THE WEB SCIENCE CONFERENCE IS A UNIQUE VENUE WHERE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN A CREATIVE AND CRITICAL DIALOGUE WITH THE AIM OF UNDERSTANDING THE WEB. IT WELCOMES PARTICIPATION FROM ALL FIELDS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) ART, ANTHROPOLOGY, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, COMMUNICATION, ECONOMICS, HUMANITIES, INFORMATICS, LAW, LINGUISTICS, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND SOCIOLOGY. WE PARTICULARLY WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SEEK TO CROSS TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES. WE ARE SEEKING PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS THAT DESCRIBE ORIGINAL RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF WEB SCIENCE, AS WELL AS WORK THAT DISCUSSES NOVEL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING IDEAS AND WORKS-IN-PROGRESS.

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR SUBMISSIONS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) THE FOLLOWING:

CURRENT THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL, AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF WEB SCIENCE:

- ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF TECHNOLOGIES, DATA, ALGORITHMS, PLATFORMS, AND PEOPLE IN THE WEB

- INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN WEB SCIENCE

- MODELING WEB-RELATED STRUCTURES, DATA, USERS AND BEHAVIOURS

- IMPACT OF BIG DATA ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEB SCIENCE

- WEB SCIENCE APPROACHES TO DATA SCIENCE, DATA ANALYTICS, AND THE WEB OF DATA

- DETECTING, PREVENTING AND PREDICTING ANOMALIES IN WEB DATA

- DATA CURATION AND STEWARDSHIP IN WEB SCIENCE

- SHARING WEB RESEARCH DATA, WEB ARCHIVING, AND SCHOLARLY USES OF WEB ARCHIVES

- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF THE WEB AS A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION


WEB PRACTICES OF INDIVIDUALS, COLLECTIVES, INSTITUTIONS, AND PLATFORMS:

- THE ARCHITECTURE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE WEB

- SOCIAL MACHINES, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, AND COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION

- HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ONLINE

- HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND CULTURE ON THE WEB

- WEB SCIENCE AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS

- WEB ECONOMICS, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INNOVATION

ANALYSIS OF ONLINE SOCIAL AND INFORMATION NETWORKS, SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSES

GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRACY, ACCESS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

- PERSONAL DATA AND PRIVACY

- ANONYMITY, SECURITY AND TRUST FOR WEB ACCESS

- WEB ACCESS, LITERACY, DIVIDES, AND DEVELOPMENT

- KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, AND SCHOLARSHIP ON AND THROUGH THE WEB