governance, in particular those that emerged / will emerge as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences.

We invite theoretical and empirical contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

● Track 1: Governance and Planning of Smart Cities

● Track 2: Citizens e-Participation in Urban Planning / Urban Governance

● Track 3: Covid-19 Pandemic: City and Urban e-Planning

PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE & SELECTION CRITERIA

● Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper

● Participants are expected to attend the entire conference

● Submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee for content and appropriateness to this conference

● Abstracts already accepted in 2020 continue valid for the 2021 conference.

● The working language of the conference will be English. We are open to consider panels in French.

● Translation services will not be provided. For more details, contact us.

REGISTRATION - FREE OF CHARGE

● Conference fee: participation in the 2021 Virtual Conference on 'Urban e-Planning' is free of charge

● Participation requires presentation of a paper

● Registration (online): 1 - 15 July 2021

PANEL ORGANIZATION

● The conference is organized in panels according to tracks, themes and issues

● Each panel has 4 - 5 papers

● Oral presentation: 15-20 min (including discussion)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION - New date: 10 July 2021

● Please submit an abstract, of no more than 250 words, until 20 June 2021, to:

Carlos Nunes Silva

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

University of Lisbon, Portugal

E-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com

● Download 'Abstract Form' here >>

PUBLICATION

● It is expected that a selection of the conference papers will be published in Open Access (CC BY 4.0), free of charge for the author, in the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR). See more here >>

● The IJEPR is Indexed in: Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, Compendex (Elsevier Engineering Index), INSPEC and 14 more indices.

● The IJEPR is ranked in Scimago's Q2 'Urban Studies' (2nd Quartile) and in the 69th percentile of Scopus's CiteScore, in 2019. The IJEPR is included in Class A Scientific journals by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (2018-2020), and in the Excellence in Research for Australia, from the Australian Research Council (ERA 2018 Journal List - ERA Journal Id 210655).

● The IJEPR is a member of the COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics.

● IJEPR is archived in the CLOCKSS - LOCKSS initiative.

● Full paper to be submitted after the conference should have approx. 8,000 words.

● The selected papers will undergo the IJEPR standard double-blind peer-review process.

● It is also expected that a selection of other papers will be published in book format, free of charge for the author.

● More information on the publication plan will be given during the conference.

NETWORKING

● The 2021 Conference is an opportunity for networking and for informal contacts among members of the Urban E-Planning Research Network (UEP-NET).

IMPORTANT DATES

● Submission deadline for abstracts: 20 June 2021 - New date: 10 July 2021

● Notification of abstract acceptance: 30 June 2021

● Registration: 1 - 15 July

● PowerPoint presentation (PPT file): during the conference. It will be published / posted in the Conference website after the Conference

● Full paper for publication: date to be announced during the conference

CONFERENCE CONVENOR & ORGANIZATION

● Carlos Nunes Silva

Editor-in-chief of the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR)

Chair of the IGU Commission Geography of Governance

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

University of Lisbon, Portugal